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Violence in Washington: Police officer injured in clashes on Capitol Hill is

A police officer died of injuries sustained in clashes with supporters of President Donald Trump when they broke into the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, police said Thursday evening.

Constable Brian Sicknick "was injured during physical contact with the protesters," Capitol Police said in a statement.

“He returned to his quarters and collapsed.

He was taken to the local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries ”Thursday evening, the statement said.

Brian Sicknick had worked for this police service for 12 years.

Coronavirus: Blur on reopening, focus on vaccines… How is Castex changing its communication?

"It's out of the question to let your guard down".

During his press conference this late Thursday afternoon, Prime Minister Jean Castex began with an unchanged speech: firmness in an attempt to reassure.

Worried about a "more fragile" health situation in the face of the coronavirus, threatened by the more contagious British variant, he has maintained all the health restrictions in force and intends to extend the curfew at 6 p.m. to ten new departments.

But change of tone on the vaccine policy: while the slogan hammered out in December was "security - transparency - proximity", it turned at the beginning of January into "amplify, accelerate, simplify".

Lower temperatures: French people invited to reduce their electricity consumption on Friday 

It is cold, very cold in the Hexagon and to avoid any cut, the manager of the electrical network (RTE) encourages the French to reduce their electricity consumption this Friday from 7 to 13 hours.

The manager of the high-voltage network indicates that he is "implementing all means to guarantee the security of electricity supply".

According to RTE, French electricity consumption will reach a high level on Friday, at around 88,000 MW.

The production "will be sufficient, at 88,200 MW, to cover all needs", but to "avoid any risk of outage", the French are invited to reduce their consumption through "eco-gestures".

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