First Council of Ministers for the Borne government, with already a false note

We will have waited a long time: the team of the new Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne must tread Monday shortly before 10 am the gravel of the Elysée for a council of ministers that really launches the second five-year term of Emmanuel Macron, with already a false note: rape charges against Damien Abad. Macron II, Act 1, Scene 2. Nearly a month after the re-election of the Head of State and three days after the end of the long maturation that presided over the casting of Matignon as ministers, the new government meets in full with on the menu the main priorities outlined by the president, school, health, ecological transition but also the fight against inflation.

"The first text examined by the new National Assembly will therefore be on purchasing power," confirmed Ms. Borne in an interview with the Journal du Dimanche. The Prime Minister has outlined various measures provided for in this future text, specifically an amending law of the 2022 budget: extension of the tariff shield, food voucher, increase in the index point of civil servants, abolition of the audiovisual fee, etc. So many measures with a sweet taste for households but with a salty cost for public finances, while the general elections are looming for which the majority is given favorite despite a probable strong push of the united left.

More than 100 million uprooted people worldwide, according to the UN

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has pushed the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide above 100 million for the first time, the United Nations warned on Monday. human rights violations and persecution have crossed the dizzying 100 million mark for the first time, driven by the war in Ukraine and other deadly conflicts," the Un Refugee Office said in a statement. "The figure of 100 million is striking, worrying and sobering. This is a figure that should never have been reached," said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.

"This should serve as a wake-up call for us to resolve and prevent destructive conflicts, end persecution and address the root causes that force innocent people to flee their homes," he warned. The situation was already serious, as UNHCR statistics reveal. By the end of 2021, the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide had reached 90 million, due to new waves of violence or protracted conflicts in countries such as Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Myanmar, Nigeria, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Then on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of neighboring Ukraine, throwing millions more people onto the roads to flee the fighting and reach less exposed regions or another country.

IN BRIEF

At least seven people died and a hundred were rescued Monday in the Philippines after a ferry fire forced passengers to jump overboard. The Mercraft 2 carried 124 passengers from Polillo Island to Real on the main island of Luzon. At least 105 passengers were rescued.

American Justin Thomas, ranked 9th in the world before the tournament, won the PGA Championship for the second time in his career, five years after his first crown, Sunday in Tulsa, Oklahoma.