Washington: Man indicted for murdering two Israeli embassy employees

After shouting “Free Palestine” during his arrest, an attack that heightened tensions between Israel and Europeans, a man was indicted Thursday for the murder of two employees of the Israeli embassy near a Jewish museum in Washington. Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu both denounced an antisemitic attack, with the Israeli prime minister also ordering Thursday to strengthen the security of all his country's diplomatic representations in the world. This attack caused a fever between France and Israel, whose head of diplomacy accused European countries of “inciting hatred” because of their criticisms of the war in Gaza, which is plagued by a catastrophic humanitarian situation

Kardashian trial: The Assize Court rules on Friday on the fate of the “grandpa robbers”

Today, the Assize Court rules on the fate of the “grandpas robbers” accused of having sequestered, tied up and robbed Kim Kardashian of 9 million euros worth of jewelry in her hotel room in 2016. Before the court retires to deliberate, the 10 defendants will have the last word in the morning. The verdict is expected in the evening. Between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday evening, defense lawyers took turns at the bar to look professional magistrates and especially popular jurors in the eye, and try to convince them.

Joël Le Scouarnec trial: the hour of the indictment

After three months of hearing and incessant questioning, it was time for the indictment on Friday at the trial of ex-surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec. The latter is tried in Vannes for rapes and assaults on 299 people, most of them minors at the time of the crime. A single act of rape committed under such aggravating circumstances exposes the child criminal to a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. There is no doubt for most of the protagonists of the trial that the Attorney General, Stéphane Kellenberger, will ask for this maximum sentence in the afternoon for the accused, already sentenced in 2020 in Saintes (Charente-Maritime) to 15 years in prison for rapes and assaults on several girls.

New York: Prohibition of access of foreign students to private Harvard University

The Trump administration on Thursday banned the prestigious private Harvard University from welcoming international students. The institution is deprived of an important means of influence, a shock decision and a new escalation in the American government's offensive against higher education. According to its website, the University of the North-East of the United States, ranked among the best in the world and which has produced 162 Nobel Prizes, welcomes some 6,700 “international students” this year, or 27% of the total. Homeland Security Minister Kristi Noem said this means that Harvard is prohibited from receiving students with F or J visas for the 2025-2026 school year, a huge potential loss for the campus, both financially and internationally.

Cannes: Last day of competition

This Friday is the last day of Cannes with serious candidates, the Dardenne brothers, who are applying with “Young mothers” for a record 3rd Palme d'Or, also the occasion of a tribute to their favorite actress Emilie Dequenne, who died in mid-March. The jury, chaired by French actress Juliette Binoche and including her American colleagues Halle Berry and Jeremy Strong, will deliver its verdict early in the evening on Saturday. Among the 22 films submitted to their attention, “A simple accident”, a new charge against the Islamic Republic by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, “Sentimental value”, a family drama by Norwegian director Joachim Trier, and “Two prosecutors”, a reflection by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, a reflection by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa on tyranny at the time of the Stalinist purges,

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Deputies said on Thursday that before acceding or not to a request for assisted dying, a doctor will have to call a meeting with at least one specialist and a caregiver who will give their opinion.

After a fourth day of mobilization during which they demonstrated against a new convention governing patient transport and against competition from VTCs, taxis obtained a meeting on Saturday at the Ministry of Transport in the presence of François Bayrou.

This Friday, TotalEnergies and its CEO Patrick Pouyanné are preparing for a new general meeting of its shareholders under pressure from climate activists who denounce “the uninhibited backsliding of the fossil fuel industry” on its environmental commitments.

Beaten beautifully by the Korean An Jaehyun, ranked 17th in the world (4-3), the French Félix Lebrun was eliminated in the round of 32 of the singles from the World Table Tennis Championships in Doha.