Donald Trump evacuated from press gala in Washington following shooting
The American president was evacuated from the dinner of correspondents accredited to the White House which was held on Saturday, April 25, in Washington, after shots were heard in the hotel where the event was held. “The President and First Lady [Melania Trump] are safe, as are all those under protection,” declared the Secret Service, responsible for the protection of senior American political figures.
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A man was quickly arrested and taken into custody. According to the American press, his name is Cole Tomas Allen, he is 31 years old and comes from the city of Torrance, California. The suspect, who is not cooperating with investigators, is expected to be presented Monday in federal court and charged with several counts, likely to be expanded as the investigation progresses.
In Mali, where fighting has resumed, Tuareg rebels announce an agreement with the Russians for their withdrawal from Kidal
The Tuareg rebels declared on Sunday April 26 that they had reached an “agreement” allowing Russian soldiers from the Africa Corps to withdraw from the key town of Kidal, in northern Mali, which they now say they “totally” control.
Fighting resumed on Sunday morning in this town between the Tuareg separatists of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), supported by the jihadists of the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM), affiliated with Al-Qaeda, against the Malian army supported by Russian mercenaries. “An agreement was reached to allow the army and its Africa Corps allies to leave Camp 2, where they had been holed up since [samedi] “, a Tuareg rebel official told Agence France-Presse.
On Saturday, the GSIM claimed responsibility for a series of attacks coordinated with the Tuareg rebellion against strategic positions of the ruling junta in Mali, on the outskirts of Bamako and in several towns in the Sahel country.
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Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Russia of “nuclear terrorism” on the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster
New Russian bombings on Ukraine left at least five dead during the night from Saturday to Sunday, the day after particularly intense strikes, with President Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Russia of “nuclear terrorism” on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
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“The world must not allow this nuclear terrorism to continue, and the best way to stop it is to force Russia to stop its irresponsible attacks,” he said, referring to the war sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Russia is “once again leading the world to the brink of a man-made catastrophe,” he added, noting that Russian drones regularly fly over Chernobyl and that one of them hit its protective shell last year.
Emmanuel Macron reassures about the absence of fuel shortage in France
During a press conference as part of a visit to Athens, the Head of State wanted to be reassuring on Saturday, affirming that the war in the Middle East did not allow us today to “envisage any shortage” of fuel in France, warning against scenarios which risk causing “panic behavior”.
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The boss of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanné, estimated on Friday, during a speech at the World Policy Conference organized by the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) in Chantilly, near Paris, that if the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, in the Gulf, continued for “another two or three months” France would enter “an era of energy shortage”.
Kenyan Sabastian Sawe, first man under the two-hour barrier in the marathon
Sabastian Sawe has broken one of the last mythical barriers in athletics. The first man under two hours in the marathon, the Kenyan won the London marathon on Sunday in 1 hour 59 minutes and 30 seconds. There are even two athletes under two hours, since the Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha, a half-marathon specialist who lined up for the first time in the queen distance, arrived eleven seconds later.
Sabastian Sawe shattered the old world record set by his compatriot Kelvin Kiptum in 2 hours, 1 minute and 25 seconds in April 2023, less than a year before his death in a car accident. “I feel good, I’m so happy. It’s a memorable day for me,” the winner reacted soberly, speaking to the BBC.
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
