The info not to be missed
It's finally gone for the Olympics!
After threats of cancellation until the last moment, the largest sporting event that brings together 11,000 gold-thirsty athletes from around the world, begins this Friday.
The opening ceremony begins, at 1 p.m., the start of hostilities.
Since France will host the next Games in 2024, Emmanuel Macron will attend the opening ceremony this Friday but due to the health situation of Covid-19 and the severe restrictions imposed, only around thirty heads of state will be present in the official forums.
No public, families or supporters for sportsmen either.
On the French side, behind the greatest chances of an Olympic title for Riner, Agbegnenou, Mayer, 375 athletes will wear the colors of France.
Athletics, swimming, horse riding, rowing, basketball, handball… The chances of medals are numerous.
The sports ministry has set the goal of bringing about forty of them back to Paris.
To follow everything about the Olympics, here is the official calendar.
What to also remember
Jean-Yves Lafesse is dead.
The 64-year-old comedian has died, his family announced on Friday. Born in Pontivy (Morbihan) in 1957, this precursor suffered from Charcot's disease, diagnosed a year ago, his family said, adding that “his condition had suddenly deteriorated in the last 24 hours”. The troublemaker, whose real name is Jean-Yves Lambert, from free radio, had made the telephone hoax his specialty. His hidden camera impostures also made millions of French people laugh.
Covid-19: a return to normal life "not before 2022 or 2023", according to Jean-François Delfraissy.
Notice to the impatient, the return to a life without constraint or epidemic outbreak may not be immediately. "The return to normal life? It may be 2022, or 2023. (…) We will win but I think we have entered into something longer, ”said the president of the scientific council Jean-François Delfraissy on Friday at the microphone of BFMTV-RMC . The professor estimates that the average of 50,000 cases per day will be reached in early August. Confirming the health risks incurred in nightclubs and sharing his fear of a new variant, he called for the return of barrier gestures such as wearing a mask.
Health pass: the Assembly votes on the new anti-Covid text at the end of the night.
After a sleepless night of debate, the text was voted by 117 votes in favor and 86 against around 5:30 am this Friday morning. The ball is now in the court of the senators, who must examine it from Friday for a final adoption that the executive wishes to record by the end of the weekend.
After the heat, thunderstorms: 15 departments on thunderstorm alert and two on flood alert.
If the weather on Friday is still mostly sunny in France, thunderstorms will tumble on the west coast of the country, according to Météo France forecasts.
Fifteen departments are placed in orange “storm” vigilance on the west facade and in the center.
In addition, the orange "flood" vigilance is maintained on the Aisne and the Oise until Friday 4 pm at least.
The unexpected info
A little air of Thailand in Le Havre. For the past few days, brand new vehicles have been roaming the streets of Le Havre (Seine-Maritime). These three wheels accompanied by an electric motor offer to discover the port city of Édouard Philippe. At the origin of this initiative, two young entrepreneurs who rely on this means of transport well known in Asia, already well established in Paris, to make discover the city in an original way. Purchased 22,000 euros each, these “
limo
version vehicles
can accommodate 4 passengers with a top speed of 30 km / h and a range of 100 to 150 km”. Six trained drivers have been recruited and already offer two different routes, soon to be three. It costs 14.50 euros per person for a ride of about an hour.