In the press - "Is there a planet B?"

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On the front page of the press, the publication yesterday, in the United Kingdom, of confidential documents on the consequences of a Brexit without agreement.

Called "Yellowhammer", the name, it seems, of a small bird whose song sounds like someone saying in English "just a little bread and no cheese", these documents had already leaked in the press this summer , pointing to a risk of food, fuel and medicine shortages, port blockages and the reestablishment of Ireland's physical border, in the event of a "no deal Brexit" - threats that Boris Johnson would have tried to conceal in deciding to suspend the Parliament, according to The Times , which recalls that it is the deputies, which forced the Prime Minister to publish the whole of this file "Yellowhammer", before being dismissed. A suspension deemed "illegal" yesterday by the Scottish justice, according to The I , who blames Boris Johnson for having "dragged" Queen Elizabeth into a "dead end", since the queen had to validate her request to suspend the parliament. The newspaper said the Scottish justice decision is not suspensive, and the UK Supreme Court will make a final decision next week.

Brexit, if it takes place, will it be the equivalent of a big bang for the UK? Uncertainty over the country's future certainly seems to whet the appetites, as evidenced by the 35 billion euro takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, whose boss presented his offers as "a business history to Romeo and Juliet". This declaration of love leaves however marble The Financial Times , which recalls that the famous play of Shakespeare ends with the double suicide of Romeo and Juliet.

Also on the front page is the mobilization of Catalan separatists yesterday, on the occasion of their traditional "Diada". An event "for unity and against repression". Two years after the declaration of independence of autumn 2017, and the arrests of their main officials or their departure abroad, the rally gathered nearly 600,000 people in the center of Barcelona - the lowest mobilization since 2012 , according to the Catalan newspaper Ara . Independents "mobilized, but less than in the past", confirms El Periodico , another Catalan daily, which specifies that this rally comes a few weeks before the verdict of the Spanish Supreme Court against 12 independentist leaders, tried for "sedition" and " rebellion".

In France, the unions begin their mobilization against the pension reform, whose Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is to announce today the calendar. "The battle begins": The Parisian evokes the mobilization "unprecedented for 12 years" of Paris transport staff, the RATP, from tomorrow. A strike to protest against the introduction of a future universal scheme by points, the thorny issue of special schemes has not yet been decided. Le Parisien , who also announces the indictment for "illegal capture of interests" of the President of the National Assembly, in the Mutuelles de Bretagne case. Richard Ferrand says he does not intend to resign, but this indictment is "a blow," according to the newspaper. Also in the judicial section, Libération returns to the appearance yesterday in Paris of eight environmental activists and a videographer for stealing official portraits of Emmanuel Macron in town halls - symbolic actions, according to these activists, for to challenge the president on the "void of his environmental and social policy". They risk up to 5 years in prison and 75,000 euros fine.

No way to leave without mentioning the feat of the French basketball team, which won 89-79 against the United States, in the quarterfinals of the basketball World Cup - an event that does not had arrived more at the Americans in official competition since 2006, according to L'Equipe . "French Dream", "the French dream", marvels the sports daily. The Blues Rudy Gobert "conquered America", and validated their ticket for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, greets 20 minutes .

French newspapers have stars in their eyes, and British newspapers have their eyes turned to the sky. The Independent reports that astronomers announced yesterday that they have detected for the first time water vapor in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, located outside our solar system. Is it a planet like ours, is it a "planet B"? That, we do not know it yet. But before you rejoice too quickly, know that K2-18b, its name, is 110 light-years away from Earth, according to The Daily Telegraph , which means that the light itself puts 110 years to travel the distance that separates us from her. In other words, our planet A, to us, it will still have to take care ...

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