Ukraine: NATO prepares its enlargement, the fate of the Azovstal fighters uncertain
The conflict in Ukraine, where the fate of the last fighters entrenched in the Azovstal factory in Mariupol remained uncertain, will be the watermark of the MEETING Thursday of the American president with the Swedish and Finnish leaders who knock on the door of NATO to protect themselves from Moscow. The Atlantic Alliance is on the menu on both sides of the ocean since its Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is due to hold talks in Copenhagen at midday with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, whose country has been a member of NATO since 1949. On the other hand, Sweden and Finland have just begun the steps to join NATO by submitting their formal candidacy on Wednesday.
While Western countries are working to close their ranks to try to extinguish any possible attempts by Russian President Vladimir Putin to attack other countries, fighting continues on Ukrainian soil. In particular at the Azovstal steel plant, in the strategic port of Mariupol (southeast). The Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday that "959 (Ukrainian) fighters including 80 wounded have become prisoners" since Monday. Information that Ukraine had not commented.

Lafarge's indictment for "complicity in crimes against humanity" in Syria confirmed
In a new judicial setback for Lafarge, the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed its indictment for "complicity in crimes against humanity" concerning its activities until 2014 in Syria. Lafarge, a subsidiary of Holcim, is suspected of having paid in 2013 and 2014, via its Syrian subsidiary Lafarge Cement Syria (LCS), several million euros to terrorist groups, including the Islamic State (IS) organization, as well as intermediaries, in order to maintain the activity of a cement plant in Syria in Jalabiya while the country was sinking in war. The investigation estimated that these payments could have reached between €4.8 million and €10 million for the IS group alone. Lafarge is also suspected of selling cement from the factory to IS and paying middlemen to source raw materials from jihadist factions.

With Kirill Serebrennikov and Tom Cruise, Cannes in double screen
On the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival saw a double by welcoming Russian dissident Kirill Serebrennikov and Hollywood star Tom Cruise, who came to present the new "Top Gun", escorted by the Patrouille de France. The planes of the blue-white-red squad ensured the show at the end of the first day of competition. The pilots flew over the Cannes steps during the rise of the 59-year-old actor who, in their words, "inspired a generation" in the cockpits. Before this spectacular sequence, the day was marked by another climb of the steps, that of the Russian Kirill Serebrennikov, breaking with the Russian regime.

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President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced the establishment of an airlift and the use of a Cold War law to try to solve the shortage of baby milk in the United States, which has become a political headache for his administration.
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The handballers of Brest, champions of France in title, beat Paris 92 26 to 19, on behalf of the 25th and penultimate day of the Women's League, thus ensuring the second place, synonymous with the final against Messines.
Montpellier handball players lost heavily 30-22 in Poland in the Kielce hall and were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.