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6:42 p.m. : The United States has confirmed the death in combat, in Ukraine, of a second American national. Stephen Zabielski, 52, a former construction worker, died on May 15 “while fighting in the village of Dorozhniank, Ukraine”, says the State Department, calling the Americans not to take part in the conflict. A 22-year-old former Marine, Willy Joseph Cancel, was killed in the same circumstances at the end of April.
6:24 p.m. : Ukraine says it targeted “facilities” Russian military, after a Russian gas exploitation platform in the Black Sea was hit by anti-ship missiles and Bayraktar TB-2 drones.
6:20 p.m. : Fire is still ravaging a Russian gas exploitation platform in the Black Sea. She was hit by anti-ship missiles and Bayraktar TB-2 drones, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. Franceinfo takes stock of this attack which could have serious consequences.
6:00 p.m. : It’s 6 p.m. Here is the update on the news:
The battle for posts is raging in the National Assembly. At stake, in particular: the presidency of the institution and the presidency of the groups. At LREM, Pompili, Woerth and Giraud have already applied for the perch. Follow this day of negotiations live.
Orange vigilance for storms and heat waves is extended to 26 departmentsfrom the Pyrenees to the Jura, announced Météo France.
• It is confirmed until further notice. The Prime Minister tendered his resignation to Emmanuel Macron, who immediately refused it “so that the government stays on task”. Elisabeth Borne brought together the entire government at Matignon at the start of the afternoon. During this time, Emmanuel Macron meets, until tomorrow, the representatives of the main political forces of the country.
• A “full consensus” emerges among the 27 Member States in order to grant EU candidate status for Ukraine, according to the Minister for European Affairs, Clément Beaune. Follow our live.
5:31 p.m. : A “full consensus” emerged to grant Ukraine EU candidate status during talks on Tuesday between EU-27 ministers meeting in Luxembourg, French minister Clément Beaune said, two days before a summit on the subject.
5:03 p.m. : kyiv has announced the arrival of German Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled guns in its arsenal, after weeks of negotiations with its Western allies to receive “powerful weapons” capable of repelling Russian attacks in the Donbass (East).
5:02 p.m. : US Attorney General Merrick Garland is making a surprise visit to Ukraine today, where he will discuss with the Attorney General ways to prosecute perpetrators of war crimes, a US official announced.
4:42 p.m. : Hello @Prouf138. This week, the 27 EU countries simply have to grant (or not) Ukraine candidate status for EU membership. Its potential effective membership should not occur for many years.
4:42 p.m. : Hello FI, do we have an idea of how the conflict will evolve once Ukraine has joined the EU?
2:35 p.m. : An agreement of the Twenty-Seven on a candidacy of Ukraine to the EU seems in sight, two days before a European summit which will have to take this decision unanimously, estimated several European ministers during a meeting in Luxembourg .
2:31 p.m. : It’s 2 p.m. Here is the update on the news:
Orange vigilance for storms and heat waves is extended to 27 departmentsfrom the Pyrenees to the Jura, announced Météo France.
The battle for posts is raging in the National Assembly. At stake, in particular: the presidency of the institution and the presidency of the groups. Follow this day of negotiations live.
• It is confirmed until further notice. The Prime Minister tendered his resignation to Emmanuel Macron, who immediately refused it “so that the government stays on task”. Elisabeth Borne must bring together the entire government at Matignon at the start of the afternoon.
• The number of deaths on the roads of metropolitan France jumped 21% from 2019. Road safety talks about numbers “very worrying”.
• The Russian army inflicts “catastrophic destruction” in Lyssytchansk, the governor of the Luhansk region is alarmed this morning. This city is close to Sievierodonetsk, in the Donbass. Follow the situation live.
1:08 p.m. : Russia has accused the European Union of encouraging a “escalation” tensions after the introduction of restrictions on the passage via Lithuania of certain goods to the Kaliningrad enclave, a consequence of European sanctions against Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine.
12:01 : Here is the update on the news at midday:
• Thanks, but no thanks. Questioned at the end of his interview with Emmanuel Macron, the leader of the Republicans Christian Jacob confirmed his position: “no question of entering into a logic of pact” with the majority. Follow this day of negotiations live.
• Confirmed until further notice. The Prime Minister tendered her resignation to Emmanuel Macron, who immediately refused it “so that the government stays on task”. Elisabeth Borne must bring together the entire government at Matignon at the start of the afternoon.
• The number of deaths on the roads of metropolitan France jumped 21% from 2019. Road safety talks about numbers “very worrying”.
• The Russian army inflicts “catastrophic destruction” in Lyssytchansk, a neighboring town of Sievierodonetsk in the Donbass, the governor of the Luhansk region is alarmed this morning. Follow the situation live.
11:43 am : According to him, “strikes on the [trois] bridges connecting Sievierodonetsk and Lyssytchansk already destroyed” continue, further cutting off the first of these two cities of around 100,000 inhabitants from the rest of the territories controlled by kyiv.
11:39 : The Russian army inflicts “catastrophic destruction” in Lyssytchansk, a neighboring town of Sievierodonetsk in the Donbass, the governor of the Luhansk region is alarmed this morning.
09:44 : A fire is still ravaging one of the three drilling platforms of Chornomorneftegaz, in annexed Crimea, and planes are mobilized to try to extinguish the flames. The search continues to find seven missing persons. Local authorities accused Ukraine of carrying out strikes yesterday on the gas field. Some 109 people were present at the time of the impact and three were hospitalized, according to the same source.
06:15 : A nice gesture. The Russian editor of the independent investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta Dmitry Muratov auctioned off his Nobel Peace Prize medal last night. Enough to raise 103.5 million dollars for the benefit of children displaced by the conflict in Ukraine.
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06:11 : We start without further delay with the first point on the news of the day:
• How to govern without an absolute majority? Emmanuel Macron will try to answer this question today by hosting from 10 a.m. at the Elysée the main political forces of the National Assembly.
• PSG have set their sights on a Marseillais, but it’s not Zidane. An agreement has been reached between OGC Nice and PSG to the arrival of coach Christophe Galtier in the Parisian club, learned franceinfo. Everything is not yet tied up, because Mauricio Pochettino is still under contract at PSG.
• An orange “storms” and “heat wave” vigilance is still in progress this morning in 12 departments of the Center-East. Several departments in the south-west of France were hit yesterday by violent thunderstorms marked by heavy hailstorms.
• Ukraine yesterday accused Russia of further intensifying its deadly bombardments in the East. According to Moscow, kyiv would have hit in return drilling platforms in the Black Sea off Crimea, annexed in 2014.