Several road accidents in Brittany, including one fatal
For a reason which remains to be determined, a car which had taken the four lanes in the wrong direction in Bruz (35), near Rennes, collided head-on with two other vehicles which were traveling normally, Saturday evening. Five people were injured in the collision. An octogenarian who was in the wrong-way vehicle was in cardiorespiratory arrest but was able to be resuscitated and transported as an absolute emergency to Pontchaillou. A little earlier in the day, a motorcyclist lost control of his vehicle on a bend in Guéhenno (56) and ended up in a tree. He succumbed to his injuries.
Cyclone Chido: at least 14 dead in Mayotte
According to a provisional report, Cyclone Chido, which swept through Mayotte yesterday, killed fourteen people in the Indian Ocean archipelago. According to the mayor of Mamoudzou, the capital of the French department, nine injured people were treated at the Mayotte Hospital Center (CHM) in absolute emergency and 246 in relative emergency. But it is still difficult to obtain detailed information on the situation on site. “To take stock, (we) must be able to go into the field, to inspect the rubble, the precarious housing which has been completely destroyed,” Bruno Retailleau estimated yesterday after a meeting interministerial. The resigning Minister of the Interior will travel to Mayotte on Monday and announced the deployment of 162 civil security soldiers and firefighters from France.
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Pope Francis is visiting Corsica
A week after snubbing the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris, Pope Francis landed this morning in Ajaccio for a historic visit of a few hours. In the streets of the island's main city, 350,000 residents began to gather at dawn to see the sovereign pontiff. He took part in crowd baths and notably blessed the faithful. The pope then spoke at a congress on popular piety in the Mediterranean, where he defended in particular “a concept of secularism which is not static and fixed, but evolving and dynamic.” He will meet Emmanuel Macron in the evening.
First Miss France over 30 years old and first coronation for Martinique
Angélique Angarni-Filopon, who represented Martinique, was crowned Miss France 2025 last night in Poitiers. At 34, she became the oldest winner in the history of the competition, and allowed the overseas department to win its first coronation. “It is an honor to stand before you. When I won the Miss Martinique competition, I told the people of Martinique that we were going to do it together. And we did it together! THANKS ! », Reacted the lucky lady. The Breton Marie Castel was not one of the fifteen semi-finalists. But she was able to count on some support who came to attend the ceremony on the big screen in Pleyber-Christ (29), her hometown.
Israeli strikes in Syria, Turkey ready to support the new power
More than 60 Israeli strikes targeted Syrian military sites in just a few hours during the night from Saturday to Sunday, an NGO reported. Nearly a week after the capture of Damascus by an armed coalition which overthrew Bashar al-Assad, Turkey said it was “ready” to provide military aid to the new authorities. “It is necessary to give them a chance,” said Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Güler.
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