Council of Ministers: the return to political office of the executive begins with a climate of uncertainty
After three weeks at his official home, Emmanuel Macron is meeting his government on Wednesday at the Élysée Palace. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, a meeting preceded by a working dinner was organized Tuesday evening to discuss the main priorities of the new school year.
Faced with the war in Ukraine, climate change and inflation, and pending parliamentary hostilities that will not resume until October, the Council of Ministers, at the Élysée Palace on Wednesday, instituted the return of the executive branch in a climate full of uncertainty. Indeed, the presidential agenda is largely occupied by international issues. With regard to the Ukrainian nuclear center in Zaporizhzhia, in recent days, Macron held talks with Vladimir Putin, Russian presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine. The day after the Council of Ministers, Thursday, he will be in Algeria for a three-day visit.

Ukrainian Independence Day: a day of great risk
Six months after the launch of the Russian invasion, Ukraine's National Day takes place this Wednesday under high tension as the United States is going to announce a new military aid of 3 billion dollars, the largest ever granted to Kiev. Volodymyr Zelensky warned Tuesday night: “We need to be aware that on Wednesday, repulsive Russian provocations and brutal strikes are possible. And we will of course respond to any manifestation of Russian terrorism.” The Ukrainian president had already said last Saturday that “Russia could try to do something particularly disgusting, particularly cruel.” According to local authorities, explosions rang out in several cities such as Kharkiv (north-east), Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro (center) in the early hours of 24 August.

Legal dispute: Twitter receives accusations from its former security chief
An 84-page document was sent last month to several American authorities by the Washington Post and CNN. The document revealed Tuesday that Peiter Zatko denounces “serious and shocking failures, wilful ignorance and threats to national security and democracy” at the heart of a legal dispute between him and Elon Musk.
The former head of security at Twitter presented himself as a whistleblower and accuses the social network of lying about its fight against fake accounts and concealing vulnerabilities in its protection system. Zatko said that Twitter executives sought to hide the number of hacking attempts from American authorities and board members, including outdated servers and software vulnerable to computer attacks.

Champions League: Three winners have qualified
Benfica Lisbon, Maccabi Haifa and Viktoria Plzen qualified for the C1 group stage. They were the winners of the play-off to the Champions League on Tuesday. Scheduled for Thursday and promising to be all the riskier for the French vice-champion, Olympique de Marseille is automatically put in the fourth place in the draw in the C1 group stage with the victory of the Lisboetes.
Eliminated in the quarterfinals of the last Champions League by Liverpool, Benfica confirmed their success last Wednesday in the first leg against Dynamo Kiev (2-0) by winning 3-0 at its La Luz stadium.

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