Knight interview pulled between Trump and Zelensky, deadly cyclone in Reunion, end of the culture pass … News from Friday, February 28 – Liberation

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Visit had started well, with handle of hands, smiles a little tense and honor guard deployed in the hall of the White House. But once installed in the oval office, the exchange between the American and Ukrainian presidents quickly set itselfers and degenerated to end with a series of violent accusations of a visibly furious Donald Trump, encouraged by the acid remarks His vice-president JD Vance. More information here.

The inhabitants of the Indian Ocean Island have been confined since the arrival of the cyclone in the sector, for a time placed on purple alert, the gusts having exceeded 200 km/h. About 182,000 inhabitants are deprived of electricity. The prefect of the meeting reported at least three people killed and several injured. The red alert still in progress will be lifted this Saturday at 10 a.m. in Reunion, 7 hours Parisian. Read our article.

At Fourth day of his trial For rapes and sexual assaults on 299 patientsex-Usurgian Joël Le Scouarnec confessed this Friday, February 28, having committed « Sexual abuse » On his granddaughter, in front of his eldest son. The latter had just deplored the reigning silence in the family: he had come to testify Before the Criminal Court of Morbihan (Vannes) To shed light on the personality of the accused and the family context, marked by multiple incests and sexual assaults, or not by his father. Our article.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan judged this Friday that the appeal launched the day before by the Historic Party of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, in turn the page on the armed strugglerepresents a « Historical opportunity ». « We have a historic opportunity to advance towards the objective of destroying the wall of terror », said the Turkish Head of State. «  »No member of this nation, whether Turkish or Kurdish, will forgive anyone to block this process by speeches or ambivalent actions, as has happened in the past ”added the Turkish president, warning against « provocations ».

Exit The « rabbit tax ». The Constitutional Council censored this Friday, February 28, several articles of the financing law of the Social Security for 2025especially one who was aimed at establishing a penalty for patients who did not honor their appointment with the doctor, nicknamed « rabbit tax ». If the Constitutional Council did not question the principle of such a penalty, it considered that it had not been framed enough. The legislator thus has « Pursued a objective of general interest » by seeking « Disstructions to patients' behaviors that do not honor their medical appointments » and at « thus improve the possibility for healthcare professionals to support all patients in good time ”detailed the wise men in their decision. Our article.

The reduction in the device was in the pipes. From Saturday March 1, those under 17 will no longer benefit from an individual credit for the purchase of cultural goods within the framework of the Culture Pass. At the beginning of February, The Ministry of Culture had hypothesized to remove them, And that's what a decree published this Friday in the Official Journal. The amounts of the individual part of the culture pass have also been modified by the decree signed by the Prime Minister, François Bayrou, and eight ministers including that of culture, Rachida Dati. More information here.

In May 2025, Microsoft will close its Skype platform, announced the group this Friday on its X account. Pioneer of internet calls in the early 2000s, the platform is today exceeded by the generalization of this technology, in 2016, Skype had around 300 million users, but the rise of many competitors stopped its growth. « From May 2025, Skype will no longer be available »announces the group. More info here.

Bertrand Badie: « By being in the same camp, the United States and Russia put Ukraine in a position of submission »

International relations expert Bertrand Badie analyzes joint votes on Monday February 24 at the United States and Russia, « One of the most remarkable facts since the Cold War », and the consequences of this new « connivanceBetween the two powers for Ukraine and the European Union. Our interview.

Caesars and Oscars 2025: « can Emilia Pérez » do not win any?

Emilia Pérez With thirteen Oscar nominations, can a record for a film in a foreign language, can it come back empty-handed from Los Angeles? The answer is simple: yes. In the latest forecasts of the chief veteran calculator Variety, Steven Gaydos, Audiard's film is no longer given a winner in the smallest category, for the benefit ofAnora (Best film, Best Make), from The substance (Half moore best actress, but also better makeup and hairstyle), The brutalist (Adrien Brody Best actor, Center operator, music). Our article.

Depardieu case- « Investigation supplement »: how « the JDD » truncated a police report to defend the actor

Pride itself on having been able to consult the report of hearing of the documentary editor, « Le Journal du Dimanche » concluded, a little quickly, that « The famous rushs, at the heart of all controversies, simply do not exist ». What do rushs say, that Check could we watch? Repisse in our article.