Trial of Joël Le Scouarnec: the court will probe the personality of the ex-surgeon

On the second day of the Joël Le Scouarnec trial, the Morbihan Criminal Court will probe the personality of the ex-surgeon on Tuesday, including the expected testimony of his ex-spouse. The day after a first day mainly devoted to technical aspects, Tuesday promises to be the first highlight of the trial around the personality of the former doctor. As a reminder, Joël Le Scouarnec, the ex-surgeon, is accused of rapes and sexual assaults on 299 victims.

Mulhouse attack: Bayrou considers Algiers's refusal to take back its citizen “unacceptable”

François Bayrou launched a charge against Algeria on Monday, considering “unacceptable” its refusal to take back the attacker and highlighting the “determination” of France, which could initiate retaliatory measures, in particular on visas, two days after the ; Mulhouse attack. On Monday, the Prime Minister deemed “unacceptable” Algiers's refusal to take back its national, under the obligation to leave French territory, before he killed one man and injured seven others on Saturday in Mulhouse.

COP16: start of activities this Tuesday in Rome

Four months after the failure of negotiations in Colombia, the major United Nations environmental conference on biodiversity, COP16, began three days of extensions in Rome on Tuesday to unwind the North-South blockade on financing the protection of nature. According to the Colombian president of the summit, Susana Muhamad, “the evolution of power relationships in geopolitics, but also the constraints that armed conflicts impose on the finances of countries” are responsible for the “polarization” of the world on this issue.

Crisis in the luxury sector: Fashion Week starts on Tuesday

This Tuesday begins Milan Fashion Week against the background of the crisis in the luxury sector, which will try with its Fall/Winter 2025-2026 women's collections to reshuffle the cards in a market at half-mast. In the afternoon, the high mass will be launched with Gucci, symbol of this recession. The French luxury group Kering, in fact announced a collapse in its 2024 profit two weeks ago, hampered by the drastic 23% drop in sales of its flagship brand, which has been struggling for several years.

IN A NUTSHELL

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he wanted the restart “now” of an oil pipeline project between Canada and the United States, called Keystone XL.

A study published on Tuesday by the Skema observatory on the feminization of companies indicates that almost 28% of the management bodies of CAC 40 companies were composed of women in 2024, 2 points more than in 2023.

The French Rugby Federation has announced that in rugby, the opener Romain Ntamack and the winger Damian Penaud are among the 19 protected players who will not play in the Top 14 this weekend, in preparation for the match against Ireland in the Six Nations Tournament on 8 March.