These last two days have also been marked by the death of the philosopher Bruno Latour as well as the victory of Max Verstappen in Formula 1.
Le Monde
Have you won news during the weekend? We summarize the main information for the last two days.
The 18 -kilometer long bridge, inaugurated in 2018 and connecting Russian territory to Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, was targeted by an explosion, early Saturday morning. The deflagration, caused by a “trapped truck” according to the Russian authorities, caused the collapse of part of the bridge and the fire of a train containing fuel. Moscow immediately denounced a “terrorist” act of the Ukrainians, but the latter did not claim the attack and the Russian investigators identified a Russian as the owner of the truck. Vladimir Putin will bring together his Security Council on Monday.
in Iran, demonstrations and hacking of state television
The anti -government demonstrations and gatherings in Iran have entered their fourth week, with new protests reported on Saturday and Sunday, in several universities in Tehran and in the Kurdish majority of the country. On Saturday, the state television channel was briefly hacked, during the retransmission of a speech by the Supreme Guide, Ali Khamenei. A photograph The latter surrounded by flames appeared for about fifteen minutes with the sentences “join us and raise yourself”, “the blood of our youth flows from your claws”, as well as a song taking up the slogan of the uprising of Iranian youth, “woman, life, freedom”. Friday evening, the French foreign ministry recommended that its nationals are leaving the country “as soon as possible”.
petrol: continuous strike, service stations in difficulty
The strike in Totalnergies and Exxonmobil refineries was renewed this weekend. Totalnergies employees claim, among other things, a 10 % wage increase, 7 % of which to catch up with the effects of inflation and 3 % to “share wealth” – the group has garnered 10.9 billion euros in profit First half of 2022. On Saturday, just over one in five service station (20.7 %) knew supply difficulties, which resulted in long queues. The government has announced that it has “released strategic stock” and published a decree exceptionally authorizing the tanker trucks to ride on weekends.
Death of the philosopher Bruno Latour
Philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist of science and technology, Professor Bruno Latour died on the night of October 8 to 9. His work, celebrated all over the world, and his reflections on the ecological crisis inspire a new generation of intellectuals, artists and activists. It is one of the most important French intellectuals of its generation that disappears, after a long fight against the disease.
Formula 1: second world title for max Verstappen
The Dutch pilot Max Verstappen was crowned with a second world champion title of Formula 1 on Sunday in confusion. Victorious of a Grand Prix of Japan disrupted by the rain, the Red Bull stable pilot was crowned thanks to the penalty allocated after race for the Monegasque Charles Leclerc. At four races from the end of the championship, he can no longer be joined in the ranking.
and also …
Germany. A “sabotage” caused a massive pass on the rail network on Saturday, and interrupted traffic on major axes for long hours.
Fioul heating. A check for 100 to 200 euros will be sent to the most modest households heating up to Fioul, announced the Minister Deputy Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal.
Euro 2024. In the playoffs of European competition, the French football team will be part of a difficult group: they will face the Netherlands, Ireland, Greece and Gibraltar.
cycling. Slovenian Tadej Pogacar won the Tour de Lombardie on Saturday 116