We agree with you: it went too quickly this weekend. So, since you haven’t had time to open your favorite news site, we’ve prepared a summary of the weekend’s news in five points. Here’s what you shouldn’t miss…
Farmers prepare “the siege”
In Paris, on tractors, we block cars. This is the promise of the Young Farmers of the Paris Basin who announced a “siege of the capital for an indefinite period” from Monday 2 p.m. Seven access points to the capital, which have not been revealed, are to be blocked by tractors. The paralysis of key points such as the Rungis market and the Roissy and Orly airports seems to worry the government which, through the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, has asked to put in place “an important defensive system in order to to prevent any blockage. The police must be deployed from Sunday evening to these hot spots.
In Gaza, UNRWA in turmoil
The Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) is at the heart of turmoil this weekend. Since this UN agency announced that it had dismissed several of its employees suspected by Israel of having participated in the Hamas attack on October 7, many countries, including the United States and Germany, have suspended their aid. . On Sunday, France indicated that it did not anticipate “any further payment” of aid until July.
Evoking accusations of “exceptional seriousness”, Paris, which paid 60 million euros in aid to UNRWA in 2023, says it wants to wait “for the investigations launched in recent days to shed light on past facts and are accompanied by concrete measures.
Manon Aubry candidate
You may have received our alert (if not, check your notification settings): Manon Aubry will be, as in 2019, the head of the France Insoumise list for the European elections on June 9. She announced this in an interview with 20 minutes. “I appeal to all the orphans of Nupes, all those for whom its creation represented hope,” she declares in our columns. I want to tell them: Join us, come help us! » The MEP wants, against all odds, to defend the program of the old Nupes alliance on European issues: renegotiation of the treaties, no enlargement without social, fiscal and environmental harmonization… and therefore no Ukraine in The union.
Suspense in Gerardmer
Who will enter their name in the 2024 winners of the Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival? Our journalist Caroline Vié is hard at work in the Vosges to bring you the answer live at 8:30 p.m. And if you want to update yourself on French fantasy cinema in the meantime, here is a podcast not to be missed:
Stunning scenario in Melbourne
Jannik Sinner won the Australian Open this Sunday after being led two sets to zero in the final by Daniil Medvedev (3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3). This is the first Grand Slam title for the 22-year-old Italian, who was playing in his first major final. It is also the first transalpine Grand Slam victory since 1976 and Adriano Panatta’s success at Roland Garros in 1976. The new darling of the circuit had defeated Novak Djokovic, world number 1 ten times titled in Melbourne, in the semi-final. This Sunday was the first time in nineteen years that an Australian Open final was played without Djokovic, Nadal or Federer on the show.
That’s all for today, we’ll let you enjoy the Euro handball final, live on our site.