The editorial staff of “Libération” summarizes the main news of the day of December 26.
Every evening, the editorial staff of Libé selects the news of the day that should not be missed in France and the rest of the world.
Bayrou traveling to Mayotte on Sunday and Monday
The newly appointed Prime Minister will travel to Mayotte on Sunday and Monday, ravaged by Cyclone Chido. He will be accompanied by Ministers of State Élisabeth Borne (Education) and Manuel Valls (Overseas), Ministers Valérie Létard (Housing) and Yannick Neuder (Health) as well as Minister Delegate and former senator from Mayotte Thani Mohamed Soilihi (Francophonie and International partnerships). The French archipelago in the Indian Ocean has been placed on yellow alert for heavy rain and thunderstorms by Météo France from 7 p.m. (5 p.m. in France) this Thursday.
Azerbaijan believes Russian missile caused plane crash in Kazakhstan
Azerbaijani authorities believe, according to national media, as does an American official who spoke on condition of anonymity, that the Russian air defense system caused the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people. None of the countries involved have yet publicly confirmed this version, and Russia earlier warned against “hypotheses” made before the end of the investigation. The authorities of Kazakhstan, a close ally of Russia, also denounced “speculations”. This Embraer 190 aircraft with 67 people on board was flying on Wednesday between Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, and Grozny, capital of the Russian Caucasian republic of Chechnya. It crashed under circumstances that are still unclear and caught fire near Aktau, a port on the Caspian Sea. Our article.
Breakdown of a submarine cable in the Baltic: the suspicious oil tanker “boarded”
Finnish police boarded the tanker Eagle S, coming from Russia and suspected of being involved in the breakdown that occurred the day before of an underwater electrical cable between Finland and Estonia. The ship is currently off the coast of Porkkala, about 30 kilometers from Helsinki, after intervention by a Finnish patrol boat. This outage, which did not affect the Finns’ electricity supply, comes a little over a month after the rupture of two telecommunications cables in Swedish territorial waters in the Baltic Sea. More info here.
In Yemen, three dead in raids against Sanaa airport and other sites in the hands of the Houthis
Airstrikes attributed to Israel targeted several sites in Yemen on Thursday, including the Sanaa international airport and a power plant, controlled by the Houthi rebels, leaving at least 3 dead and 11 injured. The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, was at Sanaa airport during the bombing and said he was “safe and sound” on X. A crew member of his plane was, however, injured. Israel confirmed the raids and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that his country would continue to strike the Houthis “until the job is finished”.
2024 energy check: 900,000 households must claim it before December 31
They only have five days left to obtain this aid which varies between 48 euros and 277 euros. An administrative problem, linked to the abolition of the housing tax, did not allow the list of beneficiaries to be updated. Some are not aware, France Inter reveals this Thursday.
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“False testimony”, “corruption”, “irregular financing”… The legal adventures of members of the Bayrou government
An “exemplary Republic”, promised Emmanuel Macron in 2017. The commitment is far from being kept. In the new government, many ministers, including the Prime Minister himself, have already been convicted by the courts or are the subject of an ongoing judicial investigation. It can be read here.
Valencia flood, 50 days later: “Here, it is the people who saved the people”
The deadly floods of October 29 left behind tons of waste. Since then, aid has been trickling in and the population, scalded by the lack of responsiveness of the authorities after the tragedy, is relying only on itself. From our correspondent in Spain.
Yasmine Motarjemi, in solitary war against Nestlé and impunity
Exhausted by more than a decade of legal battle against the Swiss giant, convicted of harassment in 2023, the food safety expert continues her bitter fight for public health and cultivates, in her garden, the hope of recovery. This is episode 1 of our series on whistleblowers.
