State visit: Emmanuel Macron to Beijing Wednesday

The French Head of State is expected to visit Beijing this afternoon for his three-day state visit. According to those around him, on the eve of an intense day of discussions with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, in which the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen will be partly involved, he began his visit with a speech to the French community to “outline the challenges and objectives” of this trip.

Meetings in Matignon: Elisabeth Borne tries to get out of the pension crisis

This Wednesday, Elisabeth Borne is hosting the unions to try to get out of the pension crisis. But the latter do not intend to throw in the towel any time soon, they are calling for the reform to be “withdrawn.” Despite “points of disagreement” on pension reform, in particular the lowering of the retirement age from 62 to 64, the Prime Minister promised that she would “listen to all the issues” that the unions would like to discuss during this meeting, which will begin at 10:00am in Matignon.

Maintien de l' ordre: le Minister of the Interior of France Explains to deputies and senators
Gérald Darmanin will explain today to deputies and then senators on the use of force by police and gendarmes during demonstrations against pension reform in the country and violent clashes in Saint-Soline (Deux-Sèvres). He is expected at 9:00am before the Law Committee of the National Assembly and then at 11:00am before that of the Senate. Gérald Darmanin will try to demonstrate that police officers and gendarmes are not using excessive force, as he has been doing for days.

Clashes at Al-Aqsa: an unprecedented crime in East Jerusalem

“ agitators” had brought “fireworks, sticks, and rocks” into the al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem. Denouncing “an unprecedented crime,” the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, in power in the Gaza Strip, called on Palestinians in the West Bank “to flock to the al-Aqsa Mosque to defend it.” For its part, the Israeli police announced Wednesday night that they had intervened inside the mosque to dislodge these “agitators”.

IN SHORT

The public group announced that SNCF plans to run 3 TGVs out of 4 and 1 TER out of 2 on Thursday for the 11th day of mobilization against pension reform.

On the occasion of a new day of action against pension reform, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) asks airlines to cancel 20% of their flights at several French airports in the regions on Thursday.

Intending to end all lawsuits against him in North America over the sale of talc accused of causing cancer, American pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson proposed an $8.9 billion deal on Tuesday.

The Senate unanimously adopted, on Tuesday evening, at first reading, a text to strengthen forest fire prevention in all directions, at a time when the famous Flots Bleus campsite, ravaged by flames last summer at the foot of The Pilat dune.

Thomas Tuchel's Bayern Munich has fallen back into trouble, knocked out in the German Cup quarterfinals against Freiburg (2-1), with triple dreams gone, after a promising start and a victory against Borussia Dortmund in the league.