At the end of COP29, poor countries resign themselves to a “too weak” financial agreement
Three hundred billion dollars a year, for ten years: developed countries pledged on Sunday in Baku to provide more financing to poor countries threatened by climate change, at the end of a chaotic UN conference in Azerbaijan, whose world in development leaves disappointed.
Financing promised until 2035 “It is too weak, too late and too ambiguous”lamented Kenyan Ali Mohamed, speaking on behalf of the African group. “The proposed amount is regrettably low. It’s ridiculous”denounced the Indian delegate Chandni Raina, criticizing the Azerbaijani presidency of COP29.
Demonstrations in France against violence against women
From Marseille to Paris, more than 20,000 people demonstrated on Saturday, according to prefecture figures compiled by Agence France-Presse, with organizers claiming 100,000 participants nationwide on Saturday. More than four hundred organizations and personalities called for demonstrations against violence (sexual, physical, psychological, economic, etc.) against women.
These mobilizations, which occur after the commotion caused by the extraordinary Mazan rape trial, in which fifty men are accused of having raped Gisèle Pelicot while she was unconscious, drugged without her knowledge from her husband.
Beirut bombed by the Israeli army
Eighty-four people were killed on Saturday in Israeli attacks in Lebanon, particularly in Beirut, where a provisional report counted 29 deaths, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz says his country will continue to act “with determination” against Hezbollah.
The head of diplomacy of the European Union, Josep Borrell, called on Sunday in Beirut for a “immediate ceasefire” in the war between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah. The day after these attacks, Hezbollah announced several drone and missile attacks against military targets and bases in the Tel Aviv region and southern Israel. The army of the Jewish State counted, at 2:00 p.m., 160 projectiles launched from Lebanon towards the Jewish State, then the Lebanese National Information Agency reported two Israeli attacks that reached the southern suburbs of Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah.
The Pope’s visit to Corsica made official
A week after the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris, which he will not attend because he rejected the invitation, Pope Francis will travel to Ajaccio on December 15, the Vatican announced on Saturday, formalizing the first visit by a Pope to Corsica. with impatience. expected on the French Mediterranean island, with a strong Catholic tradition.
The Argentine Jesuit, who will celebrate his 88th birthday two days after this trip, will arrive in Ajaccio at 9:00 a.m. and will depart shortly after 6:00 p.m., according to the Holy See. He will give two speeches and preside over an afternoon mass at the Casone Verde theatre, before meeting with President Emmanuel Macron.
Emmanuel Macron announces the pantheonization of Marc Bloch
“Because of his work, his teaching and his courage, we decided that Marc Bloch enters the Pantheon”declared Emmanuel Macron on Saturday, on the occasion of the 80thmy anniversary of the Liberation of Strasbourg, November 23, 1944. The resistance fighter and historian, “the man of the Enlightenment in the army of shadows”, as the head of state described him, he was murdered by the Gestapo in 1944 near Lyon.
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Marc Bloch’s family welcomed his pantheonization, eighty years after his death, which political leaders and historians had long requested. “It is a great emotion and pride. “He gave himself body and soul for freedom and against Nazism.”declared his granddaughter, Suzette Bloch, to Agence France-Presse.
