Tropical Storm Dikeledi: Mayotte on red alert until Monday evening
Mayotte will remain on red alert until Monday evening, announced prefect François-Xavier Bieuville on Sunday January 12. “We still have extremely strong winds and equally strong rain”affirmed the prefect, who fears “significant flooding”.
Downpours fell on Mayotte on Sunday, causing flooding, as tropical storm Dikeledi begins to move away from the archipelago after killing three people in Madagascar, less than a month after the cyclone’s devastating passage Chido.
At 3:30 p.m. local time (1:30 p.m. in Paris) on Sunday, the tropical storm was 160 kilometers south of Mayotte, Météo-France announced in its latest situation update. At its closest, Dikeledi passed about 100 kilometers south of the French department.
Fires continue in Los Angeles
Sixteen people have died since Tuesday and the start of the fires raging in Los Angeles, in the west of the United States, and 16 others are still missing in the area of two of the three fires, which are still ongoing, on Sunday .
According to a latest report, more than 12,000 “structures” were destroyed, a figure that includes buildings but also cars. More than 15,000 hectares went up in smoke.
President-elect Donald Trump denounced the“incompetence” city leaders. The investigation to determine the causes of these multiple fires, in which the FBI is participating, is still ongoing.
Collision between two trams leaves 68 lightly injured in Strasbourg
Two trams collided at the Gare-Centrale stop in Strasbourg on Saturday. According to the final report communicated on Sunday by the prefecture, 68 injured are “in relative urgency”. The city’s mayor, Jeanne Barseghian, said that according to initial information “there was a brutal frontal collision between two trams, after reversing” of one of them. The prosecution ruled out a voluntary act.
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Public transport was interrupted in the station area. “Several days will be necessary to restore circulation [des tramways à cette station] »informed the Strasbourg Transport Company.
The fate of pension reform on everyone’s lips, two days before François Bayrou’s general policy declaration
While the Prime Minister must deliver his general policy declaration on Tuesday to the National Assembly, and while the government is negotiating with the left to avoid censorship, the President of the Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, said she was not “opposed in principle” has “stop” reform for « rediscuter ». The first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, affirmed, for his part, that he expected the Prime Minister to make a decision during his general policy declaration for the « suspension » of pension reform.
On Saturday, the President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, declared that he did not want « neither suspension nor abrogation » of reform.
Algeria rejects accusations of “escalation” and “humiliation” of France, after the failed expulsion of an Algerian influencer
Algiers rejected, on Saturday, the accusations made by the French authorities, after the return to Paris of an Algerian influencer expelled to his country by France, and denounced a “disinformation campaign” against Algeria. “The vengeful and hateful extreme right, as well as its certified heralds within the French government, are currently leading a campaign of disinformation, even mystification, against Algeria”denounces the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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War in Ukraine. The Ukrainian president said his troops had taken two North Korean soldiers prisoner, who were transferred to kyiv, where they are being questioned.
Death of Jean-Marie Le Pen. His funeral was held in La Trinité-sur-Mer, in private.
Cancer be you. Diagnosed three years ago, the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, calls on women to get tested.
UNITED STATES. The special prosecutor who prosecuted the proceedings against Donald Trump is leaving the Justice Department.
Football. Marseille asserts itself as runner-up to PSG, after its victory in Rennes.
Tennis. Gaël Monfils became the oldest tennis player to win a tournament since the creation of the ATP.
Biathlon. Frenchwoman Lou Jeanmonnot won the Oberhof pursuit.
Ski. Clément Noël won the Adelboden slalom, his third victory of the season.
