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In the spotlight: new mass shooting in the United States, in the middle of the July 4 national holiday
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Law enforcement officers patrol a street in Highland Park, Illinois, after a mass shooting occurred during the National Day parade, July 4, 2022. © AP/Nam Y. Huh
By: Véronique Rigolet Follow
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New dramatic illustration of this America sick of its weapons, in full parade on July 4 for the national holiday in a “
green suburb
” of Chicago, “
the festivities turned into tragedy
” writes the
Washington Post.
“
A tragedy all too common to the American nation
”, deplores the daily “
with a new mass shooting which left at least 6 dead and around thirty injured
”.
With “
again the unthinkable
” says the
Post,
“
a heavily armed shooter on a rooftop
”.
It was 10 a.m., reports the
New York Times,
“
and in the space of a few seconds, the joyous parade with the families gathered with their children on lawn chairs, turned into tragedy, they were machine-gunned
”.
“
Even in a country bruised by the constancy of mass violence, it is a shocking carnage
”, is moved by the
New York Times.
A violence "
which always fits into the same pattern
", underlines for its part the
Wall Street Journal
which denounces "
the brutal omnipresence of armed violence in a nation which has more firearms than inhabitants
".
Already "
309 mass shootings since the beginning of the year and thousands of deaths
", emphasizes the American daily.
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To read also: The State of New York prohibits the carrying of weapons in sensitive places
"
After the shock of the recent killings in Buffalo and Uvalde
", this new bloodbath committed by a 22-year-old young man - whose motives are still unknown - "
will of course relaunch the debate on weapons
", notes the Washington Post.
“
President Biden said he was shocked and horrified
” and recalled the recent passage in Congress of a bipartisan gun law, but “
there is nothing to say that this law could have prevented the Chicago massacre
”, underlines the
Post
.
Ukraine wants to seize Russian assets to finance the country's reconstruction
While Western leaders are discussing in Switzerland the implementation of "
a real Marshall plan
" to help rebuild the country after the hostilities, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Chmygal unveiled on July 4 "
an ambitious plan of 750 billion euros
", reports
El Pais.
While calling on Westerners, underlines the Spanish daily, "
to seize the assets of the Russian oligarchs to finance this reconstruction effort
".
“
Assets confiscated which would amount to between 300 and 500 billion dollars
”, according to the Ukrainian Prime Minister, but “
whose seizure remains complicated
” explains the
Times,
“
because it would very often require the modification of national laws on the rights to the private property
”.
"
Only Canada has already taken the plunge
", underlines the British daily, while Great Britain and the United States "
do not rule out a similar measure
".
Ukraine will in any case present "
a resolution in September at the UN General Assembly to create a new mechanism to reallocate Russian assets, and to enforce such a measure
,” the
Times
points out .
Basketball player Brittney Griner begs Joe Biden to work for her release
In a letter delivered on July 4 to the White House, "
the American basketball star, double Olympic medalist
" literally begs Joe Biden "
not to forget him and to intervene in favor of his release
", reports the
Washington Post
which describes a Brittney Griner "
terrified at the idea of staying locked up in Russia forever
".
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To read also: Russia: start of the trial of American basketball player Brittney Griner, accused of drug trafficking
4 months after her arrest for "
possession of cannabis vaping oil
", the 31-year-old basketball player appeared last week in a Russian court to "
answer charges of drug possession
", notes for her part the
New York Times
who believes "
that her conviction is beyond doubt
" and that she faces "
a sentence of up to 10 years in prison in a penal colony
".
The State Department has already acknowledged "
that she was wrongfully detained
", further notes the American daily which underlines that this means that "
Washington is working for her release
", even if nothing is said "
on a possible prisoner exchange to free Griner
”.
Spanish Air Force intercepts EasyJet flight following hoax
To the great surprise of the 150 passengers on the EasyJet London-Menorca flight, 2 F-18s from the Spanish Air Force suddenly came to frame their Airbus in full flight on Sunday July 3, reports the
Guardian
.
An emergency procedure implemented, after what turned out to be "
a false bomb threat
", which was further triggered by one of the passengers, "
an 18-year-old Briton who was traveling with his friends
" and who did not
would therefore have found nothing better than “
to send false threats on social networks
”.
Identified at the exit of the plane by the security services, the young Briton was arrested, explains the
Times
.
A hoax that could cost him dearly, “
with a heavy fine and possibly even a prison sentence
”.
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