Explosion: Burkina again mourns attack that killed at least 35

At least 35 civilians were killed and 37 others wounded Monday when an improvised explosive device detonated as a supply convoy passed through northern Burkina Faso, a new deadly attack in the country regularly plagued by jihadist violence. "One of the vehicles carrying civilians in the said convoy exploded on contact with an improvised explosive device. The provisional death toll at 5:00 pm (GMT and local time) is 35 dead and 37 wounded, all civilians," said a statement from the governor of the Sahel region, Lieutenant Colonel Rodolphe Sorgho. These convoys, escorted by the army, were supplying towns in the north which were under blockade by jihadist groups.

Ukraine: the IAEA gives its opinion on the Zaporizhia power plant

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is due to issue a report on Tuesday on the situation of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant of Zaporizhia, occupied by Russian forces, disconnected since Monday night and which has been a radiological risk for months. "On Tuesday, Rafael Grossi will publish a report on the safety, security and safeguards situation in Ukraine including the findings of his mission to Zaporizhia and he will report to the UN Security Council on the mission to the plant," the IAEA tweeted Monday night, referring to its director general.

"I hope he will be objective," President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday evening about the report. Its publication comes a day after the disconnection of the last operating reactor of the plant, located in the south of the country. This line, connected to a nearby thermal power plant, "was deliberately disconnected in order to extinguish a fire," explained the IAEA in a statement. But "it was not damaged", and it should be reconnected as soon as possible.

France: The trial of the attack of Nice opened before the special court of assizes of Paris

The trial of the Nice attack opened in Paris, arousing a mixture of "impatience" and apprehension among the victims and their relatives, six years after the truck attack.s the attack with the ram truck which had made 86 dead and more than 450 wounded in the crowd come to attend the fireworks of July 14, 2016 on the Promenade des Anglais. The hearing of the special court of assizes, chaired by Laurent Raviot, began shortly before 14:00 in a room filled to three quarters, which gradually emptied over the afternoon. It was suspended shortly before 8:00 p.m. after a long list of people wishing to appear as plaintiffs. Eight defendants are being tried, including one in absentia. The assailant, Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian killed by police on the evening of the attack, is the great absentee of the trial.

Soccer: Pogba finally operated, his World Cup-2022 on hold

The star of the French team Paul Pogba finally had to operate on his right knee Monday, an intervention that casts a shadow on his participation in the World Cup in 2022 at the end of the year. "This (Monday) evening, Paul Pogba underwent an external arthroscopic meniscectomy and the intervention performed by Professor Roberto Rossi in the presence of the doctor of Juventus Luca Stefanini was perfectly successful," announced Juve in a statement.

It was Massimiliano Allegri, the coach of the Piedmontese club, who had announced earlier on Monday during the press conference on the eve of the clash against PSG in the Champions League on Tuesday that the 2018 world champion would undergo surgery. Pogba begins this new course of rehabilitation while eight days ago a family affair broke out, against the backdrop of denunciations from the player of "extortion attempts" after a video of his older brother, Mathias, announcing "great revelations" about Paul.

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Typhoon Hinnamnor hit South Korea on Tuesday morning before heading out to sea, causing power cuts and leaving one person missing, but without causing major damage, according to initial reports.

For the first time, the Israeli army acknowledged "a strong possibility" of having killed, but not in a deliberate way, the journalist of the TV channel of South Korea.For the first time, the Israeli army acknowledged "a strong possibility" of having killed, but not in a deliberate manner, the journalist of the pan-Arab channel Al Jazeera Shireen Abu Akleh, a half-hearted admission decried by the family and supporters of the reporter.

The PSG coach Christophe Galtier ironized after the criticisms that followed the Paris-Nantes round trip made by his team this weekend, declaring with a big smile that he was considering future trips by "char à voile".

Frances Tiafoe realized on Monday in the 8th round of the US Open a feat he had been dreaming of for years, beating Rafael Nadal, and under the shock, he said he had the impression that the world "had stopped turning".