Olympic Games: the mayor of Paris keeps her promise

The mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo will keep her promise Wednesday morning along with the president of the organizing committee (Cojo), Tony Estanguet. The promise was to swim in the Seine nine days before the Olympic Games. The conditions are finally in place for the historic plunge of three key figures from the Olympic Games. The mayor of the host city, the president of Cojo and the prefect of Ile-de-France, Marc Guillaume, must take the plunge at 10:00am, followed by a procession of swimmers invited for the occasion.

Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip: 57 dead

The local authorities announced that the strikes on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, where five bombings, including on a school housing displaced persons, left 57 dead. According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the army should “further increase the pressure on Hamas”, which carried out an unprecedented attack on October 7 against Israel, which triggered the war in Palestinian territory.

King's Speech: Charles III presents the first Labor program in 15 years

After the overwhelming victory of Labour over the Conservatives in the legislative elections of 4 July, Charles III delivers the “King's Speech” on Wednesday, a solemn ceremony where he will unveil the first legislative programme in 15 years of a Labour government. This speech steeped in tradition marks the opening of the new session of the Westminster Parliament after these elections, which resulted in the arrival in Downing Street of the new Prime Minister Keir Starmer. According to the head of government, “the legislative program presented during the king's speech will build on the momentum of our first days in power and will make a difference in the lives of workers”, with economic growth as a priority.

Football: the FFF files a complaint against Fifa

The French Football Federation (FFF) is going to file a complaint with Fifa for racial and discriminatory offensive remarks, after a video circulating on social networks on social networks in which Argentine players sing a racist song against R&B players. Eacute; French team. In a press release, the president of the FFF “condemned in the strongest terms the unacceptable racist and discriminatory remarks that were made against the players of the France team”.

IN SHORT

After analyzing three takeover offers, Duralex's 228 employees should finally be settled: the Orléans Commercial Court must decide on the fate of the French glass company known throughout the world for its reputed unbreakable tableware, Wednesday.

In protest at the passage of a law on transgender students, enacted on Monday in California, Elon Musk announced on X Tuesday that he would move the headquarters of the aerospace company SpaceX and the social network X, the ex-Twitter, to Texas.

During the last Euro-2025 qualifying match and final preparation before the start of the Olympic Games, the completely redesigned French women's team lost on Tuesday to Ireland (3-1).

Benoît Paire won his first match on grass against American Zachary Svajda 6-3, 3-6, 7-6, 7-6 (7/4).