Fight against drug trafficking: MPs start a week of heated debates

Deputies began a week of heated debates on Monday on the Senate bill to fight the scourge of drug trafficking. The bill “aimed at getting France out of the drug trafficking trap”, brought to the Senate by Étienne Blanc (LR) and Jérôme Durain (PS), was adopted unanimously there on 4 February. The votes should be more divided in the Assembly, in view of the turn of the debates in the Law Committee in early March

Attack on an American aircraft carrier in the Red Sea: The Houthis claim responsibility

In response to the strikes carried out by the United States that killed, according to Washington, several of their leaders, the Houthi rebels in Yemen, supported by Iran, claimed Sunday and Monday two attacks on an American aircraft carrier in the Red Sea and claimed that they would hit American cargo ships. The leader of the Houthis, Abdel Malek al-Houthi, called on Yemenis to gather on Monday “by the millions” to protest against these strikes. According to the rebels, these strikes targeted Saturday in particular Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, and left 53 dead, including five children, and 98 injured. The Houthis declared on Sunday that they had conducted “a military operation (...) targeting the American aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and the accompanying warships in the northern Red Sea” in response, claiming to have fired 18 missiles and a drone. This morning, they claimed a second attack against this aircraft carrier in the northern Red Sea, saying they had targeted it “with numerous ballistic and cruise missiles as well as with drones, in an engagement that lasted several hours.”

26th day of Ligue 1: Paris untouchable against Olympique de Marseille

Paris SG won Sunday in the Classique 3 goals to 1 against Olympique de Marseille at the end of the 26th day of Ligue 1 marked by the match stopped between Montpellier and Saint-Étienne for smoke bombs thrown from the Montpellier stands. Paris now has 68 points, and continues its solo run at the top of Ligue 1, while Marseille, 49 points, only maintains its second place thanks to the poor results this weekend of its opponents for the two remaining places on the championship podium.

Cinema: Death of Belgian actress Emilie Dequenne, “Rosetta”

The Belgian actress Emilie Dequenne, known at 18 for her first role in “Rosetta”, died at the age of 43, early Sunday evening in the Paris region, due to a rare cancer. Her family and her agent Danielle Gain announced this, noting that she had spent several days in palliative care at Gustave Roussy Hospital.

IN SHORT

At a time when deep differences with Hamas are jeopardizing the ceasefire, Israel announced on Sunday that it had sent negotiators to Egypt to discuss with Egyptian mediators the issue of hostages held in the Gaza Strip.

François Bayrou clearly closed the door on Sunday to a return to the retirement age at 62. He thus endangers the future of the “conclave” on the 2023 reform even if he took care to distance himself from the critics of Edouard Philippe

The European Union is convening a donors' conference on Syria in Brussels on Monday. This is an opportunity for Europeans to promote international mobilization in favor of this country, devastated by more than a decade of war.

Ce lundi, Mark Carney, the new Prime Minister of Canada, makes his first trip abroad to Paris and London. His objective is to strengthen his alliances in Europe in a context of strong tensions between his country and Donald Trump's United States.