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Violence in Guadeloupe, reconfinement in Austria, tragedy in the United States: midday update – France



Guadeloupe: Macron calls for calm and denounces “manipulations”

Emmanuel Macron assured Guadeloupe, which is plagued by urban violence, of the “solidarity” of the Nation in the face of “a very explosive situation” and asked “not to give in to lies and manipulation by some of this situation. “. On the sidelines of a visit to Amiens, the Head of State also indicated that there was on the island “a growing support for vaccination”, despite the opposition of a “very small minority”. “We cannot use the health of French women and men to wage political battles” and “public order must be maintained”, he declared. [Plus d’infos ici]


Covid-19: Austria is reconfiguring itself, anger is roaring in Europe

Since midnight, Austria has been officially confined, a radical measure that aroused anger there this weekend, as in Belgium or the Netherlands, at the return of anti-covid-19 restrictions. As in previous confinements, the 8.9 million Austrians are therefore, on paper, banned from going out, except for shopping and sports or for medical care. [Plus d’infos ici]


Domestic violence up 10% in 2020

The police and gendarmerie services recorded a 10% increase in domestic violence, which affected 159,400 people, all sexes combined, in 2020. About 87% of victims are women, or 139,200, a stable proportion compared to in 2019, according to these figures from the statistics service of the Ministry of the Interior, which do not include homicides. As a reminder, in 2020, 102 women died under the blows of their spouse or ex-spouse. [Plus d’infos ici]

The “France” section


Ram car in US Christmas parade: at least five dead, 40 injured

(AFP)

On Monday, authorities in Wisconsin are trying to understand the circumstances in which an SUV-type vehicle crashed this Sunday at around 4:30 p.m. (10:30 p.m. GMT), a crowd gathered for a Christmas parade in Waukesha. “We can confirm that five people died and 40 injured. However, this toll may change as we continue to collect information, ”the city police department said on its Facebook page, noting that a suspect had been taken into custody. [Plus d’infos ici]

The “World” section


Incidents during the Lyon-Marseille match: “It’s intolerable” for Maracineanu, who calls out to the clubs

Roxana Maracineanu deemed “intolerable” the bottle throwing targeting Marseille player Dimitri Payet, this Sunday evening, in Lyon, calling on the clubs to “immediate and radical” awareness of security. ” It is unacceptable. It is intolerable that we can attack the players in the game by attacking them in this way, “reacted the Minister for Sports, after a tweet indicating that this type of” act “should” involve at least the stoppage of matches ”. [Plus d’infos ici]

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