Attack in Paris, election Sunday and superstar Alaphilippe

Julian Alaphilippe poses with the world champion jersey.

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We hope you were able to fully enjoy your weekend.

We spent these two days checking the news.

And it's time to sum it all up.

1. The author of the Friday chopper attack in Paris claims to have acted alone and was targeting Charlie Hebdo

Two people were seriously injured in a knife attack - Alain JOCARD / AFP

The first elements of the attack near the former premises of

"suggest that the main suspect acted alone," said a source familiar with the matter.

A several-minute "not yet fully authenticated" video shows a man who could be, "extremely likely", the prime suspect in the attack.

On the video, this man "sings, cries, speaks about the prophet's caricatures and announces his passage to the act in a kind of manifesto", details the source close to the file.

The man thought he was going after

reporters

, unaware that the paper had moved.

More info:

The "second suspect" arrested by the police was in fact a man who wanted to arrest the perpetrator of the attack.

His lawyer speaks to our colleagues in the

, we summarize you here.

2. The increase in Covid-19 cases is confirmed

With more than 14,000 new cases in France in twenty-four hours on Saturday evening, the positivity rate continues to rise steadily.

In Brittany, the mayor of Rennes Nathalie Appéré (PS) considers the situation "alarming".

Unlike her socialist colleagues Anne Hidalgo and Martine Aubry, mayors of Paris and Lille, she refused to comment on the measures taken by the Ministry of Health, judging that "we would probably be on the wrong track in criticizing them".

Same concern in New Aquitaine, where the incidence rate has increased tenfold among those over 75 years old.

More info:

Eric Woerth (LR) is nervous when he observes the surge in debt, linked to the pandemic.

Even if he will vote on the stimulus plan, the chairman of the finance committee warns of the risk "that we get used to debt".

The percentage of people infected among those tested is 7.2%, and 39 deaths have been recorded.

3. An electoral Sunday for the Senate and the Assembly

Paris, January 23, 2012. Illustration of the Senate hemicycle session during the debate on the draft law on the recognition of the Armenian genocide.

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We vote this Sunday in France.

The 87,000 electorate voters are called upon to renew the Senate for half, ie 172 seats out of 348. The balances within the upper chamber should be little changed: the right will remain in the majority.

The ecologists hope elected officials, in the wake of their breakthrough in municipal elections.

Some headliners are among the candidates, we list them in this article.

The extra info: 

Six MPs are also up for vote today.

The abstention promises to be massive.

4. Azerbaijan and Armenia on the brink of armed conflict

In this image taken from a footage released by Armenian Defense Ministry on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, Armenian forces destroy Azerbaijani tank at the contact line of the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan.

Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan has broken out around the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Armenian Defense Ministry says two Azerbaijani helicopters have been shot down.

Ministry spokeswoman Shushan Stepanyan also said Armenian forces hit three Azerbaijani tanks.

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Armenia and Azerbaijan are torn apart around Nagorny Karabakh, a predominantly Armenian region that wants to secede from Azerbaijan.

The belligerents have reported military and civilian casualties.

According to the Armenian side, a woman and a child were killed.

A major conflict could result in the intervention of competing powers in the Caucasus region, Russia and Turkey.

The more info:

Emmanuel Macron wants to see Alexander Lukashenko, the President of Belarus, leave.

"This authoritarian power can not accept the logic of democracy and clings by force", declared the French president in an interview with the

.

5. Magnificent Alaphilippe

Julian Alaphilippe is crowned world champion - Simon Wilkinson / SWpix.com // SIPA

Cocorico in Imola, Italy!

Julian Alaphilippe became world champion in road cycling, 23 years after the last sacred Frenchman, Laurent Brochard.

"It's the dream of my career," the rider exulted in tears on the podium.

He attacked on a hill 15 km from the finish, and no one saw him again.

He is ahead of the favorite, the Belgian Wout Van Aert, and the young Swiss Marc Hirschi.

He will therefore wear the famous rainbow jersey in 2021, succeeding the Danish Mats Pedersen.

You can relive the race here.

The extra info: 

It's off to Roland-Garros, with terrible weather forecast all week long.

Moreover, Belarusian Azaranka left the match in the middle of the match, before returning to finish her match.

For the French, we will not risk predicting a great year.

will of course follow all this live for you: our live can be read here.

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