Diplomats' visit to the West Bank: European countries, the EU, the UN and Canada express strong protests
After Israel fired shots, which she described as a “warning”, during a visit by diplomats organized by the Palestinian Authority to the occupied West Bank, several European countries as well as the EU, UN and Canada expressed strong protests on Wednesday. This incident comes in a context of increased international pressure on Israel for its conduct of the war in Gaza, with the stated aim of annihilating Hamas. Europeans, in particular, raised their voices at the beginning of the week. At the same time, the UN announced on the night of Wednesday to Thursday that it had received the equivalent of 90 trucks of humanitarian aid that it is distributing in the Gaza Strip, at a time when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was ready to accept a temporary ceasefire in the Palestinian territory to release hostages.

Paris: Macron sharply reframes his ministers

During a defense council devoted to Islamist entrism in France, Emmanuel Macron sharply reframed his ministers, led by Bruno Retailleau, judging that the proposals made were not up to the “gravity of the facts”. In a terse statement, the Elysée said that “given the importance of the subject and the seriousness of the established facts, it asked the government to formulate new proposals that will be examined at an upcoming Defence Council in early June.” According to the information, the Head of State did not only tell the ministers present to review their copy.

New health transport conditions: Taxis still “angry”, VTCs targeted
Hundreds of “angry” taxis continued to demonstrate in Paris, Marseille and Pau against new health transport conditions and competition from VTCs, the latter being sometimes targeted. Between horn concerts and fireworks in the capital in the rain, several hundred taxis from all over France were still blocking Boulevard Raspail, near the Ministry of Transport. At Orly airport, taxis blocked secondary accesses to the platform for about fifteen minutes, the main roads being controlled by the police, said the police.

Cannes: Saeed Roustaee expected at the festival on Thursday

After Jafar Panahi, Saeed Roustaee is expected to attend the festival on Thursday, which honors for the first time Cédric Klapisch and Pierre Richard, figures of popular French cinema. Saeed Roustaee's return to Cannes three years after “Leïla and Her Brothers” is full of symbols. The screening of the film on the Croisette had earned him a sentence in Iran in 2023 to six months in prison for having “contributed to the opposition's propaganda against the Islamic system”. The Cannes Film Festival had denounced “a serious attack on freedom of expression”.

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Despite farmers' fears of a surge in global prices, in what appears to be another step in the standoff between Brussels and Moscow, the European Parliament must approve Thursday an over-taxation of millions of tonnes of fertilisers imported from Russia each year into Europe.

The Prime Minister of the State of New South Wales, Chris Minns announced on Thursday that torrential rains that hit eastern Australia have trapped 50,000 people and killed one resident.

A “serious accident” occurred during a launching ceremony for a North Korean warship, according to the country's official agency.

Canadian Shai-Gilgeous Alexander, leader of the Oklahoma City Thunder, received the NBA regular season MVP distinction for the first time.