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The author indicated that Microsoft was offering voluntary departures to about 60,000 employees in the United States, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom, and that more than one in four employees was affected. https://t.co/mBO7BadMWM #Microsoft #emplois #départsVolontaires #US #CA #IN #GB (translated)

Clément Molin estimated that the war in Ukraine had caused nearly one million deaths among Ukrainian and Russian military personnel. He emphasized that the available counts were partial and that both sides were attempting to hide their losses. According to the figures he presented as verified, the Ukrainian toll amounted to 106,000 dead, 105,000 missing — the majority of whom were likely dead — and 12,000 prisoners of war, totaling approximately 224,000 losses. For Russia, he reported 282,000 dead and at least 70,000 additional deaths by the end of 2025, amounting to about 352,000 losses, while noting that losses for 2026 were almost absent from the counts. Molin cited the work of M0nstas, based on data from Mediazona and Ualosses, indicating that official Ukrainian figures were comparable to Russian losses when considering the changing ratio of killed to wounded. He concluded that Russian losses might actually be between 500,000 and 600,000 dead. For Ukraine, he estimated the toll to be between 300,000 and 400,000 dead, considering this estimate more difficult to reach. He reported that Ualosses faced challenges in obtaining precise data for major cities, Transcarpathia, and the occupied south and east. He added to the death toll the volunteers and foreign mercenaries, Ukrainians from occupied territories conscripted into the Russian army and killed in combat, as well as 2,000 North Koreans killed in Kursk. He also reminded that, in his view, the number of wounded was at least twice that of the dead, and that tens of thousands of people had been amputated on both sides. In this regard, he cited the official Ukrainian figure of 1.5 million military losses. Molin estimated that the total death toll therefore exceeded one million and called for the consideration of psychological trauma, desertions, and demobilized soldiers. He described the war as a "bloodbath" and wrote that each year seemed more deadly than the last. #Ukraine #Guerre #Conflit (translated)

Press reports indicated that Attorney Yassine Bouzrou condemned the silence of the Bobigny prosecution and the IGPN following the death in police custody of Mauricio K., aged 44, at the Saint-Ouen police station. Mauricio K.'s father had filed a complaint for voluntary violence resulting in death. According to the lawyer, an autopsy had been performed, but the causes of death had not been communicated to him. He also stated that serious violence had been committed during the arrest and possibly at the police station. https://t.co/NnRDo9VCiZ #Justice #ViolencesPolicières #Bobigny (translated)

Impact reported that Mauricio K., 44, died on Tuesday, October 27, at the police station in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, while in police custody. According to the prosecutor's office, he may have suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest and could not be revived despite the intervention of firefighters. An investigation has been entrusted to the IGPN. His father filed a complaint on Wednesday for voluntary violence resulting in death without the intention of causing it, implicating police officers. The family's lawyer, Me Yassine Bouzrou, mentioned possible serious violence during the arrest and at the police station. He stated that Mauricio K. did not have any serious illnesses and requested the appointment of an investigating judge. An autopsy was carried out on Wednesday. Me Bouzrou criticized the prosecutor's office and the IGPN for not communicating the circumstances and causes of death to the family. Impact specified that Mauricio K., a professional painter, was originally from Angola and had lived in France since childhood. His family demanded answers regarding the circumstances of his death. #JusticePourMauricio #ViolencesPolicières #Enquête (translated)

In Belgium, 500 young people have started their first year of voluntary military service, more than thirty years after the abolition of the obligation, as they prepare for defense missions, as shown in a report from the Amay military camp. #ServiceMilitaire #Belgique #Volontaires (translated)

Gabrielle Cathala accused Sébastien Lecornu of stating that there had been no deaths and claimed that two people had died. She asked how Christophe had died and indicated that his family was considering filing a complaint for voluntary violence resulting in death without intent to kill. Cathala also reported that the prefecture said that no third-party responsibility was suspected at this stage, while the Paris prosecutor's office had opened an investigation into the causes of death and an autopsy was to be conducted. According to the information she shared, four days after Christophe's death, his partner had not been contacted by the prosecutor's office and only one investigator had called her. Cathala expressed her support for the family and called for full clarity to be brought to the circumstances of the death. #JusticePourChristophe #SoutienFamille #Enquête (translated)

Impact reported that Christophe M., a 59-year-old intermittent worker living in Ivry-sur-Seine who had come to protest for purchasing power, died on October 17 in Paris. Alerted around 6:21 PM, firefighters took charge of him near the Jacques Bonsergent station and then transported him to the barracks on Rue du Château-d’Eau, where he died at 6:56 PM from a cardiorespiratory arrest. The police prefecture justified this relocation due to the deterioration of security conditions in the area, where looting and clashes were taking place. According to Impact, the family was preparing a complaint with the IGPN for willful violence that resulted in death without the intention to cause it. His relatives particularly suspected tear gas of having contributed to his death. The family lawyer stated that Christophe M. had no health issues and condemned the lack of information regarding the investigation. Impact, quoting BFMTV, indicated that no autopsy had yet been performed six days after the events, although an autopsy had been planned as part of the investigation opened by the Paris public prosecutor's office. The lawyer also anticipated a call for witnesses to find any potential videos. Impact also reported that a second death linked to the protest movement had been confirmed in Paris: a 48-year-old man reportedly died on October 19 around 1:10 AM on Rue Berger after a medical emergency in a public area. The circumstances were still to be established. #JusticePourChristophe #Manifestation #Paris (translated)

Ilan Gabet indicated that the family of the protester who died on Saturday had filed a complaint with the IGPN for voluntary violence resulting in death without intent to kill. According to him, they suspected that the massive use of tear gas had contributed to the death. He added that the authorities had not ordered an autopsy and that the investigators indicated they had no surveillance footage. (translated)

Jean Bexon wrote that Raphaël Arnault was still at the National Assembly. He indicated that his current parliamentary assistant, Robin Chalendard, suspected of harboring a criminal, was still prohibited from entering the buildings. According to him, two former collaborators of Arnault were in pre-trial detention for murder, criminal association, and voluntary violence with a weapon, face concealed, and in assembly. He also claimed that ten other members of the Young Guard were in prison. Bexon reported that the LFI group at the National Assembly said that Arnault had escaped an arrest that very morning upon his arrival at Lyon station. He added that no confirmation had come from outside LFI. A source had confided to him that Arnault did not seem calm that day. #AssembléeNationale #Justice #Politique (translated)

The Argentine government, under the presidency of Javier Milei, has launched a voluntary departure plan aiming for up to 20,000 civil servants, in addition to the 77,500 positions eliminated in three years in the public sector. #Argentine #JavierMilei #FonctionPublique (translated)

Press briefs reported that Alexandre Benalla, former mission officer at the Élysée for Emmanuel Macron, believed that the government bore real political responsibility for the escalation of violence during the events of October 17. The account recalled that Benalla had been sentenced to one year in prison, notably for voluntary violence in a group, interference in the function of a police officer, fraudulent use of diplomatic passports, forgery, and illegal possession of a weapon. #France #Politique #Violences (translated)

The general secretary of the CGT of merchant navy officers, Emmanuel Chalard, stated that it is becoming increasingly difficult to find volunteers to navigate in the Strait of Hormuz due to the increase in attacks on ships in this area, exacerbated by the war in the Middle East. #DétroitDOrmuz #GuerreMaritime #Marins (translated)