Jo-2024: Léon Marchand continues his big bet

Léon Marchand wants to win two gold medals in less than two hours on Wednesday at the 2024 Olympics, where the French handball team has their backs against the wall when it comes to meeting Egypt. Léon Marchand has an appointment with his Olympic destiny between 8:37 p.m. and 22:31, one hundred fourteen minutes to win two gold medals in the 200 m butterfly and then the 200 m breaststroke. To succeed in his crazy bet, he will have to beat the Hungarian Kristof Milak, the world record holder for butterfly distance.

Clash: Israel targets a Lebanese Hezbollah commander in the southern suburbs of Beirut

On Tuesday evening, the Israeli army claimed to have “eliminated” a “responsible” Hezbollah commander. According to the army, the deadly shooting on the annexed Golan, which it had promised to fight back, is a new stage in a clash that raises fears of a regional outbreak amid the continuing war in Gaza. According to a preliminary assessment by the local health ministry, three civilians, one woman and two children were killed and 74 others injured in the Israeli strike on the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital.

American presidential election: Trump will participate in two campaign events on Wednesday

Donald Trump will participate in two campaign events on Wednesday, with his new rival Kamala Harris in the crosshairs. He is forced to outline a new electoral strategy less than 100 days before the American presidential election. The former president had put the health of the current 81-year-old leader at the heart of his political message by presenting him as a senile old man

Venezuela: claiming victory in the presidential election

After the deaths of a dozen people and mass arrests, thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets in Venezuela on Tuesday to claim the presidential victory of their candidate, who questioned the army and the power of Nicolas Maduro. Since Sunday's election, a tug of war has begun between the socialist and authoritarian power, which has been in control for 25 years, and the opposition. She denounces “massive fraud” and calls for a transparent counting of votes, which is increasingly called for by the international community.

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In the historic trial of the massacre of September 28, 2009 at the Conakry stadium in Guinea, in which at least 156 people were killed, the Guinean justice system delivers its verdict on Wednesday, “a moment of truth” for the victims and their families who have been waiting for this decision for almost 15 years.

On Tuesday evening, violent clashes between police and demonstrators took place in Southport, the city in Northern England where a knife attack on Monday claimed the lives of three girls.

Nice prosecutor Damien Martinelli said on Tuesday that a fourth suspect, a 17-year-old young man, suspected of being involved in the arson attack in Nice in mid-July in Nice, which caused the death of seven people from the same family, was arrested at the Franco-Spanish border.

Yesterday, Clarisse Agégnénou abandoned her Olympic title won three years ago in Tokyo for a bronze medal in judo (-63 kg) at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, where the blue swordsmen pocketed a silver medal in the competition by é

At the Pierre-Mauroy Stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, the French basketball team won after extra time against Japan (94-90) on Tuesday and will be present in the quarterfinals of the Olympic tournament.