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12h45 : The French Basketball Federation announces that players from Russian and Belarusian clubs will no longer be able to play in the France team “during the conflict” in Ukraine, and that the internationals will have to undertake not to sign in Russia. A sanction announced when a player selected for the next Euro in September, Thomas Heurtel, is presented as close to Zénith Saint-Petersburg.
12h28 : The European Union welcomes “a very important first step” after the departure of a first ship loaded with grain from Odessa this morning. Brussels is waiting “looking forward to the implementation of the entire agreement” on Ukrainian exports.
11:55 a.m. : Russia ruled on Monday “very positive” the departure from Ukraine of a first ship loaded with cereals, within the framework of the agreement concluded between Moscow and kyiv to allow the resumption of exports. “Let’s hope that the agreements will be applied by all parties and that the mechanisms will work effectively”Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov added.
11h18 : Emmanuel Macron will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at 11:30 a.m., learned France Télévisions from the Elysée Palace. The two heads of state had not exchanged since the trip of the French, Italian and German leaders to Ukraine on June 16.
10h28 : The recovery of Ukrainian grain exports is “a relief to the world, especially to our friends in the Middle East, Asia and Africa”said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. For his part, the head of the UN Antonio Guterres “greet warmly” the departure of Rozani this morning, and “hope (…) that this will provide much-needed stability and support for global food security, especially in the most fragile humanitarian contexts”according to a UN statement.
09:15 : It’s past 9 o’clock, it’s time for the traditional update on the news:
• This is the first ship loaded with Ukrainian grain to leave the country since the start of the war : the Rozani set off from the port of Odessa this morning with a cargo of corn on board. kyiv and Moscow had signed an agreement on July 22 to resume grain exports.
• After its adoption by the National Assembly, the amending finance bill arrives in the Senate today. The debates, which will focus in particular on the tariff shield on energy, the fuel rebate, the audiovisual license fee and super profits taxare only scheduled to last two days.
• A new blaze ravaged 150 hectares of pines in the Landes, in the town of Mano, on Sunday evening. According to the prefecture, the fire “is not fixed but no longer progressing” and caused no casualties. The fire which burned 350 hectares in the Gard is under control.
A new episode of intense heat starts this week. It will first hit the south of France, before heading north on Tuesday and Wednesday, with temperatures up to 39°C, according to Météo France. Five departments have been placed on heatwave orange vigilance.
08h53 : “We have 99,000 Ukrainians in France who benefit from the asylum seeker’s allowance.”
Ukrainian refugees present in France “are in a changing situation”explained the director of the French Office for Immigration and Integration this morning on franceinfo, with some “who return to Ukraine and others who continue to arrive even if they are much less than before”. According to Didier Leschi, “of the more than seven million people who have left Ukraine, just over four million have returned to Ukraine.” He clarified that“about 20,000 people” are hosted by private individuals in France.
10h03 : Bonjour @Jeanyou were not far away: Russia demanded these inspections to prevent Ukraine from using these boats to import weapons or ammunition. It is Turkey, which participated in the mediation between the two countries and which controls the straits through which the ships must pass, which carries out these checks.
08h48 : Hello, I do not understand this agreement. Why this inspection in Turkey of boats departing from Ukraine? The Russians are afraid that Ukraine exports what if not cereals? Weapons (they need them, they are not going to export weapons) works of art, Ikea furniture?
08h44 : I would add, for those who would like to follow his journey, that the site Marinetraffic.com (in English) makes it possible to track all ships of its kind around the world.
08h37 : The Reasonable is the first ship allowed to leave the port under the agreement signed between kyiv and Moscow on July 22. It transports maize to Lebanon, but will first have to pass inspections in Istanbul, under the terms of the agreement.
08h32 : The first shipment of Ukrainian grain has just left the port of Odessa, according to the Turkish Defense Ministry.
07h26 : This is a long-awaited first trip: a shipment of Ukrainian grain prepares to leave the port of Odessa. After six months of conflict, kyiv and Moscow signed an agreement on July 22 to allow the resumption of exports. Vessel, “laden with corn”will leave at 7:30 a.m. (French time) to travel to Lebanon, according to the statement from the Turkish Defense Ministry. What, perhaps, to slow down a little the inflation of food prices which affects the whole world.