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After Iran’s direct strikes on Israel on Tuesday, fears of widespread conflict in the Middle East are at an all-time high. Tehran “made a serious mistake […] and will pay the price,” warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose country attacks Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon, causing thousands of civilian casualties. Washington, for its part, tried on Wednesday to calm (a little) the situation. American President Joe Biden thus assured that the United States would oppose Israeli strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, after reaffirming his full support for Israel on Tuesday.
Tried since September 16 for criminal terrorist association between 2011 and 2018, the period of his presence in Yemen within Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (Aqpa), Peter Cherif should know this Thursday the fate that the court reserves for him of special assizes of Paris. On Wednesday, life imprisonment was requested against the jihadist, tried in particular for the role he may have played in Yemen with Chérif Kouachi, one of the newspaper’s attackers. Charlie Hebdo in 2015. Attorney General Aurélie Valente also wanted this sentence to be accompanied by a security period of 22 years.
On its lawn, Lille wrote a big page in its football history on Wednesday evening. Undefeated for 36 matches in all competitions, and reigning European champion, Real Madrid lost 1-0 in the Champions League against LOSC. This enormous performance in C1 was notably marked by the masterclass of Lucas Chevalier, author of several decisive saves in his goal. Bruno Genesio became the third coach, after Diego Simeone and Jürgen Klopp, to beat both Pep Guardiola, José Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti on the European stage. Well done !