Corruption and influence peddling: the prosecution takes legal action against Nicolas Sarkozy

Today, the Public Prosecutor's Office is taking legal action against Nicolas Sarkozy. He was tried in Paris for corruption and influence peddling in the “eavesdropping” case, alongside his historic lawyer Thierry Herzog and the former senior judge Gilbert Azibert. The 67-year-old former president has been struggling since the start of the appeal trial on December 5 to assert his innocence “with the greatest force”, to clear his “honor” and to contest that he has ever corrupted “anyone.”

Snow and ice risks: Météo-France has launched an alert message

Météo-France has launched an alert message on the risks associated with snow and ice. It has placed four departments on orange alert and forty on yellow alert today, including the Paris region. Ain (01), the Loire (42), the Rhône (69), and Haute-Savoie (74) are affected by the orange alert, which encourages us to “be very vigilant” because “dangerous phenomena are predicted”.

First semi-final: Argentina v Croatia versus Lionel Messi and Luka Modric on Tuesday

Argentina - Croatia pits two soccer geniuses against two soccer geniuses, Lionel Messi and Luka Modric, on Tuesday at 20:00. They want to finish their unfinished story with the World Cup. It's during the first semi-final of the 2022 World Cup, which has everything to become legendary.

It won't be Messi's 11.1 nights at the Lusail stadium, but the thousand and second matches of his immense career (790 goals), crowned with every possible trophy except the world title. The seven-time Ballon d'Or will find another legend of this game on his way to Qatar. He was a finalist in 2014.

The Nice attack killed 86 people on July 14, 2016. In the afternoon of Tuesday, the Special Assize Court in Paris will deliver its verdict in the trial, a judicial outcome hoped for as much as feared by the victims. The five professional judges must, when answering 81 questions, express their “deep conviction” about the role of the eight defendants after more than three months of hearings. None are being tried for complicity in the attack.

AT A GLANCE

A new strike at British railways heralds major disruptions today in a United Kingdom facing historic social movements in the run-up to the holidays in the face of the cost of living crisis.

The international community is once again mobilizing for Ukraine, this time with the dual objective of orchestrating immediate aid to the Ukrainian population, the daily target of Russian attacks, and preparing for reconstruction. It is meeting on Tuesday in Paris.

The eldest of the BTS phenomenon group, begins mandatory military service in South Korea tonight. It left millions of fans dejected and the K-pop industry in doubt about the boy band's future.