China undertakes to fight « to the end » the American customs duties, Macron at the outpost of Al-Arich, the last day of the trial of Nicolas Sarkozy … The news of this Tuesday April 8-Liberation

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China promised on Tuesday to fight American customs duties « Until the end » Despite Donald Trump’s threat, new surchastens. While he brandished the threat of imposing additional taxes on Wednesday up to 50 % on Chinese imports, Beijing resists. « China will never accept it« Said a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce. «  »If the United States insists on this path, China will fight them to the end»»he added, repeating, however, preferring a « dialogue » with the United States. The US administration ensures that they remain open to negotiations. Asian scholarships, Tokyo in mind, mostly left up on Tuesday at the start of the session, resuming their breath after several diving sessions. More information here.

Talks « Direct » Begrowed between Washington and Tehran, who should translate into a meeting between American and Iranian officials this Saturday, said Donald Trump on Monday, April 7, on the sidelines of his interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu – of which it was already the second visit to Washington in just over two months. Such an interview would be unheard of in ten years, When Barack Obama concluded the 2015 historic agreement on Iranian nuclear That his successor would denounce three years later. “We have direct discussions with Iran, and they started. They will continue on Saturday. We have a very large meeting, and we will see what can happen ”, Trump told journalists in the oval office. More information here.

The American Supreme Court suspended on Monday for technical reasons for the ban on migrant expulsions under an exceptional law used in wartime. In the process, the Republican president was delighted with the decision of the Supreme Court, with a majority of conservative. “The Supreme Court has confirmed the primacy of law in our country by allowing a president, whatever it is, to secure our borders and to protect our families and our country. A big day for justice in America! ” he wrote on its Truth Social network. The American president had recourse to this law of 1798-used until then only in wartime-in mid-March, in order to expel towards Salvador more than 200 people presented as alleged members of a Venezuelan gang. But the legal battle is not over. Our article.

In Europe, March 2025 was the warmest ever recorded since the pre -industrial era. According to a report by the European Observatory Copernicus published this Tuesday, April 8, the temperatures were mainly higher than the average on the whole of the old continent, the most important hot anomalies that have been noted in Eastern Europe and in the southwest of Russia. Only the Iberian Peninsula has experienced a colder mercury than the average. But the weather has not been mild there: most of southern Europe has experienced very wet conditions, notably Spain and Portugal, which were struck by a series of storms, causing large floods. More information here.

An important fire broke out around 8 p.m. in a waste sorting center, near the Paris court, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. According to information from Releasethe firefighters have been in intervention on site since 7:51 p.m., with four fire vans in front of the premises of Syctom, the public service for treatment and recovery of household waste of 82 municipalities in Ile-de-France. The possible presence of gas cylinders makes it difficult to intervene difficult for help. Some 60 machines and 200 firefighters were hired overnight Monday to Tuesday. Our article.

Child protection « Who yesterday was out of breath » East « Today in the abyss », Alert in its final report published on Tuesday the committee of inquiry of the National Assembly launched in the spring of 2024, a few months after Lily’s suicidea 15 -year -old teenager placed in a hotel. Even before the release of this expected report, the Minister of Families, Catherine Vautrin, presented tracks on Sunday to improve child protection (Prevention, reflection on adoption, health, etc.), but without advancing on financial means, admitting a budgetary situation « difficult ».

Emmanuel Macron visiting Al-Arich in Egypt

Emmanuel Macron goes this Tuesday to Al-Arich, « outpost » Egyptian humanitarian support in Gaza. A visit to call for a resumption of help blocked by Israel. « In this outpost of humanitarian support to civilian Gazani populations », According to Emmanuel Macron’s expression, the latter will meet in the hospital injured Palestinian and medical staff. Monday, the French president reiterated His support for the reconstruction plan of the Palestinian enclave.

Word to the defense of Nicolas Sarkozy, on the last day of the Suspicion of Libyan funding

After three months of audiences, The lawyers of former president Nicolas Sarkozy Plean this Tuesday afternoon, on the last day of the Libyan funding suspected trial. They must express themselves from 1:30 p.m. in the presence, according to those around him, of the ex-head of the State who did not stop claiming his innocence. The defendants will then have, if they wish, speech last. Finally, the court will announce the date on which he will render his judgment, not for several months.

Journal of a Gazaouie: « A fear like never before I invades me »

« At the end of January, we returned to Gaza To find our city in ruins. There are no more houses to take shelter, no more roofs to protect themselves from freezing cold or overwhelming heat. Only the sky remains as far as the eye can see and the earth broken under our feet. Children die – not figuratively, but literally – cold, sometimes hunger, and always despair, under the weight of an unbearable injustice. ” Nour Z. Jarada has always lived in Gaza. For Release, This psychologist of doctors of the world France recounts his daily life in the Palestinian enclave. Our article.

Increase in customs duties by Trump: « people will be able to lose their jobs and interest rates may increase »

Specialist in international finance, Pasquale Della Corte teaches the Imperial College in London. For him, it is more than likely that the Trump administration’s commercial policy will trigger a recession in the United States and that it makes global economic activity slow down. « This means concretely that people can lose their jobs » And undergo an increase in interest rates, he warns. Our interview.

Michel Gaubert, obsessions and light

The Parisian lists the otakus that there is in him. This Japanese term designates an obsessive ready to give everything to his necessarily devouring passion. Michel Gaubert multiplied the Fixttes, on David Bowie and Andy Warhol, photographer Guy Bourdin and Karl Lagerfeld, of which he was the accomplice for more than thirty years and for whom he developed the soundtrack of 1,800 shows. Our portrait.