Legislative elections: the parties get into battle order before the second round
The participants in the second round of the legislative elections will be known at 6 p.m. Without enthusiasm, withdrawals of candidates from the former majority or from the left have already taken place in most of the constituencies where at least three candidates were qualified and where the Le Pen party is able to win. The objective is clear: to form a “republican front” to prevent the RN from obtaining an absolute majority. For her part, Marine Le Pen mentioned a relative majority of “270 deputies” supplemented by support, so that Jordan Bardella agrees to lead a cohabitation government.
With history-geography and sciences, the 2024 brevet continues
D2 for the 2024 brevet. This Monday, third-year students began the written exams for this diploma, which will be reformed in 2025 to strengthen its “requirements” and whose achievement will now determine direct access to high school. After French and maths, this Tuesday morning they took the history-geography exam. All the subjects and corrections can be found here. And this afternoon, it’s time for science.
Hurricane Beryl kills at least one in Caribbean, heads toward Jamaica
Hurricane Beryl, which is sweeping the south-east of the Antilles at maximum force, caused at least one death and significant damage in the English-speaking archipelago of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on Tuesday, but should lose some intensity off the coast of Jamaica on Wednesday, according to the American National Hurricane Center (NHC).
In Gaza, new Israeli evacuation order affects 250,000 people
In the southern Gaza Strip, some 250,000 people are affected by the new evacuation order issued by Israel on Monday, said UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. “We have seen people moving, families moving, … trying to leave this area,” said Louise Wateridge, a spokeswoman for UNRWA, adding that the agency “estimates that about 250,000 people have been affected by these orders.”
Tour de France: return home through the snows of Galibier
After three days in Italy, the return of the Tour to France promises to be spectacular with the passage, amidst the walls of snow, of the Col du Galibier, a summit of the Grande Boucle perched at an altitude of 2,642 m. “We’re going to go for the Galibier on the 4th day, it’s not common. But we had to cross the Alps to come back. It’s this kind of stage that forces the riders to be ready from the start of the Tour de France because you don’t climb to 2,600 m like that,” stressed Thierry Gouvenou, technical director of the event.
