Peasant Confederation: Macron receives two agricultural unions

The Head of State Emmanuel Macron met with representatives of the Rural Coordination, then of the Peasant Confederation, respectively 2nd and 3rd agricultural unions. Next week, he will see FNSEA, which is the majority party

The two agricultural unions welcomed the “listening” of the Head of State while choosing to continue the mobilization on the ground, pending “the realization” of the government's announcements.

While they have taken note of the emergency aid -400 million euros- announced by the government, this is not enough, according to the unions, to respond to the profound malaise in the countryside.

Super Bowl parade in Kansas City: One dead and over twenty gunshot wounds

In the United States, the parade celebrating the Chiefs' Super Bowl victory in Kansas City recorded shots that left at least one dead and 21 injured on Wednesday. US President Joe Biden referred to it as a “tragedy.” Eight patients whose lives were in danger were taken to hospital within 10 minutes of the shooting, Chief Ross Grundyson said at a press conference

Military operations: Israel promises a “powerful” intervention in Rafah

Israel has promised to conduct a “powerful” operation in Rafah, despite growing international pressure to try to avoid a potentially devastating offensive in this overpopulated city in the southern Gaza Strip. Israel also carried out air strikes on neighboring Lebanon that left at least seven people dead, according to Lebanese sources, after a rocket fire in which an Israeli soldier was killed. A “dangerous escalation” according to the UN, which fears a regional outbreak.

For his part, French President Emmanuel Macron urged Benjamin Netanyahu to end military operations in Gaza and to have the “courage” to offer his country a “peaceful future.”

IN A NUTSHELL

Despite urgent appeals from Senegal and abroad, the country remains plunged into crisis on Thursday the day after a Council of Ministers during which President Macky Sall did not announce any act of appeasement.

Greece announces a major societal reform despite the fierce opposition of the influential Orthodox Church. The Conservative government is preparing on Thursday to allow same-sex marriage and the adoption of children by same-sex couples

After his conviction on appeal to one year in prison, including six months in prison in the “Bygmalion” case concerning the excessive spending of his 2012 presidential campaign, Nicolas Sarkozy appealed to the courts of cassation.

In the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain won 2-0 against Real Sociedad at the Parc des Princes.