Snow and ice in France: 33 departments in the northern half alerted

33 departments in the northern half were placed on orange alert for snow and ice on Wednesday with a high risk of transport disruptions like those registered the day before in the east of the country. These are cities from Brittany to Alsace via the Paris region. According to forecasters, the arrival of this disturbance from the west may cause freezing rain in the southern part of the band under alert orange, which extends from the tip of Brittany (with the exception of Finistère) to the Rhine.

“Snow should dominate (...) with a quantity on the ground generally around 2 to 5 cm”, or even up to 10 cm “very occasionally” in the north of the vigilance zone, but freezing rain remains possible locally, M& specified Eacute; Téo-France.

Nice attack: the eight defendants receive sentences of 2 to 18 years in prison

To the great satisfaction of many civil parties, the eight people tried at trial for the Nice attack, which killed 86 people on July 14, 2016, received sentences ranging from two to 18 years in prison.

Convicted of terrorist criminal association (AMT), the Paris Special Assize Court went beyond the requirements of the National Antiterrorist Prosecutor's Office (Pnat) by condemning Chokri Chafroud and Mohamed Ghraieb to eighteen years of criminal imprisonment.

World Cup 2022: France and Morocco confront their destinies on Wednesday

With the final against Lionel Messi's Argentina on the line, France and Morocco, led respectively by Kylian Mbappé, the defending champion and an entire continent, and a tide of fans confront their destinies on Wednesday (20:00) at the 2022 World Cup. This duel full of symbols, unprecedented in the World Cup, may prove the regularity of the Blues, in search of a historic double and a third star, or the carelessness of the Atlas Lions. A first African team qualified for the final four of the queen competition.

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A new day of consultation with political groups has begun by Elisabeth Borne today on her controversial pension reform, the presentation of which has been postponed to 10 January.

The Greek MEP, Vice President Eva Kaili, who was implicated in an alleged corruption scandal involving Qatar, has been removed from office by the European Parliament. A first step before a reform of the institution deemed essential.

Former President Nicolas Sarkozy, 67, was retried in Paris for corruption and influence peddling in the “eavesdropping” case. This had resulted in him being imprisoned at first instance. The Public Prosecutor's Office requested a three-year suspended prison sentence against him.

More than one billion euros in donations were collected at the international conference in support of Ukraine to help people get through the winter in a country whose infrastructure was ravaged by Russian attacks.

Marked by more than 1,100 job losses, especially in the Paris and Lille academies, against a background of falling student demography, the distribution of public education posts by academy for September 2023 was presented by the Ministry of Education.

Argentina punished Croatia (3-0) in the 2022 World Cup semi-finals with a double from Julian Alvarez on Tuesday. He offered his captain another global final on Sunday, against France or Morocco, which were opposed on Wednesday.