Fonderie de Bretagne: unions call on Macron to intervene with Renault
In an open letter addressed to Emmanuel Macron, several union leaders call on the head of state to intervene with Renault. They demand that the manufacturer commit to maintaining orders until 2028 for the Fonderie de Bretagne, located in Caudan (56) and threatened with closure. “We refuse to allow the closure of the Fonderie de Bretagne to become a symbol of the deindustrialization of the country and the inability of the State to be respected by large French groups,” it is, in particular, written in this letter.
A dead baby found by a jogger near Roanne: murder investigation opened
On Monday, the body of an infant was discovered in a garbage bag by a jogger in the town of Mably (Loire). The autopsy revealed that this child, male, “was of a size and weight compatible with a full-term birth and did not present any malformation indicating that he was not born viable,” explained Xavier Laurent, prosecutor of the Republic of Roanne. “Additional examinations have been ordered to try to determine the date and cause of his death,” he added. And the investigation has been reclassified: we are now talking about the murder of a minor under 15 years old.
FBI investigating ‘terrorist’ links to New Orleans car-ramming attack
This Thursday, the FBI continues to investigate the attack of a former American soldier, “inspired” by the Islamic State, who rushed his car into the crowd in the French tourist district of New Orleans, in the southern United States, in the midst of New Year’s festivities, leaving at least 15 dead and around thirty injured. The 42-year-old suspect was identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar. From 2007 to 2015, he served in the army, including a presence in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010, finishing at the rank of staff sergeant, according to the Ministry of Defense.
-National mourning in Montenegro, after a shooting that left 12 dead
Montenegro began three days of national mourning after the shooting this Wednesday in a restaurant in the south of the country by a drunken man, which left 12 dead, including two children. The victims were killed in five different locations, the first four inside the restaurant. Aged 45, the murderer committed suicide with a gunshot to the head while he was surrounded by the police.
Vendée Globe: when skippers come across an iceberg in the Pacific…
Big scares for several Vendée Globe solo sailors, in this case Sébastien Marsset, Conrad Colman and Éric Bellion, who encountered an iceberg at Point Némo, in the heart of the Pacific. This Wednesday evening, after seeing this iceberg “as big as a cargo ship, perhaps a hundred meters long”, the last of the three skippers immediately informed the race direction, who had noted that two icebergs had emerged from the ZEA, so that other competitors are alerted. “I didn’t expect to see an iceberg in the Vendée Globe. My boat and I are not being smart! “, he added. To read: the article by Philippe Eliès.
