The editorial staff of Libération summarizes the main news of Tuesday, September 24.
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Installed at Bercy since Monday, the new Minister of Economy Antoine Armand has already made a 180° turn on Tuesday, September 24, regarding his relationship with the National Rally. On the morning show of France Inter, the youngest member of the government – 33 years old – assumed not to receive the far-right party at Bercy to discuss public finances, considering that the RN is not part of “the republican arc”. Early in the afternoon, the entourage of the former deputy of Haute-Savoie finally announced that “all political forces represented in Parliament” will be received at the ministry in the coming days. This therefore includes Marine Le Pen’s training, whose pressure has had an impact.
The La France Insoumise MP from Paris was indicted on Tuesday, September 24 for “aggravated fraud”. This is in the context of the affair of the 2017 campaign accounts of presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, to whom she is close.
Middle East: Biden calls for “finalizing” a ceasefire, Netanyahu announces that strikes in Lebanon will continue
Israel continued its bombing of Lebanon on Tuesday, killing six people in the southern suburbs of Beirut, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. Hezbollah, meanwhile, said it fired 90 rockets at a military base in northern Israel. US President Joe Biden urged Israel and Hamas to finalize a ceasefire proposal. Meanwhile, Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel would continue to strike Hezbollah in Lebanon. Follow our live coverage.
“I acknowledge the facts.” “I am the translator.” who acted as the interface between the hostages and their Yemeni captors from Al-Qaeda, acknowledged in a faint voice the veteran of the French jihad Peter Cherif, this Tuesday, September 24 during his trial before the Paris Assize Court for his links with Chérif Kouachi, one of the attackers of Charlie Hebdo in 2015. Although he had claimed not to acknowledge the facts with which he was accused, Peter Cherif thus admitted for the first time since his arrest that he had been one of the jailers of three French humanitarians kidnapped in Yemen in 2011.
Paris and Berlin by high-speed train without a connection, it will be possible from December 16
SNCF Voyageurs and Deutsche Bahn, the French and German railway companies, announced on Tuesday, September 24, the launch of a high-speed train line between the two capitals. German ICE (InterCity Express) trains with an entry price of 59.99 euros will run daily and serve the stations of Frankfurt and Karlsruhe in Germany and Strasbourg in France. These trains will be direct and have a journey time of eight hours.
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With the pager operation in Lebanon, “we are witnessing a renunciation of international law.” For researcher Amélie Férey, a specialist in military ethics, the offensive launched against Hezbollah’s means of communication is similar to a “targeted mass assassination”which blurs the notions of distinction between civilians and combatants. Read our interview.
Sexism, tired sponsorships, disillusioned customers: why Nike is doing badly. The industry leader, the equipment manufacturer, announced a change at the top on Thursday as its financial results erode and the firm plans to cut more than 1,600 jobs. Read our analysis.
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