Paris, March 20, the quays of the Seine during the 3rd confinement.

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We hope you were able (more or less) to enjoy your weekend.

We spent these two days checking the news.

And it's time to sum it all up.

1. Confusion on certificates

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Another great moment of the French bureaucracy.

Saturday morning, the release of new travel certificates for the sixteen confined departments plunged everyone into embarrassment.

One, ten or thirty kilometers depending on the situations listed on two pages: difficult to navigate.

Posted on Saturday morning, it was quickly withdrawn at the request of the Elysee.

Finally, a certificate of residence will suffice to justify his trip during the day.

We summarize this mess for you here and here.

And we went to question the Parisians this Sunday, to find out if they had understood how it all works.

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Another list to be extended over the weekend, that of open stores.

Hairdressers or florists in particular will not finally lower the curtain, but not only.

A less restrictive strategy defended by the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire.

2. Towards an expansion of the new confinement?

La Croix Rousse in Lyon during the curfew, February 28, 2021 KONRAD K./SIPA - KONRAD K./SIPA

The contamination figures are deteriorating in several other regions, Auvergne-Rhône Alpes and PACA in particular, to the point that Arnaud Fontanet, member of the scientific council, is already asking for the expansion of confinement.

We looked at the figures more closely from our side.

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In Germany, Angela Merkel wants to extend the restrictions in Germany in April.

Germany recorded 16,000 new cases of contamination on Saturday and 207 more deaths.

3. Magali Blandin's husband indicted for murder, his parents for complicity

The public prosecutor Philippe Astruc here during a press conference on the murder of Magali Blandin near Rennes.

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Jérôme Gaillard was indicted for murder by spouse and attempted murder for having killed his wife Magali Blandin, on February 11, 2021 in Monfort-sur-Meu, near Rennes.

He led the gendarmes to the place where he had buried the body of his ex-partner.

Her parents, aged 72 and 75, were charged with "aiding and abetting spousal murder" and "attempted spousal murder" for their alleged involvement.

The neighbor of the principal defendant is also prosecuted.

We summarize this extraordinary affair in this article.

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A couple was taken into custody in the investigation for "murder" of a young Bordelaise, Alicia Faye, 25 years old.

She was found dead by residents a week ago in Cayenne.

4. Benjamin Netanyahu well on his way to succeed himself

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was vaccinated on December 19, 2020. - AMIR COHEN / POOL / AFP

Israel is called to the polls on Tuesday.

The outgoing Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, appears almost without competition for these legislative elections, the fourth in two years, on the strength of a hyper-effective vaccination campaign but also resounding successes internationally.

For

20 Minutes

, Frédéric Encel, lecturer at Sciences Po, deciphers the stakes of this election.

To read here.

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Two men were sentenced to death in Pakistan for the rape of a Franco-Pakistani woman.

The rape sparked protests in several cities in Pakistan and prompted the government to toughen the laws.

5. The XV of France is indestructible

Or almost (remember England last week).

But this time, the Blues have learned the lesson.

Led by 10 points 6 minutes from the final whistle and reduced to 14 since the hour mark, Antoine Dupont's partners managed a “space comeback” to win 32-30 thanks to two tries in the last minutes, signed Ollivon and Dulin, and both transformed by Ntamack.

We invite you to relive all this in our live.

If they win next week against Scotland by more than 22 points, with the bonus, the French will win the tournament.

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Winner of the World Cup, quite simply.

Pinturault did not crack under the pressure, winning the last giant slalom of the season and thereby the classification of the specialty, and the general classification.

It had been 24 years since a Frenchman had won.

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