Israel: the head of the Shin Bet internal security agency fired

This Friday, the Israeli government announced the dismissal of Ronen Bar, the head of the Shin Bet internal security agency, whom Benjamin Netanyahu said he no longer trusted. The Prime Minister's Office announced in a statement that “the government unanimously approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to end the term” of Ronen Bar, who will leave office when his successor is appointed or no later than April 10.

Pensions: social partners involved in consultations

The three employee unions and the two employers' organizations are involved in pension consultations. They will continue their work, but with a desire to “empower themselves” from political power. The CFTC negotiator, Pascale Coton, “this is continuing but it is very fragile.” The president of Medef Patrick Martin said Thursday that he wanted to “relaunch discussions on new bases” by broadening them “to the financing of all social protection” and to the question of contributions which must “fall”, in an interview

Paris: a new investigation to identify other victims of the child criminal Joël Le Scouarnec

Justice has opened a new investigation to identify other victims of the child criminal Joël Le Scouarnec. He is currently on trial in Vannes for rapes and sexual assaults on 299 patients, whom he recognized in their entirety for the first time on Thursday. According to the Attorney General, “despite the investigations carried out, the strong media coverage of the case, the meetings and communications organized, it is still possible (...) that some victims have not yet been able to be identified”.

Justice: Trump asks the Supreme Court to act against judges who oppose him
The American president on Thursday asked the Supreme Court, the highest judicial body in the country, to “settle” the “problem” constituted according to him by federal judges who have blocked his decisions since returning to the White House. The American president on his Truth Social network indicated that “if the President (of the court, editor's note) Roberts and the Supreme Court of the United States do not immediately solve this harmful and unprecedented problem, our country will be in very serious danger! ”.

Brussels: a new summit will be held on March 27 in Paris

To “finalize” the “short-term support for the Ukrainian army”, Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday the holding of a new summit on March 27 in Paris with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine's allies. The French president said that at the end of a European Union Council in Brussels, “we will hold a summit of the coalition of volunteers next Thursday”, countries ready to contribute in one way or another to “security guarantees” for Ukraine as part of a possible peace agreement

IN SHORT

For a seventh edition under the sign of geopolitics, the international Séries Mania festival, the largest event of its kind in Europe, opens Friday evening in Lille (northern France).

After a vote disrupted by an extremely rare technical failure, deputies decided to maintain the confidentiality of encrypted messaging on Thursday, Bruno Retailleau failing to convince them of the merits of a measure to combat drug traffickers.

The Belleville Park Youth Collective said Thursday that more than twenty young migrants who occupied the Gaîté Lyrique are subject to the obligation to leave the territory (OQTF).

The UN announced on Friday that all glacial regions recorded a net mass loss in 2024, for the third year in a row.

The French team totally sank in Croatia (2-0) on Thursday in Split, despite the return of Kylian Mbappé after six months of absence. He conceded a defeat that seriously complicated his task in order to qualify for the “Final Four” of the Nations League