Ukraine: The Russian military advance under control

Ukraine says it is coping with a “difficult” situation in the northeast. The authorities indicate containing the Russian military advance in the north-east of the country where the situation remains “extremely difficult” according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, with Moscow leading an offensive there that allowed it to make its most significant territorial gains since the end of

According to a senior NATO military official, however, Russian forces do not have “the forces necessary to achieve a strategic breakthrough”. “They have neither the skills nor the capacity to do it,” said the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe, American General Christopher Cavoli, on Thursday evening

Israel: the army is conducting “targeted” operations

Israel will intensify its operations in Rafah while Netanyahu speaks of a “decisive battle.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the battle of Rafah as “decisive” on Thursday, after the announcement of an “intensification” of military ground operations in this city in the southern Gaza Strip despite international fears for the civilian population

In the eighth month of the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, the army says it has been conducting “targeted” ground operations in Rafah for the past ten days, accompanied by bombardments, with the declared objective of annihilating the last battalions of Hamas there.

The “Battle of Rafah” is “decisive”, said Mr. Netanyahu, adding that it was also aimed at Hamas's “loopholes and supply routes” that Israel vowed to annihilate after the Islamist movement's unprecedented attack on October 7 against Israel, which triggered the war.

France: MEPs make agriculture a “major general interest”

MEPs approved on Thursday an article of the agricultural bill that plans to give agriculture a status of “major general interest”, a legal innovation that is supposed to meet a demand from farmers, but whose scope is disputed by opponents.

“The protection, enhancement and development of agriculture and fisheries are of major general interest as they guarantee the agricultural and food sovereignty of the Nation, which contributes to the defense of its fundamental interests”, states this key article of the bill.

The commitment was made by Emmanuel Macron at the Agricultural Show, while farmers' anger was in full swing. “On the legal level, it positions agriculture in balance with the environment”, approved Arnaud Rousseau, president of the FNSEA, the first

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Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko lashed out hard on Thursday in front of hundreds of students galvanized at the attitude of Paris during the repression against his camp under former President Macky Sall, accusing the Macron presidency of having incited “persecution”.

Ex-minister Damien Abad, accused of sexual violence by three women, was indicted on Thursday in Paris for attempted rape in 2010 on one of them, AFP learned from a source close to the case.

The Professional Football League (LFP) is continuing its campaign against discrimination on the last day of Ligue 1 this weekend, with a new section dedicated to the fight against homophobia, with a new component dedicated to the fight against homophobia, more discreet than the rainbow flocked jerseys that caused controversy last season.

American video game publisher Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Rockstar Games, announced on Thursday that the highly anticipated video game “Grand Theft Auto VI” would be released in the fall of 2025.