In the press - "Belarus, and blackmail to migrants"

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On the front page of the press, the escalation of tensions on the border between Belarus and Poland, where thousands of migrants are still trying to enter the European Union.

"Assault on Poland":

alarmed by the "deterioration" of the situation since yesterday. The Polish tabloid accuses "Belarusian militiamen" of firing in the air to push migrants towards the Polish border and denounces the "blackmail" of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, suspected of using these migrants for political ends, to pressure on the EU. "Lukashenko lets go of the crowd", headlines the newspaper. 

"The Belarusian president, unlike the EU countries, does not fear bloody incidents at the border. The only thing he fears is economic sanctions," warns

. The Polish daily recalls the repeated proposal from Brussels to entrust the management of this crisis to Frontex, the European border management agency. A proposal still declined by Warsaw, which says it prefers to settle the issue by building border fences. Neighboring Poland, Germany is also experiencing a sharp increase in the number of migrants from Belarus - which it also accuses, like the

, of "pushing crowds of refugees" towards the borders of the EU.

In Portugal, soldiers are suspected of trafficking in drugs, gold and diamonds, within the framework of Minusca, the UN mission in the Central African Republic. The

reports a hundred searches carried out Monday, November 8 across the country and the arrest of 10 soldiers, or ex-soldiers, suspected of having used air force planes Portuguese, to engage in this traffic. The drugs, diamonds and stolen gold were then reportedly transported by car from Portugal to Belgium, where the money was allegedly laundered into bitcoins.

In France, the five candidates for the Republican primary, debated for the first time, Monday, November 8, six months before the presidential election. "A respectful debate" which took place "with speckled foil": according to

, "after more than three hours of broadcast, difficult to decide between the five candidates", who would have preferred "to play the game of the debate of 'ideas', and unity, before the December 4th Congress. Valérie Pécresse, Eric Ciotti, Michel Barnier, Xavier Bertrand, and Philippe Juvin, but also the socialist Anne Hidalgo, the sovereignist Nicolas Dupont-Aignant and the far-right candidate Florian Philippot, who will all meet today at Colombey-les-deux-Eglises, to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the death of General de Gaulle.This crowd amused a lot

and the cartoonist Simon Bailly, who shows the presidential candidates, kneeling around the statue of the Commander - sorry, the general.

De Gaulle: for the presidential candidates, a legacy of general interest - With a great illustration by Simon Bailly.

@libe https://t.co/ZzALC7QwNc

- Jonathan Bouchet-Petersen (@BouchetPetersen) November 9, 2021

Still in France, the bishops of France recognized, Monday, November 8, the "systemic responsibility" of the Church, in the tens of thousands of sexual assaults revealed by the Sauvé report. "The Church will pay": the bishops' conference also announces its desire to compensate the tens of thousands of victims identified by this report, which will force the French Church, which does not wish to involve its faithful, to sell goods or to borrow, according to

, which sees in this decision the manifestation of the "sincere awareness" of the episcopate.

speaks of a "turning point", which would testify, according to the newspaper, of an "unprecedented change of mentality".

A development welcomed by the victims, who "ensure that they will however remain vigilant about their implementation", according to the Christian newspaper.

# ÀlaUne de La Croix:

➡️ Report Sauvé: make way for action

➡️ Seniors, an asset to be valued in companies

➡️ In Glasgow, the voice of France is less # cop26 pic.twitter.com/TlszyClLYd

- La Croix (@LaCroix) November 8, 2021

They also say they have been victims of sexual assault.

Eight women claim, in

have suffered sexual violence inflicted by the former star TV presenter Patrick Poivre d'Arvor.

Because they would have been flabbergasted to hear PPDA himself boast on the TV shows that "no one (ever came to look him in the eye, and say): 'No, it wasn't. well "', these eight women have chosen to speak publicly.

# ÀlaUne de La Croix:

➡️ Report Sauvé: make way for action

➡️ Seniors, an asset to be valued in companies

➡️ In Glasgow, the voice of France is less # cop26 pic.twitter.com/TlszyClLYd

- La Croix (@LaCroix) November 8, 2021

The alleged facts to which they testify are now prescribed, but

quotes the final report drawn up from the testimony of 22 women, within the framework of a preliminary investigation, finally closed without follow-up. A document where the former star is described, I quote, as "a sexual predator abusing his notoriety and using a similar modus operandi in approaching his victims and in the brutality of his acts committed without the slightest attempt to seduction or the slightest consideration towards women who dared to refuse his advances ". Facts alleged to have committed "impunity", according to

.

We do not leave each other on this.

recounts Richard Soliz's touching mea culpa.

Hospitalized with Covid-19 last August, this 54-year-old man, living in Seattle, on the west coast of the United States, almost passed there, but managed to get out.

He decided to return to the hospital where he had been treated, to thank the caregivers and express his regret at not having been vaccinated.

“My God, they saved my life,” he said.

"Looking back, I felt bad. And I knew in my heart, in my mind and in my conscience, that all of this could have been avoided."

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