Attack at a private junior high school in Nantes: one dead and three injured

Investigators will try on Friday to identify the motivations of the alleged perpetrator, a teenager described as depressed who was hospitalized Thursday evening after a psychiatric examination, the day after a psychiatric examination, the day after the knife attack in a private junior high school in Nantes that caused a dead and three injured. The public prosecutor of Nantes, Antoine Leroy, announced that he would give a press conference on Friday at 18:00.

Funeral of Pope Francis: The Vatican puts the finishing touches on Friday to preparations

The Vatican is finalizing preparations for the funeral of Pope Francis on Friday morning in Saint Peter's Square in Rome. For the last day, devotees and tourists can parade in front of his open coffin. Most of the 50 heads of state and 10 monarchs who have so far confirmed their presence at the funeral of the sovereign pope, including American President Donald Trump and Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky, are due to arrive in Rome this Friday.

Fighting medical deserts: Bayrou and his government unveil their plan

During the debate the burning question of the freedom of establishment of doctors, some of whose unions are planning strikes and demonstrations from 28 April, the government unveiled its plan on Friday, on the occasion of a trip by François Bayrou to Cantal. On 1 April, before the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, Mr. Bayrou was in favor of “regulating” the installation of doctors in order to fight against medical deserts.

Ukraine: Moscow ready for an agreement to end the war

After a warning from Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin following deadly strikes on Kiev, the head of Russian diplomacy Sergei Lavrov assured Thursday that Moscow was ready for an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. The salvo launched by Russia on the night of Wednesday to Thursday 70 missiles and 145 drones targeting a total of six regions and killing 12 people in Kiev according to the Ukrainian authorities came at a time when the painstaking negotiations undertaken by the American president are tense on the issue of Crimea.

Colonization of Madagascar: Macron wants to create the “conditions” for “forgiveness”

French President Emmanuel Macron wants to create the “conditions” of “forgiveness” for the colonization of Madagascar. He restores human remains emblematic of these “bloody and tragic pages” and by engaging in joint memory work through a joint commission of historians. At the end of his two-day state visit to the capital Antananarivo, he announced the establishment of a “joint Franco-Malagasy commission of historians around 1947 (...) the wars of decolonization and the atrocities that were committed at that time”. Malagasy historians called for such a commemorative gesture, like the commissions of historians created with other former French colonies such as Cameroon, Algeria, Senegal and Haiti.

IN A NUTSHELL

Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to open the large-scale extraction of minerals in the deep ocean.

After two days of escalation through visa suspension, expulsion of diplomats and border closures, a possible prelude to military responses for experts, the UN is calling on India and Pakistan to “maximum restraint”.

Israel threatened to launch a “larger” offensive in Gaza if the hostages were not freed from Palestinian territory. Note that 55 people including children were killed in Israeli bombardments.

Today, the Rennes Commercial Court must rule on the sole takeover offer of Fonderie de Bretagne (FDB), a former Renault subsidiary located in Caudan, in Morbihan, located in Caudan, in Morbihan, led by the Europlasma group, with some 250 jobs at stake.

After being disqualified for an illicit move against the Czech Renata Zachova in the final of the European Championships in Podgorica (Montenegro), Clarisse Agbégnénou, who was aiming for a sixth continental title, had to settle for the silver medal.