Conference on Ukraine: Zelensky expected in Berlin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leaves Italy on Friday, which announced the holding in July of a conference on the reconstruction of his country, and is completing his European tour in Germany in Germany aimed at obtaining more support in the face of the Russian invasion.

Mr. Zelensky meets with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Friday morning before flying to Berlin. There, he will meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose government has planned to halve the amount allocated to bilateral military aid to Ukraine by 2025, much to the dismay of

After initial steps in London and Paris, where he denied any discussion on any ceasefire, Volodymyr Zelensky met Thursday evening in Rome with the head of the Italian government Giorgia Meloni.

Global Order Threat: A Nobel Peace Prize in the form of a plea announced

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded this Friday against the backdrop of a litany of wars, from Ukraine to the Middle East, perhaps an opportunity to reward guarantors of a battered world order such as the International Court of Justice, UNRWA or Antonio Guterres.

The culmination of the Nobel season, the peace prize will be awarded at 11:00 (09:00 GMT) at the Nobel Institute in Oslo.

The picture is grim with the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, the famine in Sudan, and a pervasive climate peril.

On Thursday, the Nobel Prize for Literature went to the South Korean writer Han Kang.

Depression Kirk: the results reveal flooded cities in Seine-et-Marne and Eure-et-Loir

Flooded streets, closed schools, damaged homes: several dozen people were evacuated in Eure-et-Loir and Seine-et-Marne, departments placed on alert for floods after intense rains due to the passage of the Kirk Depression.

This red vigilance, synonymous with “major flood risk” with a “direct threat” to the safety of people and property, was supposed to continue on Friday. In Eure-et-Loir, on the Loir river placed on red alert, “significant overflows are ongoing in the Bonneval and Saint-Maur-sur-le-Loir sectors”, the specialized government site Vigicrue warned in the early afternoon

Conflict: Israel carries out air strikes that leave 22 dead

In the evening, the Israeli army carried out two deadly air strikes on the Lebanese capital, which has rarely been hit since the start of its open war against Hezbollah, after shots were fired at the UN headquarters of peacekeepers in Lebanon, according to the UN, which caused a diplomatic outcry.

According to a new report from the Health Ministry, 22 people were killed, and 117 injured, in these strikes. One of these strikes targeted a Hezbollah official, a Lebanese security source told AFP

IN A NUTSHELL

The Fitch rating agency reveals on Friday its diagnosis of the French economy, which could lead to a status quo or a downgrade in its rating, the day after the presentation of a draft 2025 budget determined to make 60 billion euros in savings to contain the surge in the deficit.

Martinique is healing its wounds after a night of chaos marked by looting, fires and violence that left 26 police officers and policemen injured, pushing the prefect of the island to decree a curfew and a ban on demonstrations throughout the country until Monday.

SNCF was fined 400,000 euros by the Paris Criminal Court for its role in the TGV Est accident which caused the death of 11 people and caused 42 injuries during tests on November 14, 2015 in Eckwersheim (Bas-Rhin).

The leaders of the “Med9", which brings together the Mediterranean countries of the European Union, are meeting on Friday in Cyprus to discuss, in the presence of King Abdallah II of Jordan, the crisis in the Middle East, in the presence of King Abdullah II of Jordan, about the crisis in the Middle East, in the face of which diplomacy seems powerless at the moment.

The French team, without Kylian Mbappé, easily won 4 goals to 1 against Israel in Budapest on the 3rd day of the Nations League.