"Obtain for France wise and generous leaders, ready to sacrifice themselves, capable of facing challenges and wanting to serve the common good." (translated)
FLASH | Pope Leo XIV prayed this evening in the Massabielle cave in Lourdes, where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to young Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. (translated)
FLASH | Nicolas calls to stop with your ridiculous checks and to give back to the workers the fruits of their labor. (translated)
🇺🇸🇨🇳🤖 FLASH | The United States and China will create a dedicated bilateral "communication channel" for incidents related to artificial intelligence, especially when they could involve national security. On the occasion of Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington, the two powers also established a "U.S.-China Dialogue on Superintelligence" to discuss the risks and benefits of AI. (AFP) (translated)
🚨🇫🇷 FLASH - For the first time, no candidate from the central bloc is ahead of Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the first round of the 2027 presidential election. Even Édouard Philippe, tested alone, no longer performs better than the Unsubmissive, now in a position to advance to the second round. (via @clement_mci) (translated)
🚨🇫🇷 FLASH | A wedding procession turned to tragedy in Dreux after a collision between two cars that were following each other. One of them overturned and passengers, sitting at window level and without seat belts, were ejected from the vehicle. A 17-year-old teenager was seriously injured. (translated)
FLASH | The gendarmes are regularly applauded by the crowd as they pass through the Champs-Élysées, alongside the mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV. (translated)
FLASH | The reckless driver who hit and killed Alison, 33, in front of her children, tested POSITIVE for cocaine at the time of the fatal accident. (translated)
"Young people of France, you carry in your hearts an immense desire for freedom," declared Pope Leo XIV in front of 80,000 young people gathered at the Stade de France. The Sovereign Pontiff invited them to follow a "path of holiness," to "choose good," and to become "radiant witnesses of this Gospel." (translated)
FLASH | 700,000 people attend the mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV at Place de la Concorde in Paris, the Vatican announces. (translated)
FLASH | Priests are hearing confessions from the faithful along the Champs-Élysées, before the mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV at Place de la Concorde. (translated)
FLASH | A huge crowd extends along the Champs-Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe on the occasion of the mass of Pope Leo XIV. (translated)
FLASH | Many political figures are present in Place de la Concorde to attend the mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV. Marine Le Pen, Jordan Bardella, Gabriel Attal, Édouard Philippe, Bruno Retailleau, Éric Zemmour, Sarah Knafo, Sébastien Lecornu, Michel Barnier, and François Fillon have notably taken their seats in the stands. (translated)
FLASH | The visiting room of Cédric Jubillar in prison has been SUSPENDED after he was caught in the act of sexual intercourse with a visitor. The man, who confessed to the murder of his partner Delphine, had already been flagged for a similar practice, reports Le Parisien. (translated)
🇫🇷 FLASH - A retractable metal screen weighing several dozen kilos CRASHED just inches away from Jean-Luc Mélenchon as he was heading to an interview for Politico. Deafened by the noise, he grabbed onto a table before giving his interview a few minutes later. Witnesses regarded it as "a sign of fate." "He is going to win the presidential election," one of them exclaimed. (Le Parisien) (translated)
🇫🇷 FLASH - Emmanuel Macron sees himself coming back in 2032. A close aide to the head of state compares his strategy to a series: "It is necessary to organize the ending in such a way that it can be an ending, but also that there could potentially be a sequel." (Le Parisien) (translated)
FLASH | Pope Leo XIV greets the growing number of adults converting to Catholicism in France, despite a society he describes as "highly secularized." "I am amazed by the number of people who present themselves today in the name of faith, and by the many adults who are asking for the sacraments of Christian initiation," he declared before catechumens and neophytes gathered at the Catholic Institute of Paris. (translated)
FLASH - On a crusade against the left, Kristell #Niasme, #LR mayor of Villeneuve-Saint-Georges and close to Bruno #Retailleau, has just banned the distribution of #pamphlets in her city. Since her election, she has also removed the panels for #free expression. In the poorest city in Val-de-Marne, the right-wing mayor has also deprived local #charitable associations, including the Secours populaire, of funding, Le Canard enchaîné recently reported. The one who presides over the “Observatory of #LFI cities,” created by Retailleau, is “a great democrat,” mocks the rebellious Manuel #Bompard on X… (translated)
⚡️🇫🇷FLASH - "Imperturbable Jean-Luc #Mélenchon," title Le Parisien. Thursday, before starting an interview for Politico, the candidate nearly faced a disaster. A retractable metal screen weighing several dozen kilograms crashed just a few centimeters from him, on the path leading to the set where he was to be interviewed. A few minutes later, he gave an interview as if nothing had happened. Witnesses of the scene saw it as a sign of fate. "He is going to win the #presidential election," assures one of them, still dazed... (translated)
FLASH | Loïk Le Priol is SENTENCED to 26 years of criminal imprisonment for the MURDER of former rugby player Federico Aramburu. The court did not consider premeditation, self-defense, or the existence of a disturbance of judgment. Romain Bouvier is, for his part, found guilty of attempted murder and sentenced to 19 years of criminal imprisonment. (Source: @EtienneCampion) (translated)
