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Trump and Biden in a pocket handkerchief, Defense counsel, Véran's anger ... the information to remember this Wednesday noon

2020-11-04T11:35:40.486Z


Here are the highlights of the news at midday this Wednesday, November 5.The info not to be missed Americans have gone to the polls in large numbers to nominate their future president, but the blue wave so hoped for by the Democratic camp has not taken place, and the result of the election is extremely close. By noon, Donald Trump had already assured the grand voters of traditionally Republican states like Texas, Florida, South Carolina or Kentucky, and Joe Biden, for


The info not to be missed

Americans have gone to the polls in large numbers to nominate their future president, but the blue wave so hoped for by the Democratic camp has not taken place, and the result of the election is extremely close.

By noon, Donald Trump had already assured the grand voters of traditionally Republican states like Texas, Florida, South Carolina or Kentucky, and Joe Biden, for his part, refueled in the states of the east coast and those on the west coast.

But several "Swing States" like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania can still tip the election.

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In particular, many postal votes still have to be counted and it will take several hours, or even days, to know the final results.

The American President, who probably does not intend to wait for them, has already claimed victory, wishing "that the vote stops".

He announced that he wanted to "seize the Supreme Court" to "ensure the integrity of the election", accusing the Democratic camp of "fraud" during the ballot.

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What to remember too

  • Angry Véran.

    The Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, lost his calm last night during debates on the extension of the state of health emergency in the National Assembly.

    “You are debating subjects while our caregivers are fighting to save lives,” the minister said in front of the deputies.

    "It's reality, if you don't want to hear it, get out of here!"

    “, He again asserted, describing the situation of young patients currently in intensive care.

    While the LREM deputies were not sufficiently numerous, the oppositions succeeded in making vote the extension of the state of health emergency until December 14 only, against the opinion of the government which wanted it until mid- February.

    Today, a new Defense Council, which started this morning, could lead to further restrictions.

Vote on the state of health emergency: mayhem in the National Assembly and enormous anger from Véran

  • Drama of the rue d'Aubagne in Marseille: the lessor indicted.

    The social landlord Marseille Habitat was indicted in particular for "manslaughter by deliberate violation of a safety obligation" in the investigation into the fatal collapse of two buildings in Marseille in November 2018, we learned on Tuesday to the prosecution.

    Almost two years ago to the day, two buildings in the hyper-center of Marseille, at 63 and 65 rue d'Aubagne, in the Noailles district, collapsed killing eight people, highlighting the magnitude of the problem of unsanitary housing in the second largest city in France.

    The indictment of the mixed economy company of the city of Marseille is the first in this case.

  • Hurricane-swept Nicaragua.

    With winds of 230 km / h and torrential rains, Hurricane Eta, one of the most powerful for a month of November, devastated for several hours the Caribbean coast of northern Central America in Nicaragua and Honduras.

    It caused immense flooding, torn roofs and many trees on the ground.

    According to the authorities, a very provisional toll shows the first victim in Honduras, a 13-year-old teenager, who died in the collapse of her house.

    Two men were also killed while working in an artisanal mine in the town of Bonanza in Nicaragua, according to the director of the Nicaraguan Red Cross, Auner Garcia.

The unusual info

Mark Kelly, a former Democratic astronaut defeated a Republican senator in Arizona in the US election.

The 56-year-old retired soldier served in the Navy and NASA, taking an Endeavor into space four times.

Mark Kelly was running against outgoing Martha McSally, a former U.S. Army fighter pilot who was appointed by the Governor of Arizona in late 2018 to replace John McCain after his death.

Source: leparis

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