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.
Farmers launch Act II of their mobilization in France
No highway blockages but “fires of anger” : this Monday, November 18 marks the start of a new cycle of agricultural mobilization, launched by the majority union alliance FNSEA-JA. Less than a year after a widespread movement of anger in the countryside, which resulted in January in blockages of sections of highways in the country. This time, the outcome of the EU’s proposed free trade agreement with the Mercosur countries (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay) is particularly targeted – the unions also have the professional elections in their sights. next January. For some, the mobilization began on Sunday: in Yvelines, around fifty tractors were parked all night on a national road towards the capital.
US allows Ukraine to use long-range missiles in Russia
Two months before the end of his presidency, Joe Biden gave his authorization on Sunday evening to Volodymyr Zelensky to use American long-range ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile Systems) missiles to strike Russian soil. A request made for a long time by Kyiv, granted shortly before the return of Donald Trump to the White House, very critical of American aid to Ukraine. The missiles are initially expected to be used in the Russian border region of Kursk, where North Korean soldiers have been deployed in support of Russian troops.
In New Delhi, pollution 60 times higher than WHO standards, most schools closed
Almost all schools closed, reinforced traffic restrictions and teleworking recommended: in the Indian capital, this Monday, air pollution is forcing the population to hunker down. It reaches a level more than 60 times higher than the maximum threshold set by the World Health Organization: the concentration of PM2.5 microparticles was measured at 907 micrograms per cubic meter of air in certain points in New Delhi, confronted every winter to peaks in pollution caused by toxic fumes from factories, road traffic and agricultural burning.
Social Security budget: Senators begin examining the bill
A new crash test for the Barnier government. The examination in the Senate of the Social Security budget from this Monday, until November 23, should make it possible to measure the unity of government troops, irritated by several flagship measures. The executive, regularly defeated on this project in the National Assembly – which was unable to approve the text within the allotted time -, hopes to find a little oxygen in front of the senators. But there is no shortage of flammable subjects, starting with the reduction in reductions in employer contributions.
“A broken child is a broken adult”: an unpublished report lists 70 proposals for better supervision of children in care
Associations, professionals and former placed minors worked together for a year to bring the child protection sector out of a crisis that has lasted for decades. Liberation exclusively reveals these possible solutions.
To be continued today
The G20 in Rio, summit under pressure between climate, wars and the return of Donald Trump
The leaders of the twenty largest advanced and emerging economies, including the American Joe Biden and the Chinese Xi Jinping, are meeting this Monday in Rio de Janeiro for a summit under high pressure. The UN Secretary-General called on them on Sunday to “compromises” to allow “a positive result at COP29”which has been stalling in Baku for a week. The wars in Ukraine and the Russian Middle East also continue to fracture the international community and should enliven discussions. But the summit should not produce any spectacular announcements, as the election of Donald Trump disrupts all plans.
Mazan rape trial: the last four of the 50 accused will speak
The eleventh week of debates opens this Monday at the Mazan rape trial: the floor will be given to the last of the 50 men accused of having responded to Dominique Pelicot’s invitation to come and rape his wife, whom he was drugging. Nicolas F., 43-year-old independent journalist, Boris M., 37-year-old employee in a transport company, Philippe L., 62-year-old gardener, and Joseph C., 69-year-old retiree, will be the last to parade at the bar of the criminal court of Vaucluse, in Avignon, to explain their visits to the home of the Pelicot couple. The hearing will then begin a second phase, that of the pleadings.
The story
In Ukraine, fatalism and addiction on the thousandth day of the war
Russia has been bombing Ukraine for 1,000 days and continues to undermine the morale of the population. Without much success. Today, many Ukrainians have become accustomed to bombs: instead of taking shelter at night, they often stay in their beds, despite the whistling of anti-aircraft defenses blaring outside the windows. Our article from Kyiv.
The report
At the Romans-sur-Isère rugby club, “life must return to normal”
On November 18, 2023, Thomas Perotto played his first match with the juniors of RC Romanais Tollois (RCRP). A few hours later, the 16-year-old young man was stabbed during a brawl outside a ball, in the Drôme village of Crépol. One year later to the day, the anger and the memory remain vivid. Reporting.
The portrait
Joe Sacco: Gaza, his destiny strip
The war in the Middle East pushed the pioneer of journalistic comics to return to his lifelong subject, Palestine, in a tone more rebellious than ever. With one obsession: the refusal to allow a massacre to be reduced to a footnote. His portrait.
