Presidential: Macron and Le Pen clash through media
They do not leave each other more than one sole. The two finalists in the presidential election Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen clash Friday through the media, after a start of the campaign between the two rounds marked by a quest for proximity for the president-candidate, a search for credibility for the far-right candidate. After her first big meeting since the first round, Thursday evening in Avignon, the RN candidate continues from 07:45 the mornings on France Bleu Vaucluse, then France Bleu Provence before switching to RMC-BFMTV from Avignon. She will then travel to the region.
  At the same time, the outgoing president, who was the day before in Le Havre to talk about ecology, will be the guest of franceinfo for an hour in the morning, before France 2 in the evening. Big media duel at a distance in perspective on two candidates, two projects, two France radically opposed. Nine days before the election, the outgoing president retains the advantage in voting intentions (from 53 to 55%) but with a smaller margin than five years ago (64/36%). And with still several unknowns, including the level of abstention and the postponement of the 21.95% of votes that went Sunday on the rebellious candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
South Africa: more than 340 dead in unprecedented floods
Helicopter relief efforts continued to pull bodies from the rubble of the unprecedented four-day floods that have hit South Africa, with a new death toll rising in the evening to 341 dead and 41,000 people affected.  Completed. Right now, our job is mostly to recover bodies," said Travis Trower, who leads rescue teams. Originally from the region, he confessed to witnessing "the worst disaster in 20 years" in the province of Kwazulu-Natal (east). Most of the casualties were recorded in the Durban area, a major African port open to the Indian Ocean and epicenter of the heavy rains that began last weekend.
Elon Musk determined to buy and transform Twitter
Elon Musk, already Twitter's largest shareholder with just over 9% of its capital, now wants to take over the entire company and remove it from Wall Street, with the stated idea of making it "the platform of freedom of expression in the world". His offer, which would value Twitter at $ 43.4 billion, against about $ 36 billion at the moment, comes after two weeks of adventures between the richest man in the world and the social network, and raises many questions about his intentions and the future of the blue bird. "I propose to buy 100% of Twitter at a price of $ 54.20 per share in cash," said the boss of Tesla in a document sent Wednesday to the US stock market policeman, the SEC. The board of directors of the Californian group replied "carefully examine" this offer.
IN BRIEF
Outgoing President Emmanuel Macron would win in the second round of the presidential election against Marine Le Pen, with a score of 54% against 46% for the RN candidate, according to a BVA poll for RTL and Orange published Friday.
A group of hackers linked to North Korea is responsible for the theft of $620 million in cryptocurrencies that followed the hacking of the video game Axie Infinity in late March, U.S. authorities said Thursday.
Eintracht Frankfurt created a sensation on Wednesday by defeating FC Barcelona 3-2 after the draw of the first leg (1-1) to reach the semi-finals of the Europa League, where it will face West Ham, falling to Lyon (1-1, 3-0).