France: The heat wave of the year reaches its peak this Friday

The third heat wave of the year in France is exhausting the hundreds of French and now European firefighters engaged from east to west on multiple fires. This heat wave reached its peak on Friday with between 38 and 41degC in the country. In the area of the worst French forest fire of the moment, near Landiras, in Gironde, it should still be 37degC on Friday, after 41degC on Thursday, where 1.100 firemen are fighting day and night.Three times more hectares in France have burned than the annual average of the last ten years, and the year is a record in the European Union since the beginning of records in 2006.

To support them, 361 European firefighters - German, Polish, Austrian or Romanian - as well as Italian, Greek and Swedish Canadair took the road to the southwest on Thursday. Rains of ashes, an orange sky, the air full of the smell of smoke... This monster fire - which had already blackened 14,000 hectares in July and ravaged 7,400 in two days - has forced the evacuation of 10,000 people.

Search of Donald Trump's home: Justice Minister condemns "unfounded attacks

In the aftermath of the search of Donald Trump's home, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that he "personally approved" the FBI's operation at former President Donald Trump's home in Florida, and that the FBI had "no reason to attack" him.Donald Trump's home in Florida, and condemned the "unfounded attacks" against his department and the federal police after the raid, which drew the ire of Republicans.At a special press conference, Garland did not reveal the reasons for the raid or its outcome, but he did announce that he had requested that the warrant for the search be made public.

In the court filing requesting the warrant be lifted, the Justice Department referred to, but did not contradict, public statements by Trump officials indicating that the FBI was looking for archival documents from the White House that may be classified.

Comics: The cartoonist of "Petit Nicolas", by Sempé is no more!

The French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, still known for his cartoons, especially in the prestigious New Yorker magazine, died Thursday in his 89th year. The death of this famous cartoonist was announced by his wife, Martine Gossieaux Sempé. "The humorist Jean-Jacques Sempé died peacefully this evening (...) in his vacation home, surrounded by his wife and close friends" informs Marc Lecarpentier, biographer and friend of the late.

IN BRIEF

On Thursday, the public health agency announced that the wave of Covid-19 in France that had begun in early June continued the decline that began weeks ago. This was in the context of hospitalizations announced

On Friday, the heir and de facto leader of the Samsung Group received a presidential pardon.

The Bureau of the Fifa Council approved a unanimous decision on the advancement by one day of the opening match of the World Cup 2022 in Qatar. This is what the information from sources close to the tournament informs

The French 4x200m men's relay received the bronze medal in the final of the European Championships in Rome. Behind Hungary in gold and Italy in silver. Les Bleus took third place in 7 min 6 sec 97

Soccer: The Bureau of the Fifa Council ratified "on a unanimous decision" the advancement of one day of the opening match of the World Cup 2022 in Qatar, announced the authority, confirming information given the day before from sources close to the tournament.