Nearly 1 million signatures against the Duplomb law, 57 deaths in Gaza, new peace talks in Ukraine, Pierre-Edouard Stérin's ultra-reactionary boarding school authorized... What not to miss this weekend

Nearly a million signatures against the Duplomb law

A student, Éléonore Pattery, is behind this petition against the controversial bill reauthorizing certain deadly pesticides. The threshold of 500,000 signatures has been exceeded. As of Sunday, July 20, it had reached 969,000. The law could be re-debated in a public session, at the discretion of the National Assembly's Conference of Presidents.

Gaza: Civil Defense announces 57 dead after Israeli gunfire on crowd waiting for aid

The Gaza Civil Defense announced on Sunday that 57 Palestinians were killed near a humanitarian aid distribution point in the war-ravaged northern Palestinian territory. Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said they were killed following "shooting by the occupation [Editor's note: Israel] towards people waiting for aid in the Zikim area, northwest of Gaza City." The Israeli army called on people to evacuate the central Gaza Strip on Sunday, announcing an operation against Hamas fighters in an area of the Palestinian territory.

"Breaking the humanitarian blockade" of Gaza: the new freedom flotilla has left Sicily

After the Madleen , it is the Handala 's turn to set sail for Gaza this Sunday, July 20, after a two-day delay due to "final technical preparations," the Freedom Flotilla Coalition announced on X. The objective of this flotilla, loaded with food and medical aid, remains the same: "to stop the genocide" in the Palestinian enclave and "break the humanitarian blockade" imposed by Israel. On board is European MP (LFI) Emma Fourreau, who explained to us a few days ago why she chose to embark.

War in Ukraine: Why is kyiv announcing new peace talks with Moscow?

Faced with the bloody toll of a conflict dragging on in the eastern part of the country, kyiv is proposing the opening of peace talks this week involving Moscow at the highest level.

Conspiracy Theories and Backlash: Donald Trump Caught in the Epstein Affair Trap

The US president is accused by some in his own base of covering up elements of the case against the pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. Cornered by his conspiracy-minded base, he was forced to reveal part of it.

The project for a non-mixed, non-contractual Catholic boarding school in Loir-et-Cher, sponsored by billionaire Pierre-Edouard Stérin, has been authorized.

The Académie Saint-Louis, the first of these Catholic boarding schools wanted by the ultra-conservative billionaire Pierre-Édouard Stérin, will indeed open its doors at the Chalès estate, in Nouan-le-Fuzelier (Loir-et-Cher) at the start of the 2025 academic year. The rectorate of the Orléans-Tours academy, after a "thorough study," gave its approval, the rectorate explained to AFP. In early July, around thirty organizations and more than 160 personalities signed a letter addressed to the rector, the prefect, and the public prosecutor of the region to demand that they oppose this opening . L'Humanité investigated this boarding school, outside of the contract, which aims to train a traditionalist Catholic elite.

Euro 2025: Les Bleues eliminated by Germany on penalties

After an indecisive and unstoppable match right to the end, the French team lost in the Euro quarter-finals (1-1, 5 shots on goal to 6) to a German team that was outnumbered for almost the entire match. A huge disappointment for the French team, who had every chance of qualifying.

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