Four "mercenaries" killed after the assassination of the Haitian president, announces the police

Four "mercenaries" involved in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse have been killed and two others have been arrested, the police in this Caribbean country, already plunged into a deep crisis, announced on Wednesday evening, where the state of siege has been lifted. decreed. President Moïse was killed by an armed commando in the middle of the night at his home. According to acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph, the attackers were "foreigners who spoke English and Spanish". The police said Wednesday evening that they had pursued the suspected members of the commando immediately after the attack and that the police continued to carry out an operation in the evening on the heights of the capital Port-au-Prince. According to the local press quoting the judge in charge of the case, the body of President Moïse was riddled with twelve bullets, and his office and his room were ransacked. Earlier, Prime Minister Claude Joseph had announced in a speech in Creole that he had decided to "declare a state of siege throughout the country", thus granting reinforced powers to the executive for a fortnight. According to the Haitian ambassador to the United States Bocchit Edmond, the commando was made up of "professional" mercenaries who posed as officials of the American anti-drug agency. The president's wife, Martine Moïse, injured in the attack which took place around 1 a.m. local time (0500 GMT), was evacuated by plane to Miami on Wednesday. "The First Lady is out of danger, she is being treated in Florida and, according to the information we have, her situation is stable," said Claude Joseph on Wednesday evening.

Former South African President Jacob Zuma sleeps in jail

Uncertainty hovered until the last minute: former South African President Jacob Zuma, sentenced to fifteen months in prison for contempt, finally surrendered before midnight on Wednesday. Half an hour before the end of the ultimatum, a convoy of ten cars left at high speed the residence of Mr. Zuma in Nkandla, in Zulu country (East), according to AFP. He was neither seen nor heard but until late in the evening, well after the 9 p.m. curfew, dozens of supporters sang and danced, some wearing traditional animal skin headbands. It was finally by a tweet that the news fell: "President Zuma has decided to comply with the incarceration order. He is on his way to a correctional facility" in the province of Kwazulu-Natal, said the foundation that represents it. The Ministry of Police confirmed shortly after that he had been "taken into custody". This is not "an admission of guilt", however, stressed Mr. Zuma's spokesman, Mzwanele Manyi. The 79-year-old ex-president was convicted for stubbornly avoiding answering questions from a commission of inquiry into corruption. Around 1:30 a.m. (23:30 GMT), a convoy entered the enclosure of the prison of Escourt, under heavy police presence. This is where "Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma was admitted to begin serving his sentence," the prison administration said in a statement.

Euro: England has an appointment with Italy in the final ... and with history

England in the final of "his" Euro against Italy! Deprived of a trophy for half a century, the English dismissed the brave Danes (2-1 after extra time) on Wednesday in the semi-finals in London, capsizing their Wembley stadium before facing the Italians there on Sunday to try to write a new page in their history. Fifty-five years after the English triumph at the 1966 World Cup, the "Three Lions" will finally play a final of a major tournament, again at Wembley, after years of scarcity and disappointment. Italy "have really been a top team for two years now. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who attended the game, highlighted the "fantastic performance by Gareth Southgate's side, who played" with all his heart". "Now the final. Let's bring her home", he continued on Twitter. Same satisfaction of the supporters, who celebrated by the dozens in the streets of London and Manchester in particular, and in one of the British newspapers, several of which were playing a game of word with "Final" (final) and "Finally" (finally).

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Gunmen, nicknamed "bandits" in northwestern Nigeria, killed 18 people in a village in Katsina State, northwestern Nigeria, then looted and destroyed homes.