Fight against illegal immigration: Emmanuel Macron receives Sunak this Friday
After years of quarrels, French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Rishi Sunak to Paris on Friday for a summit aimed at writing the “renewal” of the “essential” alliance between France and the United Kingdom. Macron welcomes the British Prime Minister to strengthen the fight against illegal immigration, a sensitive issue across the Channel, and cooperation on defense and military aid to Ukraine, fifteen days before a state visit to France by King Charles III for his first trip abroad. “Our ancient history, proximity and shared vision of global challenges mean that a close partnership between the United Kingdom and France is not only important, it is essential,” Rishi Sunak said in a statement well before arriving at the Élysée Palace.

Shooting in Hamburg: several people killed and others seriously injured

On Thursday evening, a shooting took place at a Jehovah's Witness center in Hamburg. According to the police, several people were killed and others seriously injured. Several media claim that the shooting caused seven deaths and eight serious injuries. On Twitter, the police announced overnight that they had discovered a body “in a parish house in Gross Borstel and we believe that he could be a perpetrator” of the shootings. According to them, “at this stage, it is assumed that there was only one gunman.” Shortly after 3:00am local time, the Federal Office of Civil Protection lifted the official danger alert issued in the event of an attack overnight to deter residents from leaving their homes.

Strike: traffic still “severely disrupted” announced for today

SNCF announces that traffic will still be “severely disrupted” for Friday. Half of its TGVs Inoui and Ouigo have been cancelled and 60% of its TERs have been cancelled, and a level of service that should remain equivalent throughout the weekend. Traffic will be normal on most Paris metro lines on Friday as far as RATP is concerned, but the RER B remains very disrupted. Due to a strike by air traffic controllers opposed to pension reform, the Directorate-General for Civil Aviation has for its part asked airlines to cancel 20% of their flights scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at several airports, including Paris-Orly.

Parliamentary vote: Xi Jinping wins historic third term as Chinese president on Friday

After a formal vote in Parliament, Xi Jinping won a historic third term as Chinese president on Friday. It is the culmination of an ascent that has seen him become the most powerful leader in the country in generations. 2,952 votes in favor, zero against, zero abstentions, this is the result of the vote of deputies, which was announced shortly before 11:00am (03:00 GMT).

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Pierre Palmade, in custody pending investigation into the traffic accident he caused while under the influence of cocaine, was released this week. The Investigative Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal rules on Friday on the possible return of the latter.

The head of the Pentagon called for “de-escalation” against the backdrop of an inexorable rise in violence between Israelis and Palestinians. He also expressed concern in Tel Aviv over recent exactions by Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

During the 4th edition of Les Pégases, which rewards the best French video game creations, based on the César movies, the video game “Stray”, whose protagonist is a gutter cat, was named best video game on Thursday evening o of the year.

After an initial sales phase launched more than a month ago, nearly 3.25 million tickets were sold for the Paris Olympics.