The French president Emmanuel Macron recognized this afternoon “the assassination” of the leader of the National Liberation Front (FLN) Larbi Ben M'hidi “by French soldiers”, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the insurrection of November 1, 1954 which opened the Algerian war.
The President of the Republic “recognizes today that Larbi Ben M'hidi, national hero for Algeria and one of the six leaders of the FLN who launched the insurrection of November 1, 1954, was assassinated by French soldiers placed under the command of General Aussaresses”, indicates a press release from the Elysée.
Often presented by his compatriots as the “Algerian Jean Moulin”, the leader of the FLN was assassinated in 1957 by General Paul Aussaresses, who admitted it in the early 2000s, denying the official version which had disguised his death as an attempt of suicide.
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In Poitiers, the shooting and brawl last night left five seriously injured.
The vital prognosis of one of them is, at this time, in jeopardy.
Ultimately around sixty people are involved in this incident, indicates Poitiers public prosecutor Olivier Rabot. (Far from the 400 to 600 mentioned by the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau)
The shooter is involved in drug trafficking.
The fight against drug banditry is a true national cause, said the Minister of the Interior this afternoon.
This morning he spoke of the risk of “Mexicanization of France”
Spain mourns its dead after deadly floods in the Valencia region
The country is in official mourning.
The toll has risen further today, it is now 202 dead..
Military reinforcements were deployed on Friday morning in the south-east of Spain to deal with the dramatic situation and total chaos caused by the deadly floods at the start of the week.
The time has also come for solidarity and resupply, and for political controversy too.
But the climatic danger is not yet definitively over, the country is still in a state of alert.
In the United States, a few days before the presidential election, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are holding more meetings in key states, currently in Wisconsin where the two candidates are in a tight spot.
The Republican candidate also continues to multiply provocative statements..
The last, yesterday, in Arizona, intended for a Republican, but fierce opponent of the former president, Liz Cheney whom he accuses of being a radical warmonger before evoking… a platoon of execution.
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