Energy: Electricity is gradually returning to Spain and Portugal

After long hours of an “exceptional” power outage, of unknown origin, which sowed chaos throughout the Iberian Peninsula, electricity is gradually returning to Spain and Portugal on the night of Monday to Tuesday. The network operator REE announced shortly after 1:00 GMT that 82.4% of the national electricity supply (or 16,552 megawatts) had been restored in mainland Spain, thirteen hours after the start of the giant outage. The return of power was often accompanied in the evening by applause and shouts of joy from residents in the streets of various districts of Madrid, after a long day without electricity, but also most often without internet and without mobile phones.

Combating drug trafficking: the law in the process of final adoption

A much-anticipated bill to combat drug trafficking is on the way to final adoption on Tuesday. This is a rare success for the government and the duo Gérald Darmanin-Bruno Retailleau, deprived of a majority in Parliament. The reform was already approved on Monday identically and unanimously by the Senate despite the abstention of environmentalists, after an agreement reached between parliamentarians from both chambers

Election in Canada: closing of the first polling stations

The first polling stations that elect the prime minister responsible for taking the reins of a country angered by economic war and Donald Trump's threats of annexation, closed their doors on Monday in Canada. Two candidates distance the others in voting intentions. They are the Liberal candidate and current Prime Minister Mark Carney, and the leader of the Conservatives Pierre Poilievre, with a head start for the former.

Molières 2025: a shower of awards awarded to two shows

The 36th Nuit des Molières awarded a shower of awards to two shows, “Le Soulier de Satin” and “Charcoal in the Veins”, and called on the sector to “resist” in the face of “budget cuts” in culture. The artistic director of the ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Thomas Jolly, received this edition's Molière d'Honneur, which he dedicated to live performance as a “tool” for “making society”.

IN A NUTSHELL

After the announcement by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of a ceasefire in Ukraine between 8 and 10 May, on the occasion of the celebrations of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany, Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday denounced an “attempt at manipulation”.

A 21-year-old French man surrendered to the Italian police, after two and a half days on the run, confessing to being the murderer of Aboubakar Cissé, a young Malian who was stabbed several dozen times Friday in the mosque in the small town of La Grand-Combe, but denying having acted out of hatred of Islam.

François Fillon is back in court on Tuesday for the judges to decide on the sentence that should be imposed on him, eight years after the revelation of the case of the fictional jobs of his wife Penelope, fatal to his presidential ambitions.

Police announced in a statement that a motorist hit and passed through a daycare center in Chatham, a small town in Illinois, on Monday. It states that it is an intentional act

PSG under Luis Enrique wants to hit hard at Arsenal Gunners on Tuesday in the Champions League semi-final first leg, to mute the music of critics and move closer to the hoped-for final.