Nearly 40,000 dead worldwide, several countries including confined France, and a disrupted global economy ... Every day, millions of you logically follow the news around the Covid-19 epidemic. But other information, unrelated to the coronavirus, may have escaped you. We have selected the five most significant of the day. Virus-free guarantees.
Pierre Bénichou is dead
His rants had made him famous. Pierre Bénichou, earthy chronicler of the “Big Heads” on RTL, died in his sleep at the age of 82. Revealed to the general public in this famous radio program in the 1990s, he then joined Laurent Ruquier's band on Europe 1, before finding the "Grosses Têtes" in 2014, when the host of "We are not lying down ”had taken over from Philippe Bouvard. He was also regularly on Michel Drucker's sofa in "Vivement dimanche".
But Pierre Bénichou was not just a regular in the media that was called for his banter. This nephew of a close collaborator of François Mitterrand, born in 1938 in then French Algeria, was editor-in-chief of the Nouvel Observateur, then managing director until 2005, date when he retired from the weekly while retaining the title of special adviser.
"Charismatic and brilliant, he knew how to combine the most offbeat humor with the greatest journalistic rigor", greeted the Minister of Culture, Franck Riester. On Twitter, the “Big Heads” said a final farewell to their “Pedro, King of Tango”.
It is with great sadness that we learned today of the death of our friend Pierre Benichou. All our thoughts go out to him and his family. Bye our Pedro, King of Tango ... pic.twitter.com/q0YJ4xCOEm
- Les Grosses Têtes (@GrossesTetesRTL) March 31, 2020A second victim of Gabriel Matzneff testifies
After Vanessa Springora, she is the second victim of Gabriel Matzneff to come out of the silence. In an interview with the New York Times, Francesca Gee describes her relationship under the influence of the writer when she was 15 and he was 37. With the approval of his parents.
"He has not stopped using me to justify the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents," she wrote in a manuscript refused in particular by Grasset, editor of "Consent", the work of Vanessa Springora.
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Francesca Gee, a 62-year-old journalist, accuses former Minister of Health Michèle Barzach (1986-1988). She consulted the latter, a gynecologist by profession, a dozen to be prescribed the pill when she was a minor. Always in the company of Gabriel Matzneff. The latter, a refugee in Italy, is to be tried in September 2021 for apology for aggravated rape.
Ajax Amsterdam terminates player's contract in a vegetative state
He will soon be officially no longer a Ajax Amsterdam player. The Dutch club has decided to terminate the contract of Abdelhak Nouri, victim of a heart attack in July 2017, and still in a vegetative state. According to De Telegraaf, a clause in the contract of the former great hope of Dutch football, now 22 years old, granted him an automatic renewal of his lease in July. What pushed Ajax to put an end to it.
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The player's brother said on Thursday that the young midfielder had come out of a coma, but was still unable to get out of bed. "He is dependent on us," said Abderrahim Nouri. The club is still in contact with the family and their lawyer to see how they can continue to support the young man.
Venezuela: opponent Juan Guaido summoned for "attempted coup"
He was notably accused of having fomented the assassination of the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro. Venezuelan opponent Juan Guaido is summoned by the courts on Thursday to explain the charges of "attempted coup" and "attempted murder".
This affair goes back to Wednesday, when the Venezuelan government had denounced the preparation of a putsch after the discovery in Colombia of a stock of weapons. These included 26 assault rifles, night vision goggles and mufflers. Caracas had also implicated the Colombian government and the United States.
Recognized as the President of Venezuela by nearly sixty countries, Juan Guaido has been trying to take power for over a year. Without success for the moment.
"Koğuştaki Mucize", the Turkish film that captivates Netflix
This is one of the attractions of the moment on the video on demand platform. "Koğuştaki Mucize", a Turkish film released online in the middle of March, reached the top 10 most watched movies on Netflix thanks to excellent word of mouth and very enthusiastic fans on social networks.
But what exactly does this say? The story of a father, mentally retarded and widowed, who raises his daughter alone with the help of his grandmother. But, victim of a miscarriage of justice, he is sent to prison pending his death sentence. A penalty against which the child and the old woman will oppose.
If many were very moved by this melodrama, remake of a South Korean film, others find that "Koğuştaki Mucize" is far too long and uses all the stereotypes of the genre. We let you make up your own mind.
