France: The vaccination pass comes into force

Weapon criticized by the government against the Omicron variant, the vaccine pass replaces the health pass on Monday and becomes compulsory for people over 16 wishing to go to a restaurant or take the train. Most of the provisions of the bill – definitively adopted on January 16 by Parliament after heated debates – were validated on Friday by the Constitutional Council, with the exception, in the midst of the presidential campaign, of the possibility of requiring a pass sanitation at political rallies. From this Monday, a negative test is no longer sufficient, except to access health establishments and services: for those over 16 years of age, it is necessary to justify a vaccination status against Covid-19 in order to have access to the activities of leisure, restaurants and bars (except collective catering), fairs or interregional public transport (planes, trains, coaches).

Ukraine: Washington recalls the families of its diplomats, consultation with the EU

The US State Department ordered the evacuation of the families of its diplomats stationed in kyiv on Sunday evening and advised against travel to Russia, as a consultation with European countries hitherto held at the door opens in Brussels on Monday. deviation from the Russian-American negotiations on Ukraine. The situation in Ukraine “is unpredictable and could deteriorate at any time,” the US State Department statement said, asking families of diplomats to leave the country. Local staff and non-essential staff can leave the embassy if they wish, and US nationals residing in Ukraine "should now consider" leaving. "We believe a Russian invasion... could happen at any moment," a senior US official told reporters.

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L1: With an almost double from Marco Verratti and a goal from Sergio Ramos, Paris SG beat Reims 4-0 at the Parc des Princes and found Lionel Messi after a month of absence, at the end of the 22nd day of Ligue 1 .