PS Congress: Olivier Faure opposes Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol in the second round, Vallaud as the referee

In the second round of the vote of socialist members to choose a new leader, the outgoing first secretary of PS Olivier Faure will be opposed to the mayor of Rouen Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, and Boris Vallaud, eliminated, finds himself in the position of kingmaker. The two candidates, who had already competed at the previous congress in 2023, will be decided in a second round on 5 June before a Congress scheduled for 13 to 15 June in Nancy. According to the provisional results communicated on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday by the people around the three candidates, Olivier Faure came first in the first round. His entourage announces a score of around 42% against 40% for Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol (and a difference of around 500 votes), and 18% for Boris Vallaud.

The ninth test flight of the Starship mega-rocket from Elon Musk's SpaceX company ended on Tuesday with the loss of his huge ship, which probably exploded during its descent. During the two previous tests, this ship exploded during its upward trajectory, at the beginning of the flight, causing rain of debris over the Caribbean. During a live broadcast Dan Huot from SpaceX, he said that they “officially lost contact with the ship a few minutes ago. It is therefore the end of the ninth test flight”, evoking an “uncontrolled re-entry” into the atmosphere of the upper stage of the rocket, which should have ended its course in the Indian Ocean.

Southeast Asia Tour: Macron in Indonesia to defend his position as a “balancing power”

During the second stage of his tour in Southeast Asia, Emmanuel Macron will defend his position as a “balancing power” between the United States and China on Wednesday in Indonesia. Arriving in Jakarta on Tuesday evening from Vietnam, the French president will be received on Wednesday by his counterpart Prabowo Subianto before meeting investors and Indonesian students. On Thursday, he will travel to Yogyakarta where he will visit the Borobudur Buddhist temple.

“Email Diamond” trial: it's time for judgment on Wednesday

"Email Diamant”, is the name given by the investigators to this sprawling case of laundering the secret funds of the Corsican criminal gang of “Petit Bar”. It is time for the judgment on Wednesday afternoon, in Marseille, for the 24 defendants, including the alleged leader of the clan, Jacques Santoni. After three months of hearings, before the criminal court, two visions of the same reality clashed

Denouncing the “mafia influence” of this team on the economy and politics of Corse-du-Sud, the prosecutor's office called for sentences of up to 14 years in prison and a total of 17 million euros in fines, extremely rare sentences in a purely financial case.

IN SHORT

Thousands of people rushed to a new aid distribution center of a foundation supported by Israel and the United States in the south of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. This causes scenes of chaos.

Shortly after a speech by King Charles III defending the sovereignty of this neighboring country, Donald Trump pushed again on Tuesday for Canada to become the 51st American state, by offering it free protection by its future anti-missile shield.

The Court of Cassation must make its decision on Wednesday after the appeal of the ex-mayor who contests his immediate ineligibility sentence, the same as that pronounced against Marine Le Pen.

After the scandal that saw on Tuesday one of the three judges dismissed for having collaborated, without everyone's knowledge, in the preparation of a documentary, the Argentine court judging the circumstances of Maradona's death postponed until Thursday a decision on the continuation, or possible nullity, of the trial.

Novak Djokovic succeeded in his entry by winning easily in the first round of Roland-Garros, emulating the easy qualifiers of Coco Gauff (2nd) and Alexander Zverev (3rd).