Olympic Games: Paris passes the baton to Los Angeles, which will host the next edition in 2028

Yesterday evening, Paris closed its Olympic Games after two weeks of popular jubilation and sporting prowess, handing over the baton to Los Angeles. This city will host the next edition in 2028. France finishes the Olympic Games in 5th place in the hierarchy with 64 medals, including 16 gold, after the defeat of its basketball players (67-66) against the Americans in the final of the final event on Sunday afternoon, which allowed the United States to finish first in the medal ranking (126), sharing the lead with China in the number of Olympic titles

Summer heat in Paris: the 2nd wave reached its peak on Monday

The second heatwave of the year in France reached its peak on Monday over a large part of the country. The inhabitants of 45 departments, including those of Ile-de-France, are called upon to protect themselves against this silent killer, the most proven accomplice of climate change. More than half of the French population, 35 million inhabitants, live in these departments.

Forest fires near Athens: an orderly evacuation

On Sunday evening, major forest fires, some of which were still out of control, burned in Greece and threatened areas around Athens, including the historic city of Marathon, which was ordered to be evacuated. Authorities ordered residents of the city of Marathon, 40 km northeast of Athens, to evacuate to the coastal city of Nea Makri in order to take shelter there

Gaza Strip: Hamas calls for the implementation of the Biden plan

Instead of conducting more negotiations or bringing in new proposals, the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas called for “implementing” the three-phase plan proposed by the Americans for a truce in Gaza. After ten months of war, Israel agreed on Friday to resume discussions on 15 August with a view to a ceasefire and the release of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas, in response to a call from American, Egyptian and Qatari mediators. Hamas asks the mediators through a statement “to present a road map to implement what was proposed to Hamas and which it accepted on July 2, 2024.”

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In an interview on Sunday, Emmanuel Macron considered that “it was much more responsible to clarify” the political situation by dissolving the National Assembly “before” the Games, considering that this decision had not “spoiled” them.

After Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon that killed three of its fighters and injured 12, Hezbollah announced that it had launched rockets into northern Israel.

Police announced that a helicopter crashed into the roof of a Hilton hotel in Cairns, northern Australia on Monday, killing its pilot and causing a fire that led to a mass evacuation.

The Olympic cauldron was switched off on Sunday evening for the end of the Olympics but will be on again for the Paralympics at the end of August.