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There would be no more hope of finding them alive.
Rescuers on Tuesday evening suspended searches around the Baltimore bridge which collapsed the previous night after being hit by a container ship, with US authorities believing that the six missing people were now presumed dead.
“Based on the length of the search carried out (…), the temperature of the water, at this time we do not believe that we will find these individuals still alive,” said Coast Guard Vice Admiral Shannon Gilreath at a press conference.
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Collapsed bridge in Baltimore: “A terrible accident”, reacts Joe Biden
The victims are believed to be public works workers who were working on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed, with an official from their company telling local press that six of them were presumed dead.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott spoke of “an inconceivable tragedy,” with police saying they ruled out a terrorist act a priori.
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Police custody lifted in the Lina affair.
The three police custody as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Lina, 15, in September in Bas-Rhin, “have been lifted”, because there is “no incriminating evidence”.
No proceedings were initiated against the people interviewed.
Attal reunites his government.
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is bringing together the entire government this Wednesday morning in Matignon for a seminar resembling a Council of Ministers devoted to work, at a time when social spending is in the executive's sights to fill the deficit which has slipped last year.
Gabriel Attal will then be interviewed by TF1 on the 8 p.m. news.
Bomb threats in Parisian middle and high schools.
At least three colleges in the 15th arrondissement, as well as establishments in the 12th, 14th and 19th centuries, were targeted by bomb threats this Wednesday morning.
The threats were received on Paris Classe Numérique (PCN), the digital work platform specific to 1st and 2nd degree public schools in the capital.
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Salary payments for the month of March “must be anticipated by companies” because bank transfers will be suspended for four days from Thursday evening for the Easter weekend, the Bank of France said on Tuesday.
Money flows between eurozone banks pass through the Target 2 system, open every day except weekends and certain days, including Good Friday (a public holiday in some countries) and Easter Monday.
It will therefore be closed between Thursday March 28 at 6 p.m. and Tuesday April 2 at 2:30 a.m., specifies the Banque de France.