Explosions in Iran
Several explosions were reported early Friday, April 19, in central Iran, with senior U.S. officials reporting an Israeli attack in retaliation for unprecedented drone and missile strikes against Israel last weekend. Tehran reported three explosions near a military base in Qahjavarestan, a town located between Isfahan and its airport, in the center of the country, according to the official Fars agency. Drones were shot down but there was no missile attack. so far », indicated the Iranian authorities. And the nuclear facilities based in the Isfahan region are “ totally safe », Specified the Tasnim agency.
Iran has activated its air defense in several provinces but “ no large-scale damage or explosions have been reported », indicated the official Irna agency, based on the information reported by its journalists. Commercial flights, briefly suspended from and to Tehran, resumed early in the morning, according to Irna. The Emirati airline Flydubai nevertheless canceled its flights to Iran this Friday. The explosions in Iran coincided with the 85th birthday of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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According to American officials cited by several American television stations including the ABC News channel, these explosions are linked to an Israeli attack against Iran in retaliation for Iranian strikes against Israel last weekend. Washington was warned this Thursday, April 18, of the Israeli attack on Iran but neither approved the operation nor played any role in its execution, declared officials cited by the American channels NBC and CNN. The Israeli army told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that it had no comment. For now » regarding these explosions reported early this Friday.
Darmanin grabbed
The Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin was grabbed sharply but not injured this Thursday, April 18 near Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) in the premises of the Guadeloupe 1ère channel by a young man, immediately arrested and placed in police custody . The events took place while the Minister of the Interior came to record an interview in the premises of this television, in Baie-Mahault, at the end of his trip to Guadeloupe during which he announced the establishment of a curfew from 8 p.m. for minors in Pointe-à-Pitre, a city described as “ cutthroat » by its mayor. A man ” about twenty years old » according to the source close to the investigation, approached the minister asking to speak to him.
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The minister then extended his hand to him and it was then that the man grabbed him quickly by the arm and shoulders before being overpowered by the minister's security men, described one of the two witnesses. The man was placed in police custody at the Baie-Mahault gendarmerie, according to a source close to the case, adding that an investigation had been opened to “ violence against a person holding public authority and rebellion “. “ He wanted to escape and didn't let it happen. » and showed himself “ uncooperative » during his custody. The usual tests could not be carried out and the young man was “ hospitalized in psychiatric emergency » from Pointe-à-Pitre University Hospital, Friday evening, according to the same source. The minister was not injured. He then recorded his interview as planned.
Unemployment insurance
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal indicated this Thursday, April 18 on BFMTV that among the avenues to reform unemployment insurance, he had a preference for a tightening of the affiliation condition. He listed three levers for changing unemployment insurance: the duration of compensation, the condition of affiliation being “ how long you must have worked to receive unemployment insurance, it is six months in the last 24 months » and the level of compensation. “ I announced that we would consult with the social partners on this subject. This is what Minister Catherine Vautrin will do, I asked her, in the coming days, the coming weeks, so that we can make this reform “, declared Gabriel Attal.
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“ There is a system which is organized for the multiplication of small contracts, short contracts, between which we benefit from unemployment. “I work for a few months, I get unemployment for a few months, I work again for a few months, I get unemployment” “, described the head of government. “ This is rather what I want to work on, so it focuses more on the conditions of affiliation. Now the three possibilities are open and we will work on them with the social partners “, explained the Prime Minister.
He recalled that he had announced in March, even before the failure of negotiations between unions and employers on the employment of seniors, a reform of unemployment insurance from this year, with the aim of raising the employment rate In France. “ If we had the same employment rate as the Germans, we would have almost no problems balancing our budget », Said Gabriel Attal, guest of a long-term program to mark his 100 days at Matignon.
