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The horror. Hours go by and the toll grows even worse, the day after the attack claimed by Daesh, which hit Kabul airport, the nerve center of the geopolitical situation in the Middle East for almost two weeks. On Thursday, an explosion took place near Abbey Gate, one of the accesses to Kabul airport, where for more than 10 days and the arrival of the Taliban in the capital, thousands of Afghans have been thronging. hope to be able to leave the country. Another sounded near the Hotel Baron. According to Washington, this double attack would have been followed by a shooting. We now deplore 90 victims and 160 injured. In a televised address, US President Joe Biden promised to track down the perpetrators of the attack, which killed 13 US servicemen. For his part,Secretary of State Clément Beaune hinted that the evacuation operations would be completed "soon" but could still continue beyond this Friday.
What to also remember
New offer for Mbappé.
Real Madrid, it was expected, does not let go of Kylian Mbappé and the management of PSG seems to be considering more and more concretely the possibility of separating from his prodigy.
On the table, an offer of 180 million euros, exceptional for a player entering his last year of contract.
That is the sum that PSG had just spent to buy the player from AS Monaco.
Will Paris be tempted?
The right is looking for a candidate.
On Wednesday, they were officially only two candidates for the possible primary of the right. Valérie Pécresse and Philippe Juvin, while Xavier Bertrand has been hammering for weeks that he will be a candidate no matter what. And then everything settled down. Thursday morning, Eric Ciotti also declared himself a candidate. Michel Barnier followed suit. And in the evening, Laurent Wauquiez finally let it be known that he would not show up. It remains to be seen whether the leader of the senators LR Bruno Retailleau will decide to launch into the battle or not.
Rise in gas prices.
The regulated sales tariff for natural gas sold by Engie will increase by 8.7% from September 1. This increase will be 2.7% for customers using gas for cooking, 5.5% for those who have dual use, cooking and hot water, and 9% for homes heating with gas, specifies the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) in a press release. This is neither more nor less than an unprecedented tariff increase, which is explained "by the global economic recovery observed for several months and by the sharp increase in gas prices on the world market due to an exceptional context", according to CRE.
A second gold medal at the Paralympic Games.
The young Dorian Foulon, 23, was titled in the individual pursuit 4000m C5 in Tokyo.
He had already broken the world record for the discipline during qualifying, in 4 minutes, 18 seconds and 274 hundredths.
He will try to get a new gold medal on August 30 in the time trial.
The unexpected info
The Buttes-Chaumont in danger. "Whether it is the island crowned by the temple of the Sibyl, the cave or the working face
(Editor's note: the cliffs),
everything breaks the figure", laments Patrice Boccacci, landscaper at the direction of the green spaces and the environment (Deve) of the City of Paris, responsible for this jewel of nearly 25 hectares inherited from the Second Empire. Frequented each year by some 6 million visitors, the Buttes Chaumont park, entirely shaped by man, is deteriorating sharply. Since mid-July, the Temple of the Sibyl, which overlooks the lake, is no longer accessible due to the risk of collapse. The city of Paris ensures that renovation is a priority.
