Nuclear program: Trump announces “direct” talks between Washington and Iran

Donald Trump announced that Washington was conducting “direct” discussions with Iran on its nuclear program, receiving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, who left without the trade concessions he had hoped for. “We are having direct discussions with Iran. They have started, they will continue on Saturday, we will have a very big meeting,” he told the press.

Tariffs: Trump threat

Last Monday, US President Donald Trump threatened on his Truth Social platform to further inflate American tariffs on Chinese products if Beijing retaliates against its customs offensive. But it leaves the door open for negotiations with other countries. The latter said that “if China does not withdraw its 34% increase (in customs duties on American products) (...) by tomorrow, April 8, the United States will impose ADDITIONAL customs duties of 50% on China, starting on April 9.”

For its part, Beijing indicates that “the American threat of escalating tariffs against China is a mistake added to a mistake (...) China will never accept that. If the United States insists on going its own way, China will fight them to the end

Humanitarian support in Gaza: Macron calls for a resumption of aid blocked by Israel

Emmanuel Macron is going to al-Arich on Tuesday to call for a resumption of aid blocked by Israel, which has resumed its military operations against the Palestinian enclave after two months of truce. The French president is accompanied by his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, intervening in a tense context. This is a rare visit by a European leader to the borders of the Gaza Strip

Suspicion of Libyan financing: last day of the Nicolas Sarkozy trial

After three months of hearings, the former president's lawyers plead this afternoon, on the last day of the trial, on suspicion of Libyan financing. Mr. Christophe Ingrain and Mr. Jean-Michel Darrois must speak from 1.30 p.m. in the presence of the former Head of State, who has constantly maintained his innocence.
Nicolas Sarkozy is suspected of having entered into a “corruption pact” with the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2005, via his closest collaborators, in order to finance his victorious presidential campaign in 2007.

Paris: Parliament in the process of definitively adopting a restriction of soil law in Mayotte

This Tuesday, Parliament is expected to definitively adopt a text to tighten legal restrictions in Mayotte, an archipelago devastated by cyclone Chido and facing strong migratory pressure. The adoption will be made by a final vote in the Assembly. The text carried by Les Républicains, and supported by the government, was already adopted in the Senate on Thursday, after an agreement on the final version between deputies and senators. This text should easily pass its last obstacle to the lower house. The addition of the voices of the extreme right to those of the central block should guarantee it a comfortable majority.

IN SHORT

The spectacular fire that ravaged a waste center in the 17th arrondissement of Paris on Monday evening, near the Palais de Justice circumscribed shortly before midnight. There were no casualties.

The Interministerial Mission to Combat Sectarian Drifts (Miviludes) announced that health is still particularly affected by the risks of sectarian excesses, and unconventional care practices, including in health institutions, are a source of “pre occupation”.

Environmental protection associations and affected citizens intend to sue the State for France to strengthen its measures to adapt to climate change, a European “first” according to the applicants.

A few hours after the qualification of Gaël Monfils (44th) and the cruel elimination of Stan Wawrinka (163rd), the former world number 1 Daniil Medvedev (current 11th) painstakingly beat his Russian compatriot Karen Khachanov (25th) on Monday in the 1st round of the Monte-Carlo Masters 1000.