SNCF strike, shots fired in Paris, winter epidemics: midday update – France

SNCF strike: agreement signed by all the unions, strike notice lifted for the New Year

The four SNCF trade unions signed the agreement put on the table by management this Thursday evening and lifted all strike notices that threatened the New Year weekend, before a Christmas weekend already severely disrupted. “This agreement acts as strong measures for a real recognition of the profession of skipper”, welcomed the public group, indicating despite everything that “the disturbances will remain unchanged for this weekend”. [Plus d’infos ici]

Shots fired in Paris: three dead, one man arrested

Shortly before 12 p.m., several shots were fired in the center of Paris, killing three, and “a man was arrested”, we learned from a police source. The facts took place on rue d’Enghien, in the 10th arrondissement. “The man arrested is said to be in his sixties,” according to the police source. “There were seven to eight shots in the street, it was total panic,” testified a tradeswoman from a neighboring building wishing to remain anonymous. [Plus d’infos ici]

Triple winter epidemic: Braun evokes a ” critical situation »
This Thursday evening, François Braun did not deny the “critical situation” in which the health system finds itself due to the triple winter epidemic of covid-19, bronchiolitis and influenza which weighs on saturated emergency services. “At the moment, our health system is particularly in tension, with the Samu who have an increase of 30% to 40% in the number of calls”, also noted the Minister of Health. [Plus d’infos ici]

Macron calls for “freeing” Lebanese leaders who are blocking reforms

Emmanuel Macron considered that it was necessary to “change the leadership” of Lebanon and to “release” the political leaders who are blocking the reforms, in an interview with three media, including the Lebanese daily “An-Nahar”. “We have to solve people’s problems and release those who do not know how to do it,” said the head of state, who, since September 2020, has tried – in vain – to get the political class to initiate reforms. necessary to get the country out of the major political and economic crisis in which it is plunged. [Plus d’infos ici]

Nepal: serial killer Charles Sobhraj freed and soon back in France

78-year-old Charles Sobhraj, who plagued Asia in the 1970s and inspired the Netflix series “The Serpent”, was released from prison in Nepal and will be transferred to France this Friday. “The government of Nepal wants to return him as soon as possible. Sobhraj wants it too, ”said his lawyer, Me Gopal Shiwakoti Chintan. The decision to free the man who had been imprisoned in this Himalayan republic since 2003 for the murder of two North American tourists was taken by the Supreme Court of Nepal on Wednesday. [Plus d’infos ici]

World Cup: Le Graët “wrote” to the Argentine Federation about the “excesses” of the celebrations

Noël Le Graët “wrote a letter” to the Argentine Federation following the mockery of Albiceleste players, in particular against Kylian Mbappé, he told Ouest-France. “In the context of a sports competition, I find these excesses abnormal and I find it difficult to understand. This is going too far. Mbappé’s behavior was exemplary,” explained the president of the French Football Federation (FFF). [Plus d’infos ici]