Covid-19: England will remove the mask, record of contaminations in Africa

Brinch Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the imminent end of mask wearing in England, despite a surge in Covid-19 cases attributed to the Delta variant, which worries the rest of the world and especially Africa, where the pandemic is rebounding with a record number of infections. The spread of the Delta variant also threatens Spain, where authorities are considering reinstating restrictions, while Norway has postponed its full reopening and in Asia, Bangladesh has extended its lockdown. Covid-19 has killed at least 3.98 million people since its appearance at the end of 2019, according to a report by AFP.

The Cannes Film Festival is back, with a great movie show

A flamboyant rock opera to mark the great return of cinema. After the cancellation in 2020 due to Covid, the Cannes Film Festival returns on Tuesday, with stars allowed to drop the mask on the steps and the screening of "Annette" by Leos Carax, a filmmaker as cult as rare. "The Covid is still there, but to be present for the return of the festival, in the opening film (...) it's a great feeling of relief and excitement," Adam Driver, headliner with Marion Cotillard of this unclassifiable musical, told AFP. and the French director's first film since "Holy Motors" nine years ago. The members of the jury, who arrived in Cannes and gathered on Monday evening around a first dinner, will give in the afternoon their traditional press conference, before starting their cinephile marathon: 24 films in official competition to see, from the young Julia Ducournau to Paul Verhoeven via the Italian Nanni Moretti or the Russian Kirill Serebrennikov, and prizes to be awarded on 17 July.

IN BRIEF

The Americans shot down a booby-trapped drone monday night that targeted their embassy in Baghdad, security sources said, hours after a new rocket attack on a base housing U.S. soldiers in western Iraq.

Richard Donner, the prolific director of the first film "Superman", "The Goonies" and other masterpieces, died Monday at the age of 91.