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At 11 am, in all schools in France, students observed a minute of silence in memory of Samuel Paty.
This back-to-school day was chosen to pay tribute to the martyred teacher of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, brutally murdered for having mentioned Charlie Hebdo and the caricatures of Mohammed in a course on freedom of expression.
The teaching team of the establishment where Samuel Paty taught, the college of Bois-d'Aulne, received the visit and the support of Jean Castex and Jean-Michel Blanquer.
"We do not have the right to assassinate people for ideas, never, never, never", insisted the head of government in front of pupils of a class of CM2.
In addition to the minute's silence, a letter from Jean Jaurès to teachers was read in class.
This message on the republican values of education had already been declaimed at the Sorbonne ten days ago, in front of the coffin of the murdered professor, by one of his colleagues and friends.
The teachers, if they adhered to this moment of communion, sometimes expressed reservations about its scope.
Some also highlighted the difficulties they still face in addressing certain topics in class, in particular with regard to moral and civic education.
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While 5,000 tickets have been issued since Friday for non-compliance with containment rules, the outline of the restrictions imposed on businesses was further clarified on Monday.
Hairdressers and beauticians ultimately do not have the right to "practice at home," said Minister Alain Griset, in charge of SMEs.
His colleague from the Economy Bruno Le Maire argued for a concern for fair competition: “It is not understandable for a hairdressing salon which has made every effort to adapt to health safety rules that, in the same time, you can have hairdressers at home.
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Roselyne Bachelot announced this morning a reduction in postal rates for sending books ordered in bookstores.
A new measure to support the activity of booksellers, already authorized to work in "click and collect" (product ordered online and delivered on site) while supermarkets must close on Tuesday all their non-essential shelves, especially that of books.
"Do not buy books on digital platforms", insisted the Minister of Culture, insisting: "Yes, Amazon is gorging, it is up to us not to force-feed them".
Words that will not fail to react.
A three-year-old girl was rescued after spending 65 hours under the rubble of a building in Izmir, a city in western Turkey heavily affected by the powerful earthquake recorded in the Aegean Sea on Friday.
According to Turkish TV footage, little Elif had her eyes open and appeared very tired, but had no visible sore.
The girl is the 106th person rescuers managed to get out of the rubble alive.
The disaster left 81 dead according to the latest report, but also some 962 injured, including 740 were able to leave the hospital.
The unexpected info
Children love it, parents a little less: the video for the song "Baby Shark", with its particularly heady chorus, became the most watched on YouTube on Monday.
The English version of this children's hit launched in June 2016 in South Korea has exceeded seven billion views.
She thus dethrones that of "Despacito", the tube of Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee.
Of the last four songs to break a record number of views on YouTube, two are South Korean.