War in the Gaza Strip: Israel marks the first anniversary of the surprise attack by Hamas

Israel commemorates this Monday the unprecedented attack of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on its territory on October 7, 2023, which triggered the war in the Gaza Strip.

From Sydney to Berlin, from Buenos Aires to New York, numerous rallies or ceremonies are planned to mark the anniversary of this surprise offensive that left 1,205 dead, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures, including hostages taken by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and dead in captivity

On Sunday, tens of thousands of people already demonstrated around the world, whether to pay tribute to the victims of October 7 or in support of the Palestinians after a year of bloody war in the Gaza Strip.

Nobel Prize in Medicine: A Kickoff for Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Treatments

The Nobel Prize in Medicine kicks off the famous awards ball on Monday in the hope of giving a glimmer of optimism to a world beset by extreme tensions. Awarded since 1901, the Nobels reward the “benefactors of humanity”, a promise that is paralleled by the noise of a year marked by wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. The award for medicine or physiology awarded around 11:30am (09:30 GMT) in Stockholm will open the week

Ligue 1: Reims approaches the podium as PSG loses the lead

With a draw in Nice (1-1), PSG lost the Ligue 1 leader on Sunday evening, two points behind Monaco, and Reims moved closer to the podium after their success against Montpellier (4-2). After Monaco's victory on Saturday in Rennes (2-1), PSG needed to win on the Côte d'Azur to return to the level of the Monegasques

But with a game that is sometimes boring and not dangerous enough in front of goal, the Parisians leave Nice with a single point quite logically and are now in second place (17 pts) before the international break. Earlier in the afternoon, Reims got closer to the top three by taking advantage of the Marseille draw on Friday night against Angers (1-1)

IN A NUTSHELL

A new hurricane is approaching Florida on Monday, in the midst of a controversy over federal aid provided to victims after the devastating passage of Hurricane Helene in the south-east of the United States a week ago.

The Franco-Cameroonian author Charles Onana is being tried from Monday before the Paris Criminal Court for complicity in contesting the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda in 1994, the second trial of its kind in France.

Eleven of the thirteen members of the ultra-right Barjols group who were tried in early 2023 are appearing as of Monday before the Paris Court of Appeal, suspected of having prepared a series of violent actions, including a draft attack against Emmanuel Macron at the end of 2018.

The outgoing head of state in Tunisia Kais Saied, accused of “authoritarian drift” by the opposition and civil society, won Sunday with more than 89% of the votes the presidential election, marked by a very low turnout, according to exit polls.