Did you miss the news early this Wednesday morning? We have put together a summary to help you see things more clearly.
Like yesterday, two questions are agitating the political class this Thursday: When will the next Council of Ministers take place? And, above all, who will be there? Speculation is rife as Emmanuel Macron and Gabriel Attal continue their delicate mission of casting the new government. For this, the Prime Minister returned to the Elysée on Wednesday evening for a working dinner with the Head of State, like the day before and like at lunch. At the earliest, the list could be announced this Thursday afternoon, according to the presidential entourage. In the meantime, the two heads of the executive must find a difficult balance for the composition of a government team that some would like to be tighter. The requirements are multiple: try to respect parity, not neglect the allies of MoDem and Horizons, without forgetting to deal with sectors keen to have a minister to represent them.
Pretoria’s accusations against Israel are particularly serious. The Jewish state is in fact facing accusations this Thursday before the International Court of Justice of “genocidal acts” in Gaza, formulated by South Africa and categorically rejected by the Israeli president. Pretoria has urgently appealed to the highest court of the United Nations to order Israel to “immediately suspend its military operations” in the Gaza Strip. In its 84-page request, South Africa also “unequivocally” condemns the Hamas attack of October 7. But it also considers that Israeli actions in Gaza are intended “to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial and ethnic group”.
The new king of Atlético Madrid’s goleadors is a little French prince. Striker Antoine Griezmann definitively entered the pantheon of Spanish football on Wednesday by becoming the top scorer in the history of his club, with 174 goals. In the 37th minute, while his team was trailing 2 goals to 1 in the semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup, the French international eliminated Luka Modric and Antonio Rüdiger with a left hook before deceiving Kepa Arrizabalaga, the Real Madrid goalkeeper, with a cross shot from the right in the penalty area. With this gesture, he entered the club’s legend, even if the evening was a little tarnished by the 5-3 defeat. The Mâconnais now has another challenge to take on: offering the “Colchoneros” a first title of champion of Spain.