The funeral of Pope Francis

Pope of the crowds, François was accompanied to the grave, Saturday April 26, by hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Rome to pay tribute to him. After a mass on Saint-Pierre square, the funeral convoy transporting the coffin of 266e Head of the Catholic Church came out of the Vatican to cross the capital of the Popes, to the Sainte-Marie-Majeure basilica, where he will now rest. In all, 400,000 people, according to figures from the Italian government, were able to greet the late pontiff in the Italian capital. On Sunday, more than 200,000 people attended a Mass Place Saint-Pierre or parade in front of the Pope’s grave for a new tribute.

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A discussion between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky on a possible ceasefire in Ukraine

For the first time since February 28, the date of their stormy interview at the White House, broadcast in Mondovision, the American president, Donald Trump, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, found themselves head-to-head, on Saturday, in Rome, on the sidelines of the funeral of Pope Francis. A positive exchange, according to both parties. Russia launched “149 attack drones and other types of imitator drones [leurres] »»on Ukraine on the night of Saturday to Sunday, according to kyiv.

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A powerful explosion in a port in Iran

A powerful explosion, the origin of which is still unknown, occurred on Saturday, April 26, in an important commercial port in southern Iran, state television reported. The deflagration, which occurred in the port of Chahid Rajaï, near the big town of Bandar-E Abbas, left at least forty people dead and more than a thousand injured, according to a report announced on Sunday by the head of the province on state television.

The government wants to abolish or merge a third of the agencies and operators of the State

The Minister of Public Accounts, Amélie de Montchalin, announced, Sunday on Europe 1 and CNews, that the government wishes “By the end of the year offer in the budget” the abolition or the merger of a third of the agencies and operators of the State. The non-replacement of retirements in these structures, which gather 180,000 people, is envisaged in this objective, said the Minister, who said that universities will not be affected by this proposal.

In the Gard, the man who killed a faithful Muslim in the Mosque of the Grand-Combe always wanted

Two days after the death of Aboubakar, a faithful Muslim stabbed with dozens of stab wounds on Friday morning in the mosque of the Grand-Combeian commune, his assassin, a man in his twenties “Potentially extremely dangerous” According to the Alès prosecution, was still on the run on Sunday, April 27.

Emmanuel Macron assured, Sunday, “The support of the nation” to the family of the victim and “Compatriots of Muslim Confession”. The Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, went to Alès, where he met the Muslim community. A white march was organized at La Grand-Combe and a rally against Islamophobia was held in Paris, Sunday at the end of the day.

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