Attack blamed on Israel: Iran and its allies prepare their response

After an attack blamed on Israel, the leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, assassinated on Wednesday in Iran, is due to be buried Friday in Qatar, where he lived in exile. Iran and its allies are preparing their response as far as they are concerned. A prayer ceremony will take place at the Imam Mohammad bin Abdel Wahhab Mosque, the largest in the capital Doha, after an official funeral, marked by calls for revenge, which brought together thousands of people in Tehran on Thursday.

Presidential election in Venezuela: the opposition leader calls for demonstrations on Saturday
To face the re-election of President Nicolas Maduro, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado called for demonstrations on Saturday “in all cities” in the country. Machado was declared ineligible by the authorities and was replaced at short notice in the presidential election on Sunday by the discreet diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. On Wednesday, she called on Venezuelans to take to the streets, the first of its kind since the start of this crisis.

Aggravated wilful violence: trial required against nine CRS
Nine CRS are suspected of aggravated voluntary violence on at least four “yellow vests” and one journalist at a Burger King restaurant near the Champs-Elysées in late 2018. The Paris prosecutor's office has requested a trial against them. According to the final indictment, the prosecutor's office, some CRS “armed with their baton and their shield” had hit “several times the non-hostile demonstrators” who had “taken refuge” in the restaurant during Act III of the “Yellow Vests” demonstrations

Olympic Games 2024: Riner, Manaudou and Marchand in search of new gold

This Friday, at the Paris Games, France defeated its ace pair, the judoka Teddy Riner as well as the swimmers Florent Manaudou and Léon Marchand, as well as the swimmers Florent Manaudou and Léon Marchand, in search of new gold. This seventh day of the Olympics will also be spiced up by two hot France-Argentina: in football for a quarter-final 20 months after the final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar; in handball in a decisive match to reach the quarters.

IN A NUTSHELL

The statistics service of the Ministry of the Interior (SSMSI) indicated that theft and voluntary damage in particular are decreasing around the Olympic sites in Ile-de-France between 22 and 28 July between 22 and 28 July, while the region is experiencing an exceptional mobilization of forces of the order.

In fighting in Tinzaouatene, near the Algerian border, from 25 to 27 July, 84 members of the Russian Wagner group and 47 Malian soldiers were killed by separatists in northern Mali.

American superstar Simone Biles won her second gold medal at the Paris 2024 Games, the sixth Olympic medal of her career. She was crowned in the individual all-around artistic gymnastics competition.

The sudden abandonment of the Italian opponent of an Algerian boxer admitted to the Olympics aroused strong reactions, up to Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni. The Italian opponent abandoned the race after being ruled out of another competition for failing an establishment test of its kind