Strikes on southern Beirut: Israel launches a new salvo

On the night of Thursday to Friday, the Israeli army carried out a new round of strikes on southern Beirut, a stronghold of the Shiite Hezbollah movement, one of the most violent raids since Israel intensified its bombing campaign on September 23. According to official figures, nearly 2,000 people have been killed in Lebanon in a year of cross-border violence between Hezbollah and the Israeli army, including more than a thousand since September 23. The government estimates the number of displaced at around 1.2 million.

Agriculture: Barnier wants to “take a break from standards”

Michel Barnier, French Prime Minister promised yesterday to “take a break on standards” to “encourage” farmers affected by crises. According to him, “these farmers who are affected by health crises and poor harvests deserve to be encouraged. They are fed up with it. Tired of constraints, rules, and controls. So we're going to take a break from the standards.” Barnier, who was Minister of Agriculture from 2007 to 2009 under the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy, also indicated that “they work a lot in a vital way to make a living, to feed the French people with healthy, balanced, diversified, and traceable food

Tax on electric cars imported from China: the green light of the 27 expected on Friday

Despite the hostility of Germans who fear a trade war with Beijing, the member states of the European Union (EU) are expected to confirm in a vote on Friday the imposition of customs duties on electric cars imported from China. The aim is to restore fair conditions of competition with manufacturers accused of taking advantage of massive public subsidies. The European Commission plans to add to the 10% tax already in place a surcharge of up to 35% on Chinese-made battery vehicles. These countervailing duties are due to come into force at the end of October

Iran strikes: UN Security Council supports Antonio Guterres “fully”

Yesterday evening, the UN Security Council gave its “full” support to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Israel had declared him “persona non grata” the day before for not immediately condemning Iran's strikes on Tuesday. The five permanent members of the Council and the other ten non-permanent members “emphasized the need for all member states (of the UN) to have a productive and functioning relationship with the Secretary-General and to refrain from any action that undermines his work and that of his services” without ever quoting Israel.

IN SHORT

Peter Cherif was sentenced on Thursday to life imprisonment for the kidnapping of three humanitarians in 2011 and for the role he played in Yemen alongside Chérif Kouachi.

A draft letter indicates that more than 25 associations will call on the main social networks to put in place concrete measures to protect women and members of the LGBT+ community from the excesses of artificial intelligence (AI).

Union and employers announced on Thursday in a statement that American dockers will return to work after three days of strike, as the blockade of ports in the United States threatened to cause shortages and price increases a month before the election residential.

Local authorities have declared that Hurricane Helene caused at least 201 deaths in the southeastern United States.

Kylian Mbappé was not included in the list for the Nations League matches against Israel (10 October) and Belgium (10 October) and Belgium (14 October).