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On the eve of the parliamentary elections in Israel, questions were raised about the two protagonists of this election, the undefeated Benjamin Netanyahu and the former Chief of Staff, Gadi Eisenkot.
Donald Trump wants his Nobel Peace Prize, but he doesn't decide. Not even the leaders of the great powers. The last word is for five people in Norway, appointed by Parliament. This year, 287 candidates and organizations are competing.
Following the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, Israel launched an offensive with several stated objectives: to bring the hostages back, dismantle Hamas' military capabilities and ensure that Gaza could no longer pose a threat to Israel. Three years later, the least we can say is that the Palestinian enclave no longer has the same face.
Three years, day to day, after the October 7 attacks, Israel is no longer the same country. For nearly two years, the Hebrew state has lived at the rate of hostages. But these terrorist attacks by Hamas also upset the Israeli relationship with their army and leaders.
According to the European Commission, real estate prices have risen by 60% since 2013. On Tuesday, MEPs decided to discuss ways to make housing more affordable, especially since the 27 are far from equal in this area. The most expensive cities are not necessarily those with the highest housing pressure.
From May-68 to today, through the movement against the Devaquet law, the students regularly shook power. And breakers have often been invited into their ranks. On Thursday, the situation also deteriorated sharply in the high school demonstrations, to the point that all prefects took orders prohibiting them from demonstrating this Friday around closed high schools.
It is a new arm of arms between a political leader and Mediapart: the investigative media published anti-Semitic messages from 2013 to 2015 which it attributes to Jordan Bardella, then a young activist of the National Front. The latter denied and filed a defamation complaint against Mediapart. It's not a first. Since its creation, the online media has been confronted with more than 300 procedures but so far there are only five final criminal convictions.
Leon XIV arrives in France on Friday for four days. First stage: Paris with a passage to the Élysée. Then the pope will go to Lourdes and Metz. Three cities, three strong messages in a France where the weight of Catholicism has fallen sharply.
A few hours from the meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, everyone arrives with their own levers. Washington retains important assets in the flea race. For its part, Beijing largely dominates the rare earth chain. And Taiwan remains at the heart of their technological and strategic rivalry. So in this game, who really leads to the score?
Moroccans are called to the polls on Wednesday to elect the 395 deputies of the House of Representatives. A high stake vote, especially for young people facing unemployment and difficulties in accessing public services. But in a monarchy where the king retains important prerogatives, what room for manoeuvre will the elected ones really have?
In France, fuel prices continue to rise. Gas oil has now exceeded an average of 2.40 euros per litre. What really makes the bill go up? We're dismantling the price of a litre of fuel to figure out where our money goes and what the state could actually do to lower the mark.
In Russia, from Friday onwards, voters are called upon to renew the lower house of Parliament, the Duma. This is the first election of the institution since the beginning of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, the only party opposed to the war, Iabloko, was not allowed to present its list.
