Customs duties: Trump suffered a new judicial blow Wednesday

While an American court has blocked the so-called “reciprocal” customs duties imposed since the beginning of April on all products entering the United States, American President Donald Trump suffered a new judicial blow on Wednesday. For the judges, the decrees issued on April 2 to impose a minimum of 10% on all products entering the United States, and up to 50% depending on the country of origin, “exceed the powers granted to the president under the economic emergency law of 1977 to regulate imports through the use of customs duties

Simplification law: the Assembly approves the abolition of “low emission zones”

Addressing the “simplification” bill, the French National Assembly approved Wednesday one after another a setback to the principle of “zero net artificialization”, and especially the removal of low-emission zones, which restrict the movement of certain vehicles. Introduced in committee at the initiative of LR and the RN, the abolition of low emission zones (ZFE) was adopted by 98 votes to 51, with those of the RN-UDR alliance, the right, LFI and some Macronists. Environmentalists and socialists voted largely against it, as did some MoDem and Horizons deputies. The government was opposed to the suppression, unsuccessfully offering a compromise.

Socialist Party Congress: Olivier Faure and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol in search of Boris Vallaud's votes
Arriving at the top of the first round of the Socialist Party Congress, Olivier Faure and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol set out to conquer the voices of the third man, Boris Vallaud, who became a kingmaker. According to final results validated Wednesday evening by a summary commission, the outgoing first secretary Olivier Faure came first in the first round with 42.21% of the votes, ahead of the mayor of Rouen Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol (40.38%). In total, 24,701 members participated in the vote, out of an electoral body of 39,815 people.

Kiev: Ukraine ready for new talks in Istanbul with Moscow

Ukraine said it was ready for talks with Russia in Istanbul on Monday, if Moscow, which is responsible for this initiative, provides its conditions for peace in advance so that the meeting produces results. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the head of Russian diplomacy Sergei Lavrov, for his part, explained by telephone to his American counterpart Marco Rubio how his country intended to start discussions with Ukrainians in Turkey. Indeed, on Wednesday, Russia offered Ukraine a second session of direct talks in Istanbul in order to send it a “memorandum” supposed to outline its conditions in order to reach a lasting peace agreement

Child crime: Joël Le Scouarnec receives a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison

Ex-surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for sexual violence against nearly 300 victims. Many expressed anger and disappointment that the court did not combine this sentence with security detention. The President of the Criminal Court declared after this trial that “account was taken of the fact that the offenses committed by the accused are of particular gravity, both because of the number of victims, their young age, and the obsessive or even compulsive nature of the actions” of the 74-year-old former surgeon. On the other hand, Joël Le Scouarnec escapes security detention, which allows a criminal with a high risk of recidivism to be placed in a center after the end of his sentence given his “desire to make amends” and his age.

IN SHORT

Billionaire Elon Musk confirmed Wednesday his departure as “planned” from Donald Trump's government, in which he ran an agency responsible for cutting public spending.

A 16-year-old teenager was sentenced by the Châteauroux Children's Court to eight years in prison for the murder of Matisse, who was killed by several stabs in April 2024 in this city.

Five candidates, including a woman, are vying to become the new “super banker” of Africa, in an election that promises to be indecisive on Thursday in Abidjan.

Canadian authorities announced that more than 17,000 people were evacuated Wednesday in Manitoba, in central Canada, at a time when that province is experiencing one of its worst starts to the forest fire season.

The day will be rich in posters for the nine French players entered on Thursday in the 2nd round of Roland-Garros.