News in Brief

After the deputies, the senators engage in a first reading examination at a forced march until the overall vote on June 29 of the climate bill. The Senate seizes this Monday the sprawling climate bill, inspired by the work of the Citizens' Convention (CCC) wanted by Emmanuel Macron, but criticized for its lack of ambition and deemed "perfectible" by the right-wing opposition that dominates the upper house.  the "climate and resilience" bill reflects part of the 146 proposals of the CCC that Emmanuel Macron had retained, from the abolition of certain domestic airlines in case of alternatives of less than 2h30 by train to the ban on the rental of thermal strainer housing in 2028.

COMMsday of NATO members' reunions

NU members are taking part in a "reunion summit" on Monday in Brussels, but Europeans are wary and divided in the face of the strategic reorientation wanted by the Americans. Two stumbling blocks are emerging: defense funding and China. "There are convergences and there are divergences," admits the Alliance's secretary general, Norway's Jens Stoltenberg. He traveled to Washington last Monday to finalize the summit declaration and echoed the U.S. focus on China. Joe Biden wanted "the security challenge posed by China to be included in the statement," the White House said.

Theel Taylor and son Peter's procedure

In Japan, the trial of Michael Taylor and his son Peter, alleged accomplices in the exfiltration of Carlos Ghosn from Japan in late 2019, is set to open Monday in Tokyo, promising to deliver details of one of the "most brazen" leaks in recent history. Michael Taylor, 60, a former MEMBER of the US special forces converted to private security, and his son Peter Taylor, 28, were arrested in May 2020 near Boston (north-east of the United States) by the American authorities, under arrest warrants issued by Japan. After exhausting all possible remedies, they were extradited last March to Japan for trial. They face up to three years in prison.

The expulsion of Rémy Daillet gets bogged down in Singapore

The Frenchman Rémy Daillet, suspected of being involved in the abduction of little Mia in the Vosges in mid-April, expelled from Malaysia with his family to the France where he is the subject of an arrest warrant, did not board the aircraft after a stopover in Singapore. Léonie Bardet, Mr. Daillet's pregnant partner, was hospitalized and "Mr. Daillet and his children are under the responsibility of the Singapore Police Service," said Jean-Christophe Basson-Larbi. Rémy Daillet and his family were arrested at the end of May on the Malaysian tourist island of Langkawi where they resided. As their visas expired, Malaysia proceeded to deport them.

Naftali Bennett becomes Prime Minister

The Israeli Parliament has voted confidence in the government of new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett who succeeds Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been in power for 12 years. Of the 119 deputies present (out of 120 in Parliament) 60 voted in favor of the new coalition, which goes from the right to the left, including the support of an Arab party. Fifty-nine lawmakers, mostly from Netanyahu's Likud party, the far right and ultra-Orthodox parties, opposed it. A jubilant crowd invaded Rabin Square in central Tel Aviv in the evening to celebrate the change of government.

IN BRIEF

Wood cutting is banned in Guinea from Monday throughout the territory of this West African country whose rich biodiversity is attacked by massive deforestation.

Before his meeting with the Russian president in Geneva on Wednesday, US President Joe Biden arrived in Brussels to attend a NATO summit on Monday and a meeting with the presidents of the EU institutions on Tuesday.

Oil pollution off Corsica drifted towards the south of the island on Sunday by breaking up on a dozen "spots" some of which were at the end of the day five kilometers from the coast. "It is advisable to remain cautious" according to the maritime prefecture which does not exclude that the rib may be affected.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, led two sets to zero by Stefanos Tsitsipas (5th), toppled the Greek 6-7 (6/8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in 4h11 min to win his second Roland Garros and his 19th Grand Slam title.

Braden, in the absence of an exciting game but with a Neymar still decisive, opened the Copa América by sinking a Venezuela severely handicapped by coronavirus cases, Sunday in Brasilia.

The France was beaten by Japan in the final of the mixed team judo event at the World Championships in Budapest. But, it still ends on a good note.