Flowers, jewelry, perfumes and chocolates are all the rage on Valentine's Day.

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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. A Valentine's Day under curfew

Today is Valentine's Day, in curfew mode, and after a year of pandemic.

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explored love in this very special year.

Some took the opportunity to reconnect with their ex.

A flashback that can only work in the long term if everyone is able to question themselves and not reproduce previous patterns, explains Florence Lautrédou, psychoanalyst and couple therapist.

According to Florence Escarage, president of a love coaching site, the restrictive measures linked to the coronavirus have been beneficial for couples and love in general.

Moreover, we questioned "lovers of confinement".

Finally, some test their relationship via pranks on TikTok.

We let you judge.

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Valentine's Day is the feast of lovers, but we also notice an upsurge in rape and sexual violence that evening warns a feminist association.

2. Variant alert in Moselle

A poster encouraging the wearing of a mask, in front of Metz station (Moselle).

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If nationally, hospitalizations continue to decline slowly, at a still high threshold, the situation in Moselle is "worrying" after the exponential increase in the number of people affected by the South African and Brazilian variants.

But on Saturday, the government decided to keep the schools open, and not to proceed for the moment with a reconfinement, complex in this border region, but to privilege tests and vaccines.

Why, moreover, the Grand-Est region has been particularly affected since the start of the epidemic, asked

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Variants which have also been spotted in Guyana, and which worry the authorities in Dunkirk.

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"We want more data" ... The WHO and the United States put pressure on Beijing: according to the head of the WHO, "all the hypotheses are [still] on the table" to explain the origin of the pandemic.

3. Donald Trump fired from the Senate

Former US President Donald Trump in front of the Marine One helicopter (illustration).

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Acquitted at the end of his impeachment trial on Saturday night by the US Senate, Donald Trump escapes impeachment for the second time.

The former president was quick to react.

"Our magnificent movement (...) has only just begun", declared the Republican in particular.

However, will he be able to represent himself in four years?

Not so simple, because seven Republicans voted to condemn him, and the impact of the attack on the Capitol could make a possible candidacy complicated, we explain to you in this article.

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The earth shook on Saturday off the coast of Japan.

Of magnitude 7.3, this powerful earthquake struck Fukushima without causing major damage.

It left 74 people injured, according to the national claims and disaster management agency.

4. The Victoires de la musique have been unveiled

The Victoires de la Musique ceremony, marked by the performance of Yseult - Gilles GUSTINE / FTV

Benjamin Biolay (best album and male artist of the year) and Pomme (female artist of the year) are the two winners of the 36th Victoires de la Musique, which have become forums in support of the disaster-stricken live performance and the #MeToo movement.

"There is still a long way to go for women, black people, fat people," commented Yseult, female revelation of the year.

The ceremony broadcast by France 2 won nearly 600,000 people compared to last year, allowing it to rank second in the hearings.

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spoke with Tarik, the first candidate of "The Voice" to have tried his luck on the telecrochet with slam.

Read it here.

5. Les Bleus, ten years later

The French won their second 2021 VI Nations Tournament victory over Ireland in Dblin by a score of 15 to 13 on February 14, 2021. (Brian Lawless / POOL / AFP) - AFP

It has been 10 years since the French rugby team won in Dublin.

A long wait to which Fabien Galthié's men ended this Sunday afternoon, winning narrowly against the Irish (15-13, to relive here).

The Blues are at the top of the VI Nations Tournament.

Next meeting against Scotland at the Stade de France, on February 28.

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PSG came out through the back door against Nice on Saturday night (2-1).

Barça was much more convincing against Alavés (5-1), 12th consecutive victory in La Liga.

The two clubs meet on Tuesday in the round of 16 of the Champions League.

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