In Walloon Brabant, the precipitation did not necessarily seem intense, but it did not stop for a good part of the day. Consequence: portions of roads were flooded, as was the case, around midday, on rue de l’Étang, in Pinchart (Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve), which overlooks the Chaussée de Bruxelles. Rue des Chêneaux, which is an extension of rue de l’Étang, was also impacted.
2. The result of the municipal elections in Saint-Josse is canceled
The jurisdictional college of the Brussels Capital Region took the administrative decision this Monday, November 18, 2024, to cancel the result of the municipal elections in Saint-Josse, according to information from La Libre.
At the beginning of November, the public prosecutor’s office opened an investigation into possible fraud in Saint-Josse, where the mayor’s list won an absolute majority during the municipal elections of October 13.
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3. A cable car crashes in Val Thorens: 8 injured including 2 serious
A gondola, which was transporting workers, crashed at high speed on Tuesday upon arrival at the station in the resort of Val Thorens, in Savoie, causing eight injuries, including two serious ones, a few days before the scheduled reopening of the slopes.
“The cable car, which was transporting 16 people in charge of a construction site, hit the arrival station at Cime Caron which is located at approximately 3,200 meters above sea level,” indicated the prefect of Savoie François Ravier during a press briefing.
The accident occurred around 7:45 a.m. in “not very good” weather conditions, but which subsequently improved and its causes are currently unknown, he said.
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4. Gisèle Pelicot at the trial of “cowardice”: “It is time that we change the way we look at rape”
“It is time that we change the way we look at rape,” Gisèle Pelicot asked this Tuesday, November 19, 2024, during her last intervention at the Mazan trial, which for her is that of “cowardice” and “ macho and patriarchal society.
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5. On the 1,000th day of the war, Russia accuses Ukraine of firing into its territory with long-range American missiles
Moscow has accused Ukraine of having fired six long-range American ATACMS missiles during the night of Monday to Tuesday November 19, 2024 against a military site in the Russian border region of Bryansk.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin also signed the decree on Tuesday 19 expanding the possibilities of using nuclear weapons, just after the United States authorized kyiv to strike Russian soil with its long-range missiles.
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