Au Secret Service, les anges gardiens du président américain, prêts à se sacrifier pour changer le cours de l’Histoire

Cette capture d'écran provient de cet article de Figaro. | Dès que le président des États-Unis apparaît sur une scène publique, un agent du Secret Service se trouve à moins de 3 mètres, prêt à intervenir et à l’isoler. Allison Bailey /NurPhoto / AFP
LE FIGARO : RÉCIT - La troisième tentative d’assassinat déjouée contre Donald Trump, le 25 avril dernier à Washington, a remis en lumière le travail de ces hommes de l’ombre chargés de protéger le chef d’État le plus puissant du monde des menaces constantes dont il est la cible.

C’est une profession où le retard tue. Clint Hill, l’agent spécial du Secret Service et membre du dispositif de sécurité de John F. Kennedy le 22 novembre 1963, à Dallas, le savait mieux que quiconque. Toute sa vie, après avoir vécu en première ligne cette journée fatidique où l’assassinat du président par Lee Harvey Oswald a fait basculer l’Amérique, l’homme fut hanté par cette question : « Et si j’avais pu réagir plus tôt ? Oui, si j’avais réagi un dixième de seconde plus vite, peut-être une demi-seconde, j’y serais arrivé », se demandait celui que l’on voit, sur les images, s’accrocher à la voiture pour tenter de protéger Jacqueline Kennedy. « J’aurais pu prendre la troisième balle », confiait-il en 1975 en évoquant le troisième projectile qui, d’après la version officielle, porte le coup fatal.

Tout se joue en quelques secondes

Tenter de gagner ce dixième de seconde qui peut changer l’Histoire, c’est la raison d’être du Secret Service. Le soir du 25 avril dernier, quand Cole Tomas Allen s’introduit dans l’hôtel Hilton et ouvre le feu sur deux membres des forces de l’ordre à quelques mètres de la salle où se trouve Donald Trump, le temps et la chance étaient du côté des agents du Secret Service – et ce malgré des manquements flagrants dans le dispositif de sécurité. Quelques secondes de plus et l’incident qui a blessé deux personnes aurait pu se transformer en véritable drame. » | Par Vincent Jolly, pour Le Figaro Magazine | samedi 9 mai 2026

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Steve Schmidt: Trump Will Watch Himself Get Erased

May 8, 2026 | Donald Trump and the White House lost it over Mark Hamill's tweet. Steve Schmidt explains the MAGA cult of victimhood and why he hopes Trump lives long enough to watch his name get scraped off every piece of American history he has defaced and disgraced.

Plaid Cymru Ready to Run Wales, Leader Says, after Labour's Historic Senedd Election Collapse

BBC: Plaid Cymru's leader Rhun ap Iorwerth says he is ready to run the Welsh government after a stunning Senedd election victory left his party the largest group in Wales' parliament.

The historic vote saw Reform UK come second, pushing Labour into third and ending a century-long run of election success in Wales.

Plaid fell short of a majority in the 96-member Senedd, but with 43 seats has a better chance than anyone of forming a government with the help of at least some opposition politicians.

Ap Iorwerth said he would begin the process of speaking to other parties, and that the pro-independence party would put him forward to be first minister.

The Senedd will need to confirm who will lead the Welsh government in a vote, which could happen as early as Tuesday.

The dramatic day of results saw the current first minister, Eluned Morgan, lose her seat and resign as Welsh Labour leader.

Labour has won every general election since 1922 in Wales and, until this week, every Cardiff Bay election since the Senedd's predecessor the National Assembly was established in 1999.

It had been in charge of the Welsh government for 27 years. » | David Deans, Wales political reporter and Adrian Browne, Wales political reporter | Published: Thursday, May 7, 2026. Updated: Friday, May 8, 2026

Four Takeaways From the U.K. Elections

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Results from municipal and regional elections signaled major gains for the right-wing populist Reform U.K. and steep losses for Labour.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday faced his biggest electoral test since coming to power in 2024. Millions of Britons voted in elections to Parliaments in Scotland and Wales, and to municipalities in England. And they delivered a damning verdict on Mr. Starmer’s governing Labour Party.

Mr. Starmer took responsibility for Labour’s losses, saying that he would “not sugarcoat” voters’ scathing verdict on his 22 months in office. But he said he would not step down.

The main victor on Thursday was the right-wing populist Reform U.K. party, which gained more than 1,400 seats on municipal councils across England. The party took seats from the Conservative Party and from Labour and consolidated its status as the dominant party of Britain’s political right. But the left-wing Green Party also made gains at the expense of Labour.

The results shattered the grip on power long held by Labour and the Conservatives, and signaled a new political landscape in which at least seven parties are vying for votes across Britain. » | Stephen Castle | Reporting from London | Friday, May 8, 2026

The Funniest—and Most Ruthless—Political Memes Right Now

May 4, 2026 | “Get ready to laugh, cringe, and maybe question everything. In this video, we’re diving into the funniest—and most ruthless—political memes taking over the internet right now.

From savage roasts to painfully accurate takes, nothing is off-limits. Whether you're here for the humor, the chaos, or just to see how wild meme culture has gotten, this compilation delivers.

Warning: These memes pull no punches. If you like your comedy bold, edgy, and a little bit unhinged… you’re in the right place.


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Americans Hail Pope Leo XIV as ‘Breath of Fresh Air’ One Year In, as Trump Clashes Linger

THE GUARDIAN: One year on the job, the first US pope wins support for his progressive views and his defiance of Donald Trump

This screenshot was taken from this Guardian article. | Pope Leo XIV, the first US pontiff, greets the crowd from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica following his election on 8 May 2025. Photograph: Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images
As Pope Leo XIV concludes his first year as the first American pope on Friday, Americans shared with the Guardian how they feel about the 70-year-old pontiff who has increasingly found himself at odds with Donald Trump.

Several described his papacy as a “breath of fresh air” compared with earlier, more conservative eras of church leadership.

For Brock Horton, a 69-year-old retired public school teacher in San Antonio, Texas, the pope feels “authentic and not just an archaic mouthpiece for a failing religion”.

“Pope Leo is bringing Jesus’s teachings forward instead of church dogma … If you can’t welcome strangers and treat everyone with love and dignity, you have no place leading anyone. I will never become a Catholic, but with Leo, I see a loving person first, and a pontiff second,” Horton said.

“The fact that he lives in Donald Trump’s head is also a plus,” he added, referring to Trump’s latest attacks on the pope. » | Maya Yang | Friday, May 8, 2026

Keir Starmer Under Pressure to Agree Exit Plan after Election Mauling

THE GUARDIAN: Senior Labour MPs urge prime minister to step down within year as party loses control of 25 English councils and humbled in Wales

Keir Starmer is under pressure to set out a timeline for his departure after a crushing defeat in elections across Britain prompted senior Labour MPs to call for him to step down within a year.

In a disastrous set of results, Labour had lost control of more than 25 councils and almost 1,000 council seats in England by Friday evening, many to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which made large gains across the Midlands and the north as well as taking seats from the Tories in the south.

After more than a century of domination, Labour has faced near-wipeout in Wales, where the party’s first minister, Eluned Morgan, lost her seat. Labour could slump to third place in Scotland behind the SNP and Reform. In London, a Green surge meant Labour lost control of councils it had dominated, including Hackney and Waltham Forest. » | Pippa Crerar and Jessica Elgot | Friday, April 8, 2026

Election Results: Have Polanski and Farage Finished Starmer Off?

May 8, 2026 | Labour is reeling after bruising local election results - losing ground to the Greens on the left and Reform UK on the right - and questions are now swirling around Keir Starmer’s leadership.

Is this just a difficult moment for Labour, or the start of something much bigger?

In this episode of The Fourcast, Krishnan Guru-Murthy is joined by former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, former Keir Starmer Chief of Staff Sam White, and political strategist Scarlett Maguire to unpack what the results really mean.

Is Labour facing a voter backlash, a messaging problem, or a full-blown leadership crisis? And if pressure on Starmer continues to grow, what happens next? Could Labour really replace its leader - and who would even take over?

La chanteuse Bonnie Tyler placée en coma artificiel après avoir été opérée au Portugal

LE FIGARO : Star des années 1980, la chanteuse britannique Bonnie Tylerconnue pour son tube « Total Eclipse of the Heart », a été placée jeudi dans un coma artificiel après avoir subi une opération d’urgence au Portugal, a indiqué son agent vendredi.

« Les médecins de Bonnie l'ont placée dans un coma artificiel pour favoriser son rétablissement (...) Nous vous demandons de respecter son intimité en ces moments difficiles », a indiqué le porte-parole de la chanteuse, Judd Lander dans une déclaration transmise à l'AFP. Bonnie Tyler connue pour sa chevelure blonde et sa voix rocailleuse, a été admise mercredi à l'hôpital de Faro, où elle possède une résidence secondaire, pour une « opération intestinale d'urgence ». Son entourage avait dans un premier temps annoncé que l'intervention s'était « bien déroulée » et que la star était « en convalescence », sans donner plus de détails sur son état de santé. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | vendredi 8 mai 2026

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The Craziest Political Memes Breaking the Internet Right Now

May 5, 2026 | Get ready to laugh, cringe, and question everything. In this video, we’re diving into the craziest political memes breaking the internet right now. From viral debate moments turned into comedy gold to completely unhinged edits that make you do a double-take, these memes are taking over every timeline.

We’ll react to the funniest, most savage, and downright absurd political memes circulating online, showing how the internet transforms serious headlines into pure entertainment.

Whether it’s clever satire or chaotic humor, nothing is off-limits. Warning: Some of these memes are so wild, you won’t believe they actually exist.

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U.S. Fires on Iranian Tankers as Tehran Accuses Washington of ‘Reckless’ Attacks

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Iran’s foreign minister accused Washington of undermining diplomacy. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. expected to hear from Tehran on Friday.

The United States said it had fired on two Iranian-flagged oil tankers on Friday, as Iran’s foreign minister on Friday accused the United States of “a reckless military adventure” and of undermining diplomatic efforts to end the war.

U.S. Central Command said it had disabled the two tankers as they tried to reach an Iranian port. The latest strikes came a day after the U.S. military and Iran exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz — fighting that the Iranian military said was triggered by an earlier U.S. attack on another Iranian tanker.

They also came as Iranian officials have said Washington and Tehran are debating a one-page U.S. proposal for the sides to reopen the strait and cease hostilities for 30 days as they negotiate a comprehensive deal to end the war.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, asked about the state of negotiations, said that the United States expected a “response” from Iran on Friday. And despite the exchanges of fire in recent days, both President Trump and Iran’s foreign ministry have insisted that their monthlong cease-fire was holding.

U.S. Central Command said on Thursday that “unprovoked Iranian attacks” on three American destroyers had involved missiles, drones and small boats. In response, the U.S. military said it had “targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U.S. forces,” including missile and drone launch sites.

The Iranian military said the United States had violated the cease-fire a day earlier by firing on an Iranian oil tanker trying to cross an American blockade. It said it had “retaliated by attacking U.S. military vessels.”

Mr. Trump, speaking to reporters in Washington on Thursday evening, dismissed the Iranian attacks as a “trifle” and again warned that Iran “better sign their agreement fast,” an apparent reference to the one-page U.S. proposal. A key hurdle was the U.S. demand for advance commitments on the fate of Iran’s nuclear program and its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, three senior Iranian officials said.

On Friday, the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, questioned in a social media post whether the U.S. strikes were a “crude pressure tactic.” He added: “Every time a diplomatic solution is on the table, the U.S. opts for a reckless military adventure.” Iran War Live Updates » | Euan Ward, Leily Nikounazar, Farnaz Fassihi, Erica L. Green and Motoko Rich | Friday, May 8, 2026

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Waleed Asadi: Palestinian Mujaddara with Crispy Caramelized Onions | مجدرة

Apr 5, 2026 | Mujaddara is a dish enjoyed throughout the Levant. Again, this is a dish where each cook has his own special touch, but it's always some sort of lentils topped with crispy, caramelized onions. It's really a simple and wonderful dish that you can really stretch when you just want something simple and comforting.

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Au Royaume-Uni, Keir Starmer fragilisé après la cuisante défaite des travaillistes face au parti de Nigel Farage

LE FIGARO : Le premier ministre exclut de démissionner, même si le Labour a subi de lourds revers dans ces élections locales qui avaient valeur de test et confirment la fragmentation du paysage politique britannique.

Les pertes sont lourdes, très lourdes même, mais le premier ministre britannique entend rester au front. Keir Starmer a promis de poursuivre le combat, afin de tenir sa promesse d’apporter le « changement » en Grande-Bretagne, malgré les revers subis par son parti aux élections locales. Mais il apparaît de plus en plus fragilisé, alors que le grand vainqueur du scrutin, le parti Reform UK de Nigel Farage, a souvent laminé les travaillistes dans leurs fiefs traditionnels.

Ces résultats du Labour pourraient être les pires jamais obtenus par un parti aux élections locales depuis le début du siècle. Le parti au pouvoir pourrait perdre quelque 1200 sièges en Angleterre, un résultat qui se rapproche des prévisions les plus pessimistes. En moyenne, le vote travailliste a chuté de 16 points par rapport à 2022, et même de 19 points par rapport à 2024. Cette baisse est particulièrement marquée dans les bastions du parti du centre et du nord de l’Angleterre ainsi que dans les quartiers à forte population musulmane. Plus de 5 000 sièges d’élus locaux étaient en jeu en Angleterre tandis que des scrutins renouvelaient les parlements gallois et écossais. La perte du contrôle du Pays de Galles pourrait être un revers historique. » | Par Arnaud De La Grange | vendredi 8 mai 2026

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Ces résultats ne devraient surprendre personne. C'était un désastre annoncé. Keir Starmer semble ignorer l'essence même de la mentalité britannique, du mode de vie britannique. De ce fait, sa politique autoritaire ne reflète pas les aspirations de l'électorat. Si Starmer veut redresser la barre, il doit abandonner sans délai toutes ses politiques absurdes et intrusives, et surtout, il doit relancer une économie atone. Et ce, de toute urgence ! — © Mark Alexander

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Die Rückkehr des Bellizismus: Ein Plädoyer für Frieden, Vernunft und Entspannungspolitik

BERLINER ZEITUNG: 81 Jahre nach Kriegsende prägen Aufrüstung und „Kriegstüchtigkeit“ erneut die Politik. Die Autoren warnen vor Militarisierung und fordern einen neuen Friedensdiskurs.

Heute, am 8. Mai, dem „Tag der Befreiung“ von der Diktatur des Nationalsozialismus, heißt unsere Warnung: Schleichend, aber sehr wirksam hat in den vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnten ein militärisches Denken in unserer Gesellschaft die Überhand gewonnen, das die Zukunft durch die einseitige Betonung des Militärischen verdunkelt.

Dieser Bellizismus, der die Politik und die öffentliche Meinungsbildung dominiert, steht beispielgebend in dem Manifest „Neue Macht – neue Verantwortung“, das im Jahr 2013 von konservativen Sicherheitsexperten mit Unterstützung des damaligen Bundespräsidenten Joachim Gauck erarbeitet wurde. Dessen Hauptautoren werden heute in vielen Medien hofiert. Beschleunigt durch den russischen Krieg in der Ukraine ist unsere Zeit in die „Abschreckungslüge“ zurückgefallen und damit in die alten Denkweisen von Hochrüstung, Kalter Krieg und Konfrontation, die wir doch durch die Friedens- und Entspannungspolitik von Willy Brandt und Egon Bahr überwunden zu haben glaubten. » | Reiner Braun, Michael Müller | Freitag, 8. Mai 2026

Philip Caputo, Who Wrote Blistering Vietnam War Memoir, Dies at 84

THE NEW YORK TIMES: “A Rumor of War,” about his service as a Marine Corps infantry officer and published in 1977, relentlessly detailed “the things men do in war and the things war does to them.”

Screenshot taken from this NYT article. | Philip Caputo in Canada, in 1987. | Frank Lennon/Toronto Star, via Getty Images
Philip Caputo, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose best-selling, disillusioning memoir, “A Rumor of War,” about leading a Marine platoon through the sniper-riddled and booby-trapped jungles of Vietnam, entered the canon of wartime literature, died on Thursday at his home in Norwalk, Conn. He was 84.

The cause was cancer, his son Marc Caputo wrote in a social media post.

The Vietnam War, which cost the lives of at least one million Vietnamese and 58,000 American service members, generated an outpouring of fictional and nonfictional books, by some reckoning more than 3,500 titles.

A few works came to be widely regarded as classics because their authors captured unflinchingly the peculiar mix of boredom and terror in combat, the ambivalence about fighting a war that often seemed pointless and unwinnable, and the disheartening malaise that followed America’s first military defeat.

The standouts include works of fiction, including Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” (1990), and nonfiction ones like Michael Herr’s “Dispatches” (1977), Ron Kovic’s “Born on the Fourth of July” (1976) and Mr. Caputo’s “A Rumor of War” (1977), which sold two million copies and was translated into 15 languages.

“To call it the best book about Vietnam is to trivialize it,” the novelist and screenwriter John Gregory Dunne wrote in his review of “A Rumor of War” for The Los Angeles Times. “Heartbreaking, terrifying and enraging, it belongs to the literature of men at arms.” » | Joseph Berger | Friday, May 8, 2026

U.A.E. Expels Pakistani Workers, as Pakistan’s Peacemaking Creates a Rift

THE NEW YORK TIMES: As Pakistan mediates between the U.S. and Iran, its ties to the Emirates have deteriorated. Pakistani workers say they are now being sent home en masse.

Pakistan has been trying to help end the war in Iran, but that effort is now creating problems with one of its longtime partners, the United Arab Emirates.

The rich Persian Gulf country has started a large-scale expulsion of Pakistani workers, threatening to cut off a vital source of jobs for Pakistan.

The Emirates appears to be upset that Pakistan has not condemned Iranian strikes on the Emirates more forcefully while it is trying broker a peace deal between the United States and Iran. The Emirates has borne the brunt of those attacks and has been hit by thousands of Iranian missiles and drones strikes.

The New York Times interviewed more than 20 Pakistani Shiites who worked in the Emirates as employees of Emirati companies. All said they were suddenly arrested, detained and deported in the past month.

Eight people with businesses based in the Emirates said their Pakistani employees had been deported in recent weeks.

Shiite religious leaders in Pakistan estimate as many as thousands of Shiite Pakistanis have been deported from the Emirates since mid-April. Pakistan’s 35 million Shiites, who have deep spiritual ties to Iran, have often faced sectarian violence in Pakistan, where the majority of people are Sunni Muslims.

The reasons for the expulsions are unclear, and both countries claim their ties are strong. » | Elian Peltier, Zia ur-Rehman and Vivian Nereim | Elian Peltier reported from Islamabad, Pakistan; Zia ur-Rehman from Kohat District in the country’s northwest, and Vivian Nereim from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. | Friday, May 8, 2026

"His Buffoon Highness": Inside Prince Andrew's Disastrous Royal Tours | Andrew: Downfall of a Prince

May 3, 2026 | In this extended interview, former British diplomat Simon Wilson exposes the shocking reality behind ex-Prince Andrew's disastrous tenure as a UK trade envoy. Andrew's pattern of "extreme entitlement" and "boorish behaviour" helps Simon Wilson understand the explosive revelations from this year's release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Nein zur Wehrpflicht: Stoppt den neuen Bellizismus!

BERLINER ZEITUNG: Am Tag der Befreiung gehen Schüler in über 100 Städten gegen die Wehrpflicht auf die Straße. Ein klares Zeichen gegen Militarisierung und die neue Kriegslogik.

Der 8. Mai ist der Tag der Befreiung, an dem 1945 die Wehrmacht nach der größten von Deutschland verschuldeten Katastrophe kapitulierte. Damals endete das unfassbare Leid des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Europa mit Elend, Zerstörung und bis zu 80 Millionen Toten.

An diesem Tag findet die 3. Runde der Schulstreiks gegen die Reaktivierung der Wehrpflicht in über 100 Städten statt. Sie sind ein Ausdruck des wachsenden Widerstands junger Menschen gegen den neuen Bellizismus in unserem Land, der auch jüngere Jahrgänge in eine militärische Fremdbestimmung einbinden will. » | Reiner Braun, Andrea Hornung, Yanick Kiesel, Michael Müller | Donnerstag, 7. Mai 2026

Putin Is Facing Growing Disenchantment among Russian Elites | Mark Galeotti

May 7, 2026 | “There is a sense that he’s really lost touch with the country.”

There is a “growing disenchantment among the Russian elites” with Putin’s war on Ukraine, says historian and director of Mayak Intelligence Mark Galeotti.

Stocks Are Exuberant. Bonds Are Subdued. Why the Divergence?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Stock investors are betting that companies will make enormous profits, despite the war. But investors in bonds, including U.S. Treasuries, have other concerns.

The U.S. stock market has been splendid lately, while the bond market has wobbled. These two barometers of the global financial world have responded quite differently to the higher oil prices and increased economic risks induced by the war in Iran.

After a rough stretch in March, the U.S. stock market has regularly shrugged off risk — not only recovering its losses since the start of the war but going on to new highs, as investors bet that publicly traded U.S. companies would keep reaping enormous profits, regardless of what happened in the war.

Other international stock markets, which had performed marvelously before the war and took heavy losses in March, have also rebounded stoutly. International stock markets overall are ahead of the U.S. stock market since the start of the year.

But the bond market is another matter. Bond traders have maintained a much sharper focus on risk. Yields remain correlated with shifts in the price of oil. As oil prices have spiked and inflation has risen, yields have risen and bond prices, which move in the opposite direction, have fallen. » | Jeff Sommer | eff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly column on markets, finance and the economy. | Thursday, May 7, 2026

Trump in ‘Real Trouble’ as the Tide Suddenly Turns on His Presidency

May 7, 2026 | Professor Robert Kelly joins Maddie Hale to discuss reports Saudi Arabia refused US access to bases and airspace for “Project Freedom”, approval for Donald Trump and the Iran war dips to new lows just months away from the Midterms and Vladimir Putin is getting “incredibly paranoid” for his life.

As U.S. Debt Hits a Worrying Milestone, Washington Barely Notices

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The debt is outgrowing the size of America’s economy. The president’s policies could accelerate the country’s fiscal headaches, experts say, unless policymakers intervene.

The U.S. government learned last week that it may have reached an unfortunate milestone: The size of its debt surpassed the nation’s total economic output.

It was a striking imbalance, according to early estimates, one that the country has experienced only in rare circumstances — briefly during the pandemic, and in the aftermath of World War II. But the development barely seemed to register in the nation’s capital, where few policymakers bothered to acknowledge the latest warning sign about the government’s poor fiscal health.

The root of the problem is well-documented and widely known. U.S. debt has soared in recent years because of a mismatch between federal spending and tax revenue, one complicated by a rapidly aging population, which has driven up costs across government.

For economists, the fear is that these conditions are inching the United States toward a fiscal crisis, one in which its debt is so great that the country can’t easily afford to pay the rising interest on it. But their warnings have long gone unheeded in Washington, calcifying the strains on the government’s balance sheet in ways that President Trump’s agenda is expected to exacerbate. » | Tony Romm | Reporting from Washington | Thursday, May 7, 2026

Steve Schmidt: Ted Turner's Legacy Deserves Better

May 7, 2026 | Ted Turner was an American icon who built CNN into a network that connected the world and told it the truth. Steve Schmidt pays tribute to his legacy and explains how CNN has been destroyed by greed.


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Moguls Remember Ted Turner: ‘Changed the Media Industry Forever’: The CNN founder’s death was met with encomiums from leaders in the media industry, which he helped reinvent. “He will be remembered for generations,” said one. »

Espagne : 30 tonnes de cocaïne d'une valeur de 812 millions d'euros saisies par la justice

LE FIGARO : Parmi les personnes arrêtées, 17 sont de nationalité philippine, cinq sont Néerlandais et le dernier vient du Suriname.

La justice espagnole a confirmé jeudi une saisie record de 30 tonnes de cocaïne d'une valeur de 812 millions d'euros, une semaine après l'opération, qui a entraîné le placement en détention provisoire des 23 membres d'équipage du navire sur lequel la cargaison a été trouvée. Outre plus de 1200 ballots de drogue, la Garde civile a aussi mis la main sur « des armes à feu » à bord du bateau battant pavillon des Comores qui naviguait dans l'océan Atlantique, a détaillé dans un communiqué l'Audiencia Nacional, à Madrid.

Parmi les personnes arrêtées, 17 sont de nationalité philippine, cinq sont Néerlandais et le dernier vient du Suriname, selon cette source. Lundi, des sources du principal syndicat de gardes civils avaient annoncé cette saisie record à l'AFP, mais avaient alors évoqué une saisie de « 35 à 40 tonnes » de drogue, finalement un peu moindre, mais qui est tout de même la plus importante jamais réalisée par les forces de l'ordre espagnoles. Aucune confirmation officielle n'avait été donnée depuis. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | jeudi 7 mai 2026

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Feb 1, 2026 | Sharing the basic items used in a typical Levantine kitchen. This makes up the countries of Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria.

Each household will have slightly different items and brands but, more or less, this is what a majority of us have stocked at all times.

How Worried Should We Be about Hantavirus?

BBC: The outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship carrying passengers from across the world is a situation that authorities say they are taking incredibly seriously.

Three passengers have died either on board or after travelling on the ship, which set sail from Argentina a month ago.

Four others have been medically evacuated from the ship for treatment.

A huge operation is in place to trace people potentially exposed to the virus who have already taken flights home to numerous countries, including the UK, South Africa, the Netherlands, the US and Switzerland.

Health experts stress the risk to the general public is low. So how worried should we be? » | Michelle Roberts | Digital health editor | Thursday, May 7, 2026

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‘A Total Collapse’: Elections May Expose Britain’s Fraying Political System

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Polls predict historic losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party on Thursday as anti-immigrant Reform U.K. makes gains, and a new era of multiparty politics takes shape.

Dumbarton, a picturesque coastal town along the River Clyde near Glasgow, has been represented in the Scottish Parliament by Jackie Baillie, a Labour Party politician, since 1999.

Residents think this could be the week that changes.

“I’ve lost total faith in all the politicians,” Willie Henderson, 98, said on a recent day as he sat in a cafe in one of Dumbarton’s parks. “They all get in with good intentions, and then they just line their pockets. They’re on the gravy train.”

On Thursday, voters across Scotland and Wales will elect members of their national parliaments, while residents in many parts of England will choose members of local councils. Mr. Henderson, who worked for 30 years at the local whisky distillery, said he would likely vote for an independent candidate, even though his father was a lifelong Labour supporter.

“As long as I get blue skies and sunshine, I don’t care what the politicians do,” he said.

That sense of disaffection and frustration, especially with incumbent politicians, is rampant across Britain, opinion polls suggest, and will likely fuel an electoral disaster for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. » | Michael D. Shear and Stephen Castle | Michael Shear reported from Dumbarton, Scotland, and from London. Stephen Castle reported from Tredegar, Wales. | Thursday, May 7, 2026

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Au Mali, l’affaiblissement de la junte nourrit la peur d’un califat islamiste

Cette capture d'écran provient de cet article du Figaro. | Le premier ministre malien Abdoulaye Maiga et le président du Parlement Malick Diaw assistent aux funérailles d’État du ministre de la Défense Sadio Camara, tué lorsque quatre kamikazes ont percuté sa résidence, à Bamako, Mali, le 30 avril 2026. Présidence du Mali via Facebook / REUTERS
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - Les militaires au pouvoir tentent de reprendre la main après un violent raid des djihadistes contre la capitale malienne. Mais ils cachent mal leurs faiblesses face à des groupes armés de plus en plus puissants.

L’heure est à la reprise en main au Mali. Une dizaine de jours après la spectaculaire offensive djihadiste contre Bamako et quatre autres villes, la junte au pouvoir veut donner l’impression de contrôler la situation. Assimi Goïta, président de « transition » depuis le putsch de 2020, curieusement absent les jours suivants le raid, entend incarner un retour à la normale sans vraiment y parvenir. À peine enterré, le ministre de la Défense Sadio Camara, 47 ans, pilier du régime tué dans l’attaque de sa villa, a été remplacé par Goïta lui-même.

Une façon pour le président de renforcer ses pouvoirs, mais aussi la preuve d’une certaine inquiétude. « Il n’avait pas d’autre choix », souligne un analyste sécuritaire. Les vives tensions entre le président et son ministre étaient notoires, divisant les rangs de l’armée. La nomination d’un proche de Goïta au poste de son feu rival aurait donc été très mal perçue par une partie des militaires et aurait pu entraîner des fractures dans la junte. « Prendre lui-même le poste était la seule possibilité », continue le même analyste. » | Par Tanguy Berthemet | jeudi 7 mai 2026

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UAE’s Ruling Royal Family Benefits from More Than €71m in EU Farming Subsidies

THE GUARDIAN: Al Nahyans’ control over farmland in Europe has meant they receive proportion of payments to farms

This screenshot was taken from this Guardian article. | Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, leader of Abu Dhabi and president of the UAE, is at the helm of the Al Nahyan family. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
The United Arab Emirates’ ruling royal family is benefiting from tens of millions in EU subsidies to grow crops destined for the Gulf, it can be revealed.

A cross-border investigation by DeSmog and shared with the Guardian found subsidiaries controlled by the Al Nahyans collected more than €71m (£61m) in six years for farmland it controls in Romania, Italy and Spain.

The Al Nahyan family is the second richest in the world, with an estimated wealth of more than $320bn (£235bn), mostly derived from the Emirates’ vast oil reserves.

Subsidies under the common agricultural policy (Cap) make up a third of the EU’s entire budget, paying out about €54bn each year to farmers and rural areas across the bloc.

But an unknown proportion of this ends up in the hands of foreign investors – including those controlled by autocratic states. » | Clare Carlile | Thursday, May 7, 2026

Saudi Arabia Breaks Bad News to Trump - The US Military Can’t Use Their Airspace | David Satterfield

May 7, 2026 | "Saudi Arabia is reported to have told him its airspace cannot be used for operations."

Donald Trump has suffered a major operational setback as he has been reportedly told by Saudi Arabia that the US cannot use their airspace, says former US assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, David Satterfield.

Britons on Hantavirus Cruise Ship Face 45 Days of Self-isolation

BBC: British passengers on board a cruise ship with a confirmed outbreak of hantavirus will likely be asked to self-isolate for 45 days on returning to the country, a UK health official has said.

Prof Robin May, chief scientific officer at the UKHSA, told the BBC that they would probably be asked to self-isolate at home, but that "depends on individual circumstances".

Two Britons are currently self-isolating at home in the UK after potential exposure and a 56-year-old British man is in a stable condition after being evacuated from the ship on Wednesday.

Three people have died either on board or after travelling on the ship, which set sail from Argentina a month ago, after the hantavirus outbreak.

Contact tracing is under way in multiple countries for passengers who left the cruise ship before the outbreak was detected - including in the UK, Switzerland and the Netherlands. » | Alex Smith and Hugh Pym, health editor | Wednesday, May 6, 2026

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Steve Schmidt: Trump Will Have No Legacy

May 6, 2026 | Donald Trump promised his ballroom wouldn't cost the American people any money, but of course, he lied. Steve Schmidt breaks down the new $1 billion budget, Trump's gilded delusions, and promises that all the narcissistic monuments will be torn down.

Americans were really taken in by this corrupt jester, weren’t they? — © Mark Alexander

Iran Will Not ‘Cry Uncle’ to Donald Trump | Trita Parsi

May 6, 2026 | “Iran will not give him the perception of having humiliated Iran.”

Donald Trump’s public threats against Iran risk sabotaging the diplomacy his administration is simultaneously trying to advance behind closed doors, says executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, Trita Parsi.


If I am not greatly mistaken, the USA has lost this war. The Iranians have outmanoeuvred the Americans. President Trump: Eat your heart out! — © Mark Alexander

Chine : deux anciens ministres de la Défense condamnés à mort avec sursis pour corruption

LE FIGARO : Au terme de deux années de sursis, leur peine « sera commuée en réclusion à perpétuité, sans possibilité de réduction de peine ni de libération conditionnelle » » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | jeudi 7 mai 2026

Allemagne : plus de 600 policiers perquisitionnent des groupes de jeunes criminels néonazis dans 12 États

LE FIGARO : Les procureurs fédéraux ont déclaré que les descentes visaient des individus soupçonnés de former des réseaux nationaux et d’organiser des actes violents par le biais des réseaux sociaux.

Environ 50 maisons et autres lieux ont été perquisitionnés mercredi 6 mai par la police en Allemagne, visant des personnes soupçonnées d’être impliquées dans des groupes de jeunes criminels néonazis apparus récemment dans le pays. Selon les procureurs, les suspects feraient partie de deux groupes : « Jung & Stark » (JS) (Jeune et Fort) et « Deutsche Jugend Voran » (DJV, Jeunesse allemande en avant). Ces descentes de police ont été effectuées à travers tout le pays, dans 12 Länder de l’est et du sud, notamment en Bavière, à Berlin, en Brandebourg et en Saxe. » | Par Clara Guedj | jeudi 7 mai 2026

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US Fires on Iranian-flagged Oil Tanker as Trump Gives Tehran Fresh Ultimatum

THE GUARDIAN: President tells Iran to accept deal to end war or face new wave of bombing at ‘much higher level and intensity’

The US military fired on an Iranian-flagged oil tanker on Wednesday, shortly after Donald Trump issued a fresh ultimatum to Tehran, telling it to accept a deal to end the war or face a new wave of US bombing “at a much higher level and intensity than it was before”.

The US fighter fired several rounds and “disabled the tanker’s rudder” as it attempted to breach the US’s blockade of Iranian ports, US Central Command said in a social media post.

The attack came after the US president’s social media announcement – the latest in a rapid series of dramatic and often contradictory changes in policy amid unconfirmed reports of progress in stalled negotiations between Tehran and Washington.

“Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is perhaps a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end,” the US president posted on his Truth Social platform, referring to the military operation he launched with Israel against Iran in February.

“If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before.” » | Jason Burke, Shah Meer Baloch in Islamabad and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi | Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Holocaust-Mahnmal in Berlin mit antisemitischem Schriftzug beschmiert

BERLINER ZEITUNG: Das Berliner Holocaust-Mahnmal wurde mit einem volksverhetzenden Schriftzug beschmiert. Der Polizeiliche Staatsschutz hat die Ermittlungen übernommen.

Eine der Betonstelen des Holocaust-Mahnmals in Berlin ist mit einem antisemitischen Schriftzug beschmiert worden. Wie die Polizei am Mittwoch mitteilte, entdeckte ein Sicherheitsmitarbeiter die Schmiererei am Dienstagvormittag.

In grüner Farbe sei der zum Teil englischsprachige Schriftzug „Fuck Juden“ auf eine Stele geschrieben worden. Inzwischen sei die Aufschrift unkenntlich gemacht worden. Die Ermittlungen hat der Polizeiliche Staatsschutz übernommen. » | Ronka Ackermann | Mittwoch, 6. Mai 2026

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La Russie appelle les ambassades étrangères à Kiev à évacuer leur personnel avant d’éventuelles frappes de représailles le 9 mai

Cette capture d'écran provient de cet article du Figaro. | La Russie alerte sur de possibles frappes de représailles sur l’Ukraine. Anna / ADOBE STOCK
LE FIGARO : Le ministère russe des Affaires étrangères appelle les pays étrangers à « garantir l’évacuation en temps voulu du personnel des missions diplomatiques, ainsi que des citoyens, de la ville de Kiev » en cas d’attaques ukrainiennes.

La Russie a exhorté mercredi les ambassades étrangères à assurer « l’évacuation en temps voulu » de leur personnel et de leurs ressortissants à Kiev avant des « frappes de représailles » inévitables si l’Ukraine venait à perturber la fête de la victoire le 9 mai. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | mercredi 6 mai 2026

Waleed Asadi: Palestinian Samak bil Laban | Fish with Garlic and Yoghurt Sauce | سمك باللبن

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