After months of videoconferences, it's the return of discussions around the same table and discreet asides to debate world problems, with also a reception around Queen Elizabeth II on Friday and Saturday a barbecue on the beach with roasted marshmallows at the wood fire. The leaders of the G7 major powers are seeking common responses to global crises when they meet for the first time in nearly two years on Friday, starting with the redistribution of a billion doses of Covid vaccines. Until Sunday, the summit brings together Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan and the United States in the seaside resort of Carbis Bay, in the southwest of England. No question, however, for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose country chairs the G7 this year, to shake hands with heads of state and government on their arrival: the event is subject to a host of constraints to prevent contamination. coronavirus, including daily screenings.
Orange explains the breakdown of emergency numbers this Friday
The telephone operator Orange will publish the results of its internal investigation on Friday, after the breakdown of emergency numbers last week during which at least five deaths occurred, including that of a 28-month-old child in Vendée. For several hours on June 2 at the end of the day, numbers 15, 17, 18 and 112 were inaccessible to many French people or reachable only after multiple attempts, a breakdown which affected the whole country in an unprecedented way. The internal investigation of Orange "aims to identify the precise causes of this incident, to study the alert processes and to issue recommendations to draw all the necessary lessons", recalled the former France Telecom, historically responsible for redirecting emergency calls.
Euro football opens Friday in Rome
The Euro football championship opens Friday in Rome with an enticing Turkey-Italy opener (9:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. GMT), kicking off a tournament that promises to be festive, but remains threatened by the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19. The ball is not yet rolling, as the coronavirus has already affected participating teams, including Spain and Sweden. It was he who also postponed the pan-European competition for a year, initially scheduled for 2020. Thus, at the Stadio olimpico, 15,000 to 16,000 spectators are expected for the inaugural meeting, or around 25% of the gauge of the venerable Roman enclosure. , which has not been so stocked for over a year. In the Italian capital, two giant screens have taken place in Piazza del Popolo, along with other installations for fans, pampered after a year spent in front of their television. On the pitch, the Nazionale hopes to meet the growing expectations around it, with some seeing potential winners in Marco Verratti's teammates.
Slap to Macron: Damien Tarel sentenced to four months firm and imprisoned
Damien Tarel, the man who slapped President Emmanuel Macron, was sentenced in Valence to 18 months in prison - including 14 suspended - and immediately imprisoned for his gesture which had aroused the indignation of the political class. The court partially followed the requisitions of the prosecution, which asked for 18 months and a warrant of committal against the 28-year-old man who admitted during the hearing to have, two days earlier, slapped the President of the Republic during a a trip to the Drôme. Until then unknown to the justice services, Damien Tarel was also sentenced to a work or training obligation and a ban on carrying weapons for five years.
The Council of State has inflicted a severe disavowal on Gérald Darmanin by canceling several key provisions of the plan for maintaining order, including the technique of the “trap” and the obligation imposed on journalists to leave the demonstrations. "It's great for freedom of information," reacted to AFP Dominique Pradalié, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists (SNJ). “Once again, the government is being pinned for non-respect of fundamental rights”, rejoiced the CGT and the SNJ-CGT. The highest court of administrative authority had been seized by associations and unions, in particular journalists, against this text published on September 16 and carried by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin.

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