Elisabeth Borne, a new Prime Minister already facing emergencies

For her debut as Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne must respond to a double urgency: to build her government team and lead the battle of the legislative elections, while meeting expectations on purchasing power and the climate. "In the coming days": without setting a precise date, the new tenant of Matignon must choose a new government team "tightened", according to his entourage, while the appointment of possible secretaries of state is expected in a second time, probably after the legislative elections.

Because it is first as boss of the majority that Mrs Borne approaches her new functions, with the roadmap of giving a majority to macronia again in the Assembly. sidentielle in the sixth constituency of Calvados. His entourage confirmed Monday evening this candidacy in a territory that had clearly placed Emmanuel Macron in the lead in both rounds of the presidential election, suggesting a success for the new Prime Minister.

Ukraine: Fighting intensifies in the east, Putin warns against NATO deployments

The Russian offensive in Donbass intensified and left 10 dead in Severodonetsk, an important administrative center still under Kiev's control, while Russia warned that it would react to deployments of NATO "military infrastructure" in Finland and Sweden, candidates for entry into the Atlantic Alliance. In Brussels, the EU was trying to agree on a halt to purchases of Russian oil, refused by Hungary, arguing the financial burden that such a measure would weigh on it. In Severodonetsk, a city that has become important to Ukrainians since Moscow-backed separatist forces seized part of Donbass (eastern Ukraine) in 2014, "at least 10 people were killed" in Russian bombings, the region's governor said Monday. This city is almost surrounded by Moscow's forces.

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The elderly in search of a nursing home face huge territorial disparities, both in terms of available rooms and prices, alarmed Tuesday the UFC Que Choisir, which calls for favoring the creation of places in the public sector, cheaper for a quality of welcome at least equivalent.

The border posts between Morocco and the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla reopened on the night of Monday to Tuesday after more than two years of closure due to the Covid-19 crisis and a diplomatic scramble recently dissipated.

Mali's ruling junta claimed Monday night to have defeated an officer-led coup attempt backed by an unspecified Western state last week.

Lazio Rome secured its place in the Europa League next season on Monday by snatching in extremis the draw (2-2) at Juventus, who had especially in mind to celebrate the "der" at home of Giorgio Chiellini and Paulo Dybala.