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The Sophie Pétronin enigma, controversial hijab campaign, cleanliness in Paris: the information to remember this afternoon

2021-11-03T11:42:35.038Z


Here is the information that we have selected for you this Wednesday, November 3. The info not to be missed Ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin has returned to Mali. After four years of captivity, struggling with a group of jihadists associated with Al-Qaeda in 2016, Franco-Switzerland was released in October 2020 against the release of 200 jihadist fighters and returned to France in the process. But she will only have remained on French soil for a few months. As revealed by Mediapart,


The info not to be missed

Ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin has returned to Mali.

After four years of captivity, struggling with a group of jihadists associated with Al-Qaeda in 2016, Franco-Switzerland was released in October 2020 against the release of 200 jihadist fighters and returned to France in the process.

But she will only have remained on French soil for a few months.

As revealed by Mediapart, Sophie Pétronin, 76, decided to return secretly to Mali with the help of her son Sébastien, in March, in order to see her adopted daughter again and "to hug her, dry the tears." running down her cheeks ”.

See alsoSophie Pétronin back in France: a release and many questions

This was without counting on the Malian authorities who, on October 30, published a search notice, ordering the Malian law enforcement agencies to "search very actively (...) and apprehend Madame Sophie Pétronin".

According to France Info, Sophie Pétronin had taken steps to obtain a residence visa from the Malian authorities, but they had refused.

Authorities say she was seen in the Sikasso region in southern Mali, which Sophie Pétronin says is impossible.

What to also remember

The hijab, the object of a controversial European campaign.

Launched last week by the Council of Europe, a campaign entitled "freedom in the hijab", offering portraits of several young women, veiled on half of the image has aroused a real controversy ... in France. So much so that it was withdrawn.

Women have been working for free ... since 9:22 a.m.

Due to the gender pay gap (16.5%, one point higher than in 2020), women have been volunteering from now until the end of the year, which is around two months . This is the calculation made by Les Glorieuses, a feminist newsletter, which also disseminates a petition with three public policy proposals: the consecration of the principle of equal conditionality, the revaluation of women's salaries and parental leave paid in such a way. equivalent.

A new mayor in New York.

Eric Adams, a former police captain, became the second African-American mayor in the city's history, winning 67% of the vote against Republican Curtis Sliwa. He claims to be a moderate Democrat and has focused his campaign on insecurity, social inequalities and racism.

Ideas for a cleaner Paris.

While 84% of Parisians consider their city dirty, Anne Hidalgo's assistant in charge of cleanliness, Colombe Brossel (PS), has agreed to answer our questions on the subject and to outline some avenues for improvement.

The elected representative relies on the expertise of the mayors of the borough, the “Dans ma rue” application in order to remove bulky items, the persons in charge of cleaning by district and a network of resource centers and recycling centers.

She nevertheless acknowledges that "the direction of cleaning is still too centralized".

The unexpected info

They waited for the return of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's son ... to no avail.

Hundreds of followers of the conspiracy movement, implicated in the Jan.6 attack on the Capitol, gathered in Dallas on Tuesday, hoping that whoever was the victim of a fatal plane crash in 1999 would appear to announce the return of Donald Trump at the head of the United States, as "king of kings".

Alas, the revelation did not take place and, a few hours later, the rain had dispersed the last supporters of QAnon.

This type of far-right theory is seen by the FBI as potentially dangerous and it got Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy to react.

“This is an extremely disturbing sign of how the political debate has become completely detached from the truth,” he said.

Source: leparis

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