The editorial staff of “Libération” compiles the main news from this Tuesday, December 3.
Every morning, the editorial staff of Libé selects the essential news in France, the rest of the world and those to follow during the day.
Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill nine people
Nine people were killed on Monday December 2 in Israeli strikes on villages in southern Lebanon. This comes after an attack by Hezbollah towards a contested area on the borders of Lebanon and the part of the Syrian Golan occupied and annexed by Israel, the first since the ceasefire came into force. The United States, the Jewish state's main ally, affirms that the truce in force since November 27 was holding and that they were examining the accusations from both camps.
Calls for de-escalation in the face of rebel offensive in Syria
Calls for de-escalation increased Monday in the face of the meteoric offensive by rebels who have seized large areas of northern Syria, raising fears of a resumption of large-scale fighting after more than a decade of civil war. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said “alarmed by the recent escalation of violence” and called for a “immediate cessation of hostilities”. Washington urged “all countries” to work for a “de-escalation”just like the European Union which has “sentenced” Russian strikes “in densely populated areas”.
Donald Trump will attend the reopening ceremony of Notre-Dame
The newly elected American president has already confirmed his arrival next Saturday to attend the reopening ceremony of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, rebuilt after the fire of April 15, 2019. This visit will constitute his first trip abroad since his victory in the presidential election of November 5. Emmanuel Macron has extended invitations to numerous foreign heads of state and government, such as the Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky.
Murders in Isère in 1988 and 2000: the suspect indicted
A man suspected of the murder of a 15-year-old girl in 1988 and that of a 40-year-old woman in 2000 in Isère was indicted and placed in pre-trial detention on Monday, said the Nanterre prosecutor's office. This man in his sixties was arrested and taken into police custody last week in the premises of the Grenoble research section gendarmes after being identified by his DNA. Nathalie Boyer is one of the victims of the “disappeared from Isère” file which concerns nine disappearances or murders of children in the department between 1983 and 1996.
A drawing of Rimbaud by Verlaine sold for 585,000 euros
A portrait of Arthur Rimbaud drawn by his lover, Paul Verlaine, was sold at auction on Monday for 585,000 euros, a price much higher than initial estimates, announced the Drouot auction house. This pen and brown ink drawing bears the date “June 1872”, but Verlaine indicates that it represents the adolescent “from memory”at a time which is therefore not certain. The young poet, 17 years old, is shown in profile, lanky figure, long hair in a hat, hands in his pockets and smoking a pipe. In total, we only know of six authenticated photos of him.
To be continued today
In the National Assembly, series of questions to the government in a tense climate
Michel Barnier's government approaches the parliamentary deadlines this Tuesday in an extremely weakened position, awaiting the censorship decision expected for Wednesday or Thursday. The question session to the government scheduled for this Tuesday afternoon at the National Assembly promises to be tense, while the deputies will be called upon to decide on a motion of censure which has every chance of being approved, the left and the National Rally having announced that they would vote for it.
Macron continues his state visit to Saudi Arabia
The French president continues his state visit to Saudi Arabia this Tuesday, with an important economic component, after the signing the day before of a strategic partnership between the two countries which aims to “multiply cooperation in all areas”from defense to ecological transition and culture. This Tuesday afternoon, Emmanuel Macron is due to close a Franco-Saudi business forum, an opportunity to launch partnerships in the economy of the future, from renewable energies to artificial intelligence.
Verification
Social Security and State budgets: what consequences in the event of government censorship?
The executive took responsibility on Monday for the social security financing bill. With a risk for this text, as for that relating to state finances, in the event of a minority on Wednesday or Thursday. Read the CheckNews.
Analysis
Offensive in Syria: the Kurds threatened again
If the Kurdish forces are not enemies of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the group leading the assaults against the Syrian regime and its allies, they are enemies of the pro-Turkish factions participating in the fighting. They lost the town of Tall Rifaat on Sunday. Read the analysis.
The portrait
Angelina Woreth, that youth is placed
Striking in the adaptation of “Their Children After Them”, the young actress with an assertive temperament intends to trace her path in the cinema. Read the portrait.
