Did you take advantage of your weekend to do your Christmas shopping or simply disconnect?

It's time to dive into our summary of the unmissable news of the last two days.

1. Crushing victory of the no in the self-determination referendum in New Caledonia

"France is more beautiful because New Caledonia has decided to stay there": Emmanuel Macron greeted this Sunday the overwhelming victory of the no to independence during the third self-determination referendum in the archipelago where now opens a period of eighteen months to define its new status.

Marked by a record abstention after the call for separatists to shun the ballot, this third and last referendum was won by the pro-France with 96.49% of the vote, against 3.51% for the yes to independence, the blank and invalid votes counting 2.99%.

The scale of the result should be put into perspective by a participation (43.90%) in free fall compared to the two previous referendums won in November 2018 and October 2020 by the loyalists with respectively 56.7% and 53.3% of the votes.

On this observation, President Macron called, during a solemn address from the Elysee Palace, to welcome with "respect and humility" the result, noting that "the electorate has remained deeply divided" on this strategic archipelago of the South. Pacific, French since 1853.

2. The coronavirus epidemic takes hospital pressure up a notch

Hospital pressure linked to Covid-19 is not weakening in France where more than 2,500 people are treated in critical care services, according to figures released on Saturday by Public Health France.

This Sunday morning over the past 24 hours, 787 people with Covid-19 had been admitted to French hospitals, bringing the number of Covid patients hospitalized in France to 13,855.

“The sanitary pressure is increasing and several parameters worry us.

As the wave is national, we can no longer send reinforcements or carry out massive interregional evacuations, ”said Minister of Health Olivier Véran in an interview with Le

Parisien

published on Saturday evening.

3. At least 83 dead in “historic” tornadoes in the United States

The American rescue services were working hard on Sunday looking for possible survivors of the tornadoes that devastated the central and southern United States on Friday evening and Saturday morning, killing at least 83 people and leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.

Dozens of missing, buildings flattened as far as the eye can see, tangles of rubble: six American states have been crossed by "one of the worst series of tornadoes" in the history of the country, lamented US President Joe Biden , by qualifying their ravages "of unimaginable tragedy".

Already 83 deaths have been recorded but the toll could increase: "We still do not know how many lives were lost or the extent of the damage", noted President Biden on the national antennas.

4.

In extremis coronation

of Verstappen at the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix

Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won his first F1 World Championship title, overtaking British rival Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) on the final lap to win the final Grand Prix of the season in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

The Mercedes Formula 1 team, whose British driver Lewis Hamilton lost the world title, has officially disputed the race result, organizers said.

Mercedes lodged two complaints about the way the safety car period went at the end of the race, which allowed Verstappen to get the better of Hamilton on the last lap.

5. Diane Leyre, Miss Ile-de-France, elected Miss France 2022

Diane Leyre, Miss Ile-de-France, was crowned Miss France 2022 on the night of Saturday to Sunday in Caen after a competition still very popular but increasingly criticized.

"As a woman I want to show that you can be Miss France and a feminist (...) For me, feminism is deciding to do what I want", warned during a conference of press the 24-year-old laureate talker who “works in real estate development”.

The young brunette woman of 1m77, holder of an international business diploma, was chosen 50/50 by viewers and by a jury of seven personalities chaired by Jean-Pierre Pernaut.

The jury decided at the end of an evening during which the 29 regional miss candidates presented in stiletto heels a series of choreographies on well-known tunes from musicals, with a lot of rhinestones and glitter, and to the cheers of the public at the Zénith de Caen.

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