Olympic Games final: qualification of basketball players and handball players in the French camp

The French camp is back in euphoria with the qualification of basketball players and handballers for the Olympic Games final and gold won in the early evening by cyclist Benjamin Thomas in the omnium race. Earlier, the French women's handball team qualified for the Olympic final by overthrowing Sweden (31-28 after extra time). Les Blaises will face Norway or Denmark in the final on Saturday

Gaza Strip: Israel agrees to resume discussions next 15 with a view to a truce in Gaza
After an intervention by the United States, Egypt and Qatar, which warned the two belligerents that there was “no more time to lose or excuses” for further procrastination, Israel agreed on Thursday to resume discussions on 15 August with a view to a truce in the Gaza Strip and the release of the hostages by Hamas. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement that “following the proposal of the United States and the mediators, on August 15, Israel will send a delegation of negotiators to the location that will be agreed to conclude the details of implementing an agreement.”

Ukrainian incursion: Russia should “feel” the consequences of the invasion according to Zelensky

Russia should in turn “feel” the consequences of the invasion it launched in February 2022 according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The country is the target of a major incursion by Ukrainian troops in the Kursk border region for the third day in a row. According to the Russian General Staff, which said it was doing everything possible to push them back across the border, more than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers with a dozen tanks and twenty armored vehicles penetrated this region on Tuesday

Social networks: X suspended for 10 days in Venezuela

During a demonstration held on Thursday in Caracas in his favor, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that the social network X (ex-Twitter) was “withdrawn from circulation” for ten days. According to Maduro, the telecommunications agency has “decided to remove the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, for 10 days from circulation in Venezuela.”

Météo-France: une nouvelle vague Heat expected in France this weekend