The United States and Israel hit the Natanz nuclear site, according to Iranian authorities. They specify that no leak of radioactive material has been detected in the area. Iran celebrates Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan. At dawn, a crowd of believers gathered at the Imam Khomeini Mosque in central Tehran. Despite the strikes, the new Supreme Leader Mojataba Khamenei was not there, even though he traditionally leads this prayer. Israeli strikes in Lebanon as well. Since this morning, Israel has been carrying out attacks in Beirut, the capital. The army says it is targeting the Hezbollah movement, supported by Iran.
Other headlines in the news: The United States has been imposing an oil blockade on Cuba since January. Power outages, fuel shortages, a lack of medicine and food, the consequences are being felt in households. Tuesday evening, the first members of an international humanitarian aid convoy arrived in Havana with five tons of medical supplies. The economic crisis is on the rise, along with a divide between generations, between those defending the ideals of the revolution and the youth seeking change.
A gathering is scheduled to take place this afternoon in Nanterre in memory of Nahel, a 17-year-old who was killed by a police officer three years ago after refusing to comply. This march usually takes place at the end of June on the anniversary of Nahel’s death, but this year it has been moved up following a court decision in Versailles at the beginning of March to requalify the charges against the officer.
It is the first day of spring on March 21, also the International Day of Forests. Forests cover a third of our territory. Their area has been steadily increasing since the 1980s, yet trees are still dying. This is the observation of the National Forestry Office. To discuss this, Arnaud Sergent, a political scientist and co-director of the PEPR FORESTT research program dedicated to forests, coordinated by INRAE.
Forests are disappearing today, what are the causes? Sebastien Baer recently attended the last rehearsals at the Berlin Opera. Tonight, a ballet banned in Russia for LGBT propaganda will be presented in Berlin. The performance “Nureyev” takes us into the footsteps of the Russian star dancer, staged by the dissident artist Kirill Serebrennikov. This is the first time this ballet has been shown outside of Russia.
