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Rape and "systematic" sexual violence, according to a report by the Israeli Civil Commission. On stage, Céline Bardet, a lawyer and international investigator, looks back at the investigations into the crimes committed during the October 7 attacks.
Pike's lawyers requested commutation of his death penalty following the failed execution.
Emmanuel Macron is expected on Tuesday in Madrid for a two-day state visit to Spain aimed at highlighting great "convergences" between the two countries in European matters.
French President Emmanuel Macron starts on Tuesday a two-day state visit to Spain to highlight the convergences between the two countries, particularly on Europe.
Despite diplomatic politeness and gifts, little has been said about the substantive issues facing the leaders.
The President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas, who was denied entry into the United States to participate in person in the United Nations General Assembly, said on Thursday afternoon, 24 September, that Israeli policies no longer only compromised the two-State solution, but were now threatening "the very life and existence of its people".
The UN General Assembly opens on Tuesday 22 September with a speech by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, whose term ends at the end of the year. Many topics will be discussed, such as the war in Ukraine, the war in Sudan, and the protections against pandemics, which must also be reviewed or decided upon. Olivier Weber, a great reporter, former diplomat and author of "Angels and Ogres".
El Niño touches the entire American continent with intensity. There is a high probability that this climate phenomenon is the most powerful ever recorded since 1950. In the United States, the Governor of California declared Monday, September 21, a state of emergency in the face of the arrival of the El Niño climate phenomenon on the American west coast.
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.
