In the press this morning, the US site Buzzfeed relays the testimony of 23 alleged victims in the case Epstein. Women who tell about the sexual abuse they suffered from the billionaire when they were minors. "We were poor, vulnerable, with no one to help us," says one of them.
Charges that also affect the United Kingdom. The Daily Mail is interested in the revelations of a woman, Virginia Roberts, who accuses Prince Andrew, a member of the royal family close to Jeffrey Epstein, for abusing her when she was 17 years old. His lawyers demand that Prince Andrew testify under oath before a court.
Le Monde, for its part, gives us an uplifting inquiry into the ravages of bee-killing insecticides. Thus, if neonicotinoids have been banned, their infiltration into the soil still kills pollinating insects. The pesticide industry has also reportedly increased lobbying efforts to prevent the adoption of product toxicity warning thresholds on bees and acknowledges that it is unable to offer products that do not affect foragers.
Finally, L'Humanité looked into the working conditions of hostesses. Young women and victims of abusive practices. Not the right to sit, nor to drink in particular. The agencies that hire these hostesses would also propose abusive contracts for not having to pay them their meals.