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The trial of Rachida Dati commenced at the Paris criminal court, where the former justice minister faces charges including passive corruption linked to €900,000 received from Renault-Nissan’s Dutch subsidiary between 2009 and 2013. Carlos Ghosn, the company’s former head, is being tried in absentia.
Thousands of French police officers protested in Paris on Tuesday, led by the Alliance Police Nationale union. Concerns over working conditions, staff shortages, and stagnant allowances are driving demands for increased funding of up to €500 million annually to address these issues. Authorities have shown signs of responsiveness following the demonstrations.
Russian attacks across Ukraine have killed at least five people and injured over 12 in the last 24 hours. Strikes targeted Kyiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and Sloviansk, while Ukraine’s military reported successful counteroffensive operations near Lyman, clearing an area of approximately 75 square kilometres.
A rare 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit large parts of western France on Friday evening, with the seismology bureau BCSF calling it “very strong” amid reports of damage to buildings.
French police used tear gas on Saturday as they clashed with protesters seeking to stop construction of a new high-speed train line between France and neighbouring Italy which opponents argue will wreck the sensitive Alpine environment.
In this edition of Brussels, my love?, we discuss the EU’s recent decision to be the first to regulate artificial intelligence. Some parties, however, were not completely happy with the final compromise.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called for a “rapid end to the institutional political vacuum in Lebanon”, the Elysee said on Friday.
Finland’s new coalition government, which includes the far-right Finns Party, on Friday announced plans to crack down on immigration with the far right heading the interior ministry.
After last week’s bursting of the Nova Kakhovka dam, flood waters in Kherson region are receding and revealing the extent of the damage, like in the Dnipro river island of Afanasiivka where homes and the garlic crop have been washed away. FRANCE 24’s correspondent Gwendoline Dobono reports from Kherson.
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