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The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, whose camp is given to the side-by-side with that of the opposition in the ballot polls, called on Wednesday for the formation of a "right" and "strong" government.
Researcher Francis Dupuis-Déri was interested in the issue of hatreds among young men: misogynia, homophobia, transphobia... While he thought he would study the phenomenon at college and high school in France, Canada and the United States, primary school teachers told him of their interest in his work, mentioning the words and acts of children under the age of 10.
In the first words of his speech, the pontiff praised the country's historical influence: "For centuries, France has been shining as a cultural, artistic and spiritual beacon. With its cathedral schools, universities and academies, France has helped forge the intelligence of the population, far beyond its borders." Pope Leo XIV also warns against the risk of losing "our humanity in the midst of the "paradis of machines" that invade and condition our daily lives".
President Emmanuel Macron's speech was made at the Palais de l'Élysée on Friday, September 25, during the first day of Pope Leo XIV's visit to France. The French president said in particular that "French secularism" is "nully the negation of religion", hoping that the pope could meet "a France always seeking the universal, an emancipated, diverse and united France".
After listening to Emmanuel Macron's speech at the Elysée, Pope Leo XIV took the floor behind the same desk on Friday 25 September, affirming that "just secularism does not consist in excluding religion from public space", and judging "urgent" dialogue between "people of different cultural and religious affiliations", seven months from the presidential election.
Dozens of people, members of various delegations represented at the UN General Assembly, left the room on Thursday in protest at Benjamin Netanyahu's speech. This is not the first time the leader has faced such a protest. Similar boycotts had already marked his previous interventions at the United Nations.
While 160 countries now recognize a State of Palestine, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called on Thursday, 24 September, before the UN "to intervene urgently and responsibly". In the West Bank, the violence of Israeli extremist settlers has multiplied, leading countries such as the United Kingdom, France and Canada to impose economic sanctions. The explanations of Gauthier Rybinski, an international columnist in France 24.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. "This ridiculous and senseless war against Ukraine must stop," he said. "Ukraine has not chosen this war".
Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday 23 September that his country had been "victim of terrorism", referring to the US military offensive and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly, the leader referred, inter alia, to former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, "assassed without justification and legal framework".
Massoud Pezshkian will not tolerate the use of the Strait of Ormuz for "aggression" against his country and "to impose insecurity" in the region, warned the President of the Islamic Republic before the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, 23 September. The explanations of Bruno Daroux, an international columnist in France 24.
The President of the United States focused his speech on the country's internal policy, less than a month and a half away from the "midterms". He drew up an assessment of the US military by insisting on the issue of ammunition, thus contradicting Pentagon's warnings about the depletion of stocks following aid in Ukraine and Iran. Matthieu Mabin, Washington correspondent, Gauthier Rybinsky, international columnist, and Audrey Racine, environmental journalist.
All eyes and ears were turned to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday 16 September during the traditional speech on the State of the Union by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. A river talk – the sixth of its kind – on the broad guidelines of its European policy for the coming year.
