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Michel Barnier participated Monday in a minute of silence organized in tribute to Samuel Patty and Dominique Bernard, two professors murdered by radicalized Islamists. Michel Barnier, who went to the Bois d’Aulne college, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines), where Samuel Paty taught, promised to “continue” has “fight against ignorance and fanaticism“. The Prime Minister was accompanied by his Minister of Education Anne Genetet in the Ile-de-France establishment still deeply marked by the memory of this history-geography professor assassinated by a radicalized Islamist on October 16, 2020. “Both (Samuel Paty and Dominique Bernard, Editor’s note) were victims of Islamist terrorism, particularly because they were teachers. We don’t forget them. That’s why we’re here. We will not forget them. (…) I want to tell you the support and commitment of the entire government, currently of the Minister of National Education, in particular to (ensure) your security“, declared Michel Barnier. Lire plus » upday
The justice russe on Monday sentenced Frenchman Laurent Vinatier to three years in prison, detained since June and accused of not having registered as a “foreign agent“his lawyers announcing their intention to appeal. The court decided to “find Mr. Vinatier guilty“and of”sentence him to a prison term of three years“, declared judge Natalia Tcheprassova, according to an AFP journalist present in the courtroom. This researcher specializing in the post-Soviet space was employed on Russian soil by the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue, a Swiss NGO which mediates in conflicts outside official diplomatic circuits.. Lire plus » upday
A 35-year-old man with a lengthy criminal record has appeared since Monday before the Maine-et-Loire assizes in Angers for a three-day criminal journey in September 2020 during which he is accused of the rape of a 9-year-old girl and a 73-year-old woman in her 70s, of an attempted kidnapping of a 40-year-old girl and of theft. He faces life imprisonment. Lire plus » upday
The Nanterre criminal court on Monday sentenced host Cyrille Eldin to six months in prison, suspended for psychological violence against his ex-partnercolumnist Sandrine Calvayrac. He was also convicted of unauthorized possession of a weapon and use of narcotics, but acquitted for the death threats of which he was suspected of being the author. This sentence was accompanied by a ban on contact with Sandrine Calvayrac for two years as well as a ban on carrying a weapon for five years. Cyrille Eldin must finally pay 3,000 euros in damages to his ex-partner dont “alteration of psychological balance” was underlined by the president during the deliberations. Lire plus » upday
South Korean army said Monday to be “fully ready” to react to North Korea’s warnings after drone flights over Pyongyangwho ordered his troops to prepare to open fire. The North accuses Seoul of flying drones over its capital and dropping propaganda leaflets filled with “inflammatory and trash rumors“. Pyongyang warned on Sunday thatone more drone would be considered “a declaration of war“. Lire plus » upday
