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“We are available to Morocco.” Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna announced this morning release aid of “5 million euros” for NGOs present in Morocco, more than 48 hours later the earthquake which left nearly 2,500 dead according to a new report. The fact remains that the kingdom has, for the moment, not officially accepted support from Paris. He announced last night that he had responded favorably to offers from four countries “to send search and rescue teams”, France was not on the list.
Morocco “is sovereign, we must respect its choices”, underlined Catherine Colonna, seeing it as a “bad quarrel”. If the country “thinks that international aid can be provided, France will be there. (…) But I know that Morocco is capable of responding to this type of difficulty on its own,” said for his part the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin.
Small groups of rescuers from France still arrived on site, notably firefighters from Lyon, civil protection specialists from Saint-Étienne, and even dog teams from Nice. Moroccan rescuers continue a race against time to find survivors. Follow our live on the evolution of the situation on site.
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- A teacher absent in half of the middle and high schools. This is what reveals a survey carried out in more than 500 establishments and relayed by Franceinfo, on the basis of information sent by local delegates of Snes-FSU, the main teachers’ union in middle and high schools. Significant shortcomings are observed in several academies, such as those of Créteil of Orléans-Tours and Normandy.
- Luis Rubiales will resign. In an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan, the boss of the Spanish football federation, suspended by Fifa after forcing a kiss on player Jennifer Hermoso on the evening of the World Cup final, said it was “the smartest thing to do now “. The Spanish prosecutor’s office demanded his indictment for ault.
- Djokovic equals the all-time record of 24 Grand Slam titles. After his victory against the Russian Daniil Medvedev last night during the US Open final, the Serbian tennis player equaled the absolute record for Grand Slam titles established in 1973 by Margaret Court. Story of his American night.
- Laurent Blanc in Lyon, “it’s over”. The entourage of the OL coach, in the hot seat for several days, confirmed this Monday what the world of football already knew: a new coach will replace the former coach of the France team at the head of the red lantern of Ligue 1.
It concerns you
After an exceptional heat wave last week and temperature records broken this weekend, storms will hit part of France this Monday. Nine departments in the southwest of the country are placed on orange alert by Météo France (Gironde, Dordogne, Lot, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, Tarn-et-Garonne, Gers, Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées). Thunderstorms, sometimes strong with a risk of hail, will cross the Paris Basin in the evening.