The government triggers aid in response to rising fuel prices. In France, faced with rising fuel prices for a month, the executive has unveiled initial measures to help certain sectors: an aid of 20 cents per liter of fuel in April for fishermen, SMEs and VSEs, and an exemption from tax on non-road diesel (GNR) for agriculture. The total cost of these aids is estimated at several tens of millions of euros.
End of the war within two weeks? U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated on Friday that the United States expects the end of operations in Iran within “the next two weeks”, specifying that his country could still achieve its goals without troops on the ground. The Foreign Ministers of the G7, meeting near Paris, urged on Friday for “an immediate cessation of attacks against civilian populations and infrastructure” in the Middle East.
Nuclear reactor struck in Iran. Israeli strikes hit a heavy water nuclear reactor in central Iran. “Two of Iran’s largest steel plants and a power plant” were also struck. Iran has vowed to exact a “heavy price” in retaliation.
