Air crash: 10 dead

The boss of the paramilitary group Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin, his deputy and the eight other passengers died in the crash of a small private plane in Russia on Wednesday. According to the Russian air transport agency Rossaviatsia, Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board the plane flying between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, which crashed in

Back to politics in France: Macron focuses on school before bringing all the forces together

Emmanuel Macron wants to “rebuild the nation” with a focus on school, and announced a big meeting next week with all political forces in search of agreements “useful for France”, some of which could be subject to r& acute; referendum. The Head of State details his “large-scale initiative” to unblock a still complex situation in the National Assembly, where he has lacked an absolute majority since his reelection in 2022. Next week, he will invite all the political forces represented” in Parliament, to a location in the Paris region, probably on Wednesday, August 30, according to some invited parties

Peak of the heatwave: southern two-thirds of France concerned

19 departments still on hot red alert and 37 in orange on Thursday, before a drop that should start the next day according to Météo-France. During this very unusual heatwave so late in the summer, some heat records were broken again on Wednesday. Menton recorded a new absolute national record for the minimum temperature in continental France with 30.4 degrees.

Politics: getting tough

Today, the four parties of Nupes are making their political comeback in a dispersed order amid disagreements about the European elections and controversy around the rapper Médine who is increasing tensions on the left. The controversial artist is expected with the secretary general of EELV Marine Tondelier at the ecologists' summer days in his home town of Le Havre, for a “text explanation” at 6:45 p.m.

Spy satellite launch: North Korea announces its failure

North Korea's second attempt in three months to put a spy satellite into orbit failed according to an announcement on Thursday. Korea promises to test again in October. The official KCNA news agency said that “this second launch of the Malligyong-1 reconnaissance satellite aboard the Chollima-1 new-type carrier rocket” took place at dawn on August 24 in Sohae, North Phyongan Province. According to KCNA, “phases one and two of the rocket's flight were normal, but the launch failed due to an error in the emergency ignition system during the third phase of

AT A GLANCE

India successfully landed a spacecraft on the Moon on Wednesday. He thus joins the very exclusive club of major space powers.

In a statement, Tepco, the plant operator, indicated that the discharge into the Pacific Ocean of wastewater and pre-treated water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (northeastern Japan) will begin at 13:00 hours on Thursday Japanese (06:00 Paris time)

Republican presidential candidates began debating on Wednesday, without the frontrunner Donald Trump. This is the first major event of the 2024 American election.

During her back-to-school interview, Elisabeth Borne assured that there was “no question” for the executive to “raise household taxes”, while acknowledging that increasing medical deductibles was “one of the leads on the table”.

Norway's Karsten Warholm won the world gold in the 400m hurdles in Budapest on Wednesday. He is now the first triple world champion in the specialty.