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The complete France Has Everything to Succeed from Friday April 10

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This Friday, April 3, Jérôme Tichit received Clarisse Maillet, general manager of Aérometal, Cyril Florès, president of the Bordet Group, and Olivier Dalle, founder of Environnement Massif Central, in the show France has everything to succeed on BFM Business. Find the show on Friday and Saturday and listen to it again as a podcast.

This Monday, March 30, Jérôme Tichit received Julie Voyer, director of Global Industrie, Laurence Labranque, general director of Sofrigam Group, Yves Cazard, president of Forx, Patrick Dehlinger, president and co-founder of Rob’Occ, Philippe Van de Sompèle, partner and director of operations of Isybot, Marc-Henri Frouin, president and co-founder of Niryo, and Pierrick Merlet, journalist La Tribune, on the show La France has everything to succeed on BFM Business. Find the show on Friday and Saturday and listen to it again as a podcast.

This Friday, March 27, Jérôme Tichit received Caroline Ray, France director of Too Good To Go, Richard Lerosey, CEO of Héritage, and Alexandre Gioffredy, CEO and founder of Greenkub, in the show France has everything to succeed on BFM Business. Find the show on Friday and Saturday and listen to it again as a podcast.

This Friday, March 20, Jérôme Tichit received Olivier Strebelle, general director of Puy du Fou, Julien Mallard, deputy general commercial director of Transavia France, and Nicolas Cargou, co-founder of Samboat, in the show France has everything to succeed on BFM Business. Find the show on Friday and Saturday and listen to it again as a podcast.

This Wednesday, March 11, Sandra Gandoin received Sébastien Gillet, General Director of GL Events and director of the CFIA, François Chaine, director of development at Chemdoc Water Technologies, and Ignace de Perst, president of Newheat, in the show France has everything to succeed on BFM Business. Find the show on Friday and Saturday and listen to it again as a podcast.

This Tuesday, March 10, Sandra Gandoin received Stéphanie Sorhouet, co-director of Somocap, Clémentine Gallet, CEO of Coriolis Composites and member of the JEC Board, Erick Rousseau, CEO of the PINETTE PEI group and advisor for Foreign Trade of France, and Pierre-Jean Leduc, president of Polyvia and CEO of the DEMGY group, in the show France has everything to succeed on BFM Business. Find the show on Friday and Saturday and listen to it again as a podcast.

This Friday, March 6, Jérôme Tichit received Aymeric Renaud, president of Schneider Electric France, Laure Lechertier, director of market access, communication and CSR at UPSA, Julie Voyer, director of Global Industrie, and Sébastien Gillet, CEO of Salons Industrie GL Events, in the show France has everything to succeed on BFM Business. Find the show on Friday and Saturday and listen to it again as a podcast.

This Friday, February 27, Jérôme Tichit received Marie-Emmanuelle Belzung, general delegate of the European Linen and Hemp Alliance, Justine Lipuma, president and founder of Mycophyto, and Alexis Vaillant, founder of Alterfood, in the show France has everything to succeed on BFM Business. Find the show on Friday and Saturday and listen to it again as a podcast.

This Friday, February 20, Jérôme Tichit received Tristan Le Lous, president of the Urgo group, Patrick Desmasures, CEO of Oscaro, and Martin Hacpille, founder of EverEver, in the show France has everything to succeed on BFM Business. Find the show on Friday and Saturday and listen to it again as a podcast.

Originally published at Almouwatin.com

How AI Career Quizzes Are Helping People Find the Right Career Path Faster

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Choosing a career has never been easy. But in today’s rapidly evolving job market, where new roles emerge

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South Sudan: empowering families to build resilience during crisis

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South Sudan: empowering families to build resilience during crisis

Affected by decades of conflict, political instability, and climate-related disasters, the country faces one of the world’s largest displacement crises. Currently over 800,000 South Sudanese have been forcibly displaced internally, and more than 2 million have fled to neighboring countries. Nearly two-thirds of the 14.4 million population is severely food insecure.

LWF’s intervention focuses on strengthening education, protection, livelihoods, food security, human rights, shelter, and providing non-food items (NFIs) including cash assistance, as well as water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH).

Tabitha Akuol Anyiany Atem, 38, a widowed mother of five in Panyagor, Jonglei State explained the difference made by the one-off cash-for-food transfer of 513,000 South Sudanese pounds (USD 100 USD). “This support came at a critical moment,” she says. “I bought two 25 kg bags of sorghum, enough to feed my children for over a month. Now, even when they return from school hungry, we can have at least two meals a day. It has also eased the stress I faced when I could not provide.”

In 2020, devastating floods destroyed her home, livestock, and farmland, forcing her to move to Panyagor. Just as she began to recover, floods struck again in August 2025, displacing her family once more. Today, Atem and her children live in a fragile shelter along a dyke, without stable livelihood.

During flooding, LWF provides cash and NFIs such as shelter materials, kitchen items, mats, and mosquito nets, to protect the dignity and well-being of affected families, especially women and children.

Timely, life-saving assistance

More than 80,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the most vulnerable people in the host communities have benefited from LWF’s assistance, says Clémence Caraux-Pelletan, interim country representative, South Sudan. Out of this number, 70 percent comprise women, children, the elderly and people living with disabilities in the counties of Twic East, Duk and Bor in Jonglei state.

When flooding limits access to those affected, cash transfers ensure timely assistance, enabling families to meet urgent needs while preserving dignity and resilience, said Andrew Masaba, program development and quality coordinator. Additionally, LWF involves the host communities in activities that reduce the risk of disaster and increase resilience by rebuilding livelihoods and strengthening food security. The WASH activities include installation of boreholes, water treatment supplies, and training local committees to manage the systems in a sustainable manner.

LWF also supports women and girls in safe spaces offering awareness on sexual and gender-based violence, psychosocial care, dignity kits, and cash assistance, while also providing farmer training, seeds and tools.

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Poland: prioritizing ecumenical relations and rekindling faith

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Tell us more about your family and your childhood years?

I grew up in a small town called Odolanów, which had around 10,000 inhabitants, and we were the only Lutheran family. There were two other elderly Lutherans nearby, but there was no church in our town and everyone else was Roman Catholic, or a very few Jehova’s Witnesses.

But the Lutheran identity of my parents and grandparents was very strong and every second Sunday, we went to the nearby city of Kalisz to attend a Lutheran service. It was complicated during the communist period because people were not allowed to buy gasoline. But my father had a colleague who worked with digging machinery and they did have gasoline, so he secretly sold us some so that we could drive the 45 kilometers to attend our worship services.

What did your parents do for a living?

My father was a technical specialist in a factory for liquid gas installations which is a big industry in the area of central Poland where I grew up. My mother was a tailor who worked in a clothes factory near where my father worked. I have a brother who is eight years older than me and we were both the only Lutherans in our primary school, so people always asked us lots of questions about why we didn’t attend the Roman Catholic church, or religion classes, or preparation for Holy Communion.

You followed in your father’s footsteps before studying theology, didn’t you?

Yes, I went to a technical high school in Kalisz and trained as a car mechanic, this was my first profession. But while I was studying there, I rented a room in the Lutheran parish house and when I finished, I enrolled to study theology. That was really the first time that I actually saw and interacted with many other Lutherans of my own age. And that is how I met my wife who was also studying at the Christian Theological Academy in Warsaw.

When did you first feel a vocation to become a pastor?

I had attended some Lutheran youth camps and I saw my older brother who studied theology and became a pastor in Lublin in the south of Poland. I was also interested in studying German literature, as my family has some German origins, but I liked what my brother was doing and I thought I would give it a try.

I was not fully convinced, but during the holidays of the first year’s studies, I was obliged to do some practical pastoral work in a house for the elderly and people living with disabilities. I did many jobs: in the kitchen, washing and cleaning, driving the car, but what struck me most was having to accompany an elderly lady during her last days of life. I watched her dying which moved me very much, and it was after all these experiences that I really knew I was called to ministry.

You mentioned the minority situation of Lutherans in Poland – how did that affect you in those early years?

I had a very positive experience with the Roman Catholic church because my neighbors and school friends were curious and very friendly, but also because we had an elderly Catholic priest in my town who visited us. He spent a lot of time talking with us and I loved those discussions with him.

He was a real friend of our family and he encouraged his congregation to be friends with us. When I started studying theology, he came to visit and said, “I am so proud of you, my son, you will be the second pastor from my congregation!” During the communist era, the government wanted us to see the Catholics as our enemies, but at local community level, most people knew they had to be friendly with each other and to cooperate to get ahead.

You’ve identified ecumenism as a priority for your ministry, haven’t you?

Yes, I was very influenced by those first lessons in ecumenism and I now see it as part of my everyday work. I am a pastor in Opole and a bishop of the diocese of Katowice, where we have an Ecumenical Academy. Every month we have a special guest to lecture about different aspects of ecumenical work, and we also widen our circle to include Jewish and Muslim friends working on peace and interfaith dialogue.

We have ecumenical services and prayers and I also work with two local radio stations, one belonging to the state and the other to the Roman Catholic diocese. Together with two Catholic friends who are university professors, we do a program every month on the state-run radio and on the Catholic station I do some programs about theological issues with church leaders, including the local Pentecostal pastor who studied Catholic theology.

How do you encourage others to have a more public voice in society?

This is another priority for me, trying to encourage all our pastors to be present in the local media as we have so many possibilities now with social media. In the diocese, we have a Christian internet TV which is quite popular with about 1,000 followers for our daily reflections or sermons on the Bible readings for the day.

My wife is also a theologian and an English teacher in the primary and high schools here. She is also very good with computers, so she runs the Facebook profile and the web pages of our congregation. We do our best to reach people, to rekindle their faith, but not everyone is interested in religious issues anymore.

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The complete Experts from Friday April 10

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This Friday, April 10, the bill debated today in the Assembly, which aims to end the obligation to be unemployed on May 1 and to authorize the opening of certain businesses during Labor Day, was discussed by Thomas Grjebine, head of the “International Macroeconomics and Finance” program at CEPII, Carine Rouvier, CEO of EuropAmiante and Domaine LEO, and Rayan Nezzar, professor at Sciences Po, in the show Les Experts, presented by Raphaël Legendre on BFM Business. Find the show from Monday to Friday and listen to it again as a podcast.

This Friday, April 10, the economic consequences in Europe of the conflict in Iran, in particular the possibility of a drop in growth and the question of controlling abuse of sick leave, were addressed by Thomas Grjebine, head of the “International macroeconomics and finance” program at CEPII, Carine Rouvier, CEO of EuropAmiante and Domaine LEO, and Rayan Nezzar, professor at Sciences Po, in the show Les Experts, presented by Raphaël Legendre on BFM Business. Find the show from Monday to Friday and listen to it again as a podcast.

This Thursday, April 9, Raphaël Legendre received Jean-Pierre Petit, president of Cahiers Verts de l’Économie, Isabelle Mateos y Lago, chief economist of BNP Paribas, and Philippe Trainar, honorary professor at Cnam, member of the Cercle des Economistes, in the show Les Experts on BFM Business. Find the show from Monday to Friday and listen to it again as a podcast.

This Thursday, April 9, the consequences of the war in the Middle East on the economy and the purchasing power of the French, as well as the measures taken by the government to lower fuel prices, were discussed by Jean-Pierre Petit, president of Cahiers Verts de l’Économie, Isabelle Mateos y Lago, chief economist of BNP Paribas, and Philippe Trainar, honorary professor at Cnam, member of the Cercle des Économistes, in the program Les Experts, presented by Raphaël Legendre on BFM Business. Find the show from Monday to Friday and listen to it again as a podcast.

This Thursday, April 9, the fragility of the two-week ceasefire in the Middle East, as well as Iran’s desire to impose a right of passage through the Strait of Hormuz, were addressed by Jean-Pierre Petit, president of the Cahiers Verts de l’Économistes, Isabelle Mateos y Lago, chief economist of BNP Paribas, and Philippe Trainar, honorary professor at Cnam, member of the Cercle des Economistes, in the show Les Experts, presented by Raphaël Legendre on BFM Business. Find the show from Monday to Friday and listen to it again as a podcast.

This Wednesday, April 8, Raphaël Legendre received Guillaume Dard, president of Montpensier Arbevel, Anaïs Voy-Gillis, associate researcher at CEREGE of the IAE in Poitiers, and Frédéric Farah, economist and professor at Paris 1 University, in the show Les Experts on BFM Business. Find the show from Monday to Friday and listen to it again as a podcast.

This Wednesday, April 8, the multitude of measures implemented by the State aimed at strengthening purchasing power, was commented on by Guillaume Dard, president of Montpensier Arbevel, Anaïs Voy-Gillis, associate researcher at CEREGE of the IAE of Poitiers, and Frédéric Farah, economist and professor at the University of Paris 1, in the program Les Experts, presented by Raphaël Legendre on BFM Business. Find the show from Monday to Friday and listen to it again as a podcast.

This Wednesday, April 8, the euphoria of the financial markets caused by the ceasefire in the Middle East was addressed by Guillaume Dard, president of Montpensier Arbevel, Anaïs Voy-Gillis, associate researcher at CEREGE of the IAE of Poitiers, and Frédéric Farah, economist and professor at the University of Paris 1, in the program Les Experts, presented by Raphaël Legendre on BFM Business. Find the show from Monday to Friday and listen to it again as a podcast.

This Tuesday, April 7, fears linked to the risk of private credit in the United States and Donald Trump’s measures in favor of cryptocurrencies and the tokenization of the economy, which will perhaps lead to a new financial crisis, were addressed by Céline Antonin, economist at the OFCE, Erwann Tison, director of studies at the Business Institute, and Markus Kerber, lawyer and professor of public finance in Berlin, in the show Les Experts, presented by Raphaël Legendre on BFM Business. Find the show from Monday to Friday and listen to it again as a podcast.

Originally published at Almouwatin.com

Microsoft mistakenly blocks the accounts of several privacy tool developers

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The Veracrypt programmer announced some rather disabling news at the end of March. His Microsoft account was blocked, apparently for no reason. This blockage prevented it from signing and verifying new versions of its application intended for the Windows ecosystem.

Mounir Idrassi then explained this in a blog post, specifying that this blockage had occurred without notice from the Microsoft teams. And that his attempts to get in touch with someone at the publisher had been unsuccessful. “As things currently stand, I have no other solutions” summarized the developer.

VeraCrypt is openly licensed encryption software developed and maintained by the French company Idrix, headed by Mounir Idrassi. This tool became known in particular by resuming the work initiated by the Truecrypt project, the maintenance of which was suddenly abandoned by its developers in 2014.

Blocking without warning

The developer explains that this problem does not affect the Linux and MacOS versions of its application. But only Windows versions. While specifying that the Windows version of its software was the most popular with its users. In the absence of a Microsoft account, it is impossible to sign and verify software updates, exposing its users to possible unpatched security vulnerabilities if these were to be discovered.

Mounir Idrassi’s publication allowed several media to identify other developers affected by a similar problem: in an article published by TechCrunch, the developer of the Wireguard project also explained that he was affected by a blocking of his Microsoft account. In the process, another developer working on the Windscribe VPN project also published on the social network X to explain being in the same situation.

In the various cases, the affected developers explain that the accounts concerned are old Microsoft accounts, which worked perfectly before this and that the account blocks were carried out without warning. And they all explain having difficulty contacting human employees of the publisher capable of answering their questions.

A paperwork problem

The various publications relaying these calls for help nevertheless forced Microsoft to react. In messages published on Wednesday, the VeraCrypt developer explains that he was finally contacted by a Microsoft VP. On the social network X, Scott Hanselman, an employee at Microsoft, claims to have contacted the affected developers to resolve the problem.

At the origin of the problem, a Microsoft account verification measure for its Windows Hardware Program initiated in October 2025: as part of this campaign, the developers concerned were contacted by the publisher’s technical service in order to complete legal information on their companies for accounts that have not verified their identities since April 2024.

In the absence of a response from them, Microsoft reserved the right to block the accounts concerned. According to Hanselman, this device is the cause of the various account blockings.

Originally published at Almouwatin.com

Friend to Friend Video for Children on Prophets Available May 24, 2026

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Friend to Friend Video for Children on Prophets Available May 24, 2026

Friend to Friend May 2025

Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Sister Susan Gong, and the Primary General Presidency will share messages for children in a Friend to Friend video available on May 24, 2026.© 2026 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.

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A new Friend to Friend video for children from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titled “Friend to Friend: Prophets Guide Us to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ” will be available for streaming beginning Sunday, May 24, 2026.

The video offers special messages for children by Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Sister Susan Gong, and the Primary General Presidency. Through music, messages and activities, the video helps teach how prophets guide us to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

Throughout the video, children and familiar Friend to Friend characters help explore questions such as What is a prophet?, What do prophets do?, and Why are prophets important today? Elder and Sister Gong join the Primary General Presidency to guide children through interactive learning experiences that include music, visual storytelling, and a hands-on craft, with instructions for the craft available online and in print in the February issue of the “Friend” magazine: Follow the Prophet: Origami of Noah’s Ark. This new video can help children better understand how following the prophet can strengthen their faith and help them feel closer to Jesus Christ.

The Friend to Friend video may be used in the home or in Primary to support gospel learning and teaching. Primary leaders may consider gathering children to watch the video during Primary classes. Parents and teachers can also use the content to support specific teaching opportunities.

This video may be viewed at any time on the Gospel for Kids YouTube channel, Gospel Library and ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

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The video will be available in ASL, Bislama, Cambodian, Cebuano, Cantonese, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Fijian, Finnish, French, German, Haitian Creole, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kiribati, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Mandarin, Mongolian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Portuguese (European), Russian, Samoan, Spanish, and Swedish.

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World News in Brief: Sudan refugee update, child trafficking crisis in South Sudan, ‘mystery’ illness in Burundi, human rights in Serbia

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World News in Brief: Sudan refugee update, child trafficking crisis in South Sudan, ‘mystery’ illness in Burundi, human rights in Serbia

The warning comes from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the World Food Programme (WFP).

They said “essential assistance to the refugees will be drastically scaled back even further in the coming months” unless a $428 million shortfall is met.

Hosting 1.3 million

Chad is hosting some 1.3 million people who have fled Sudan, with the majority – over 900,000 – arriving since the start of the war between rival militaries that erupted in April 2023.

Host communities continue to receive new arrivals, including nearly 15,000 since the start of the year.

South Sudan: ‘Alarming child trafficking crisis’

A Human Rights Council-appointed independent expert on Thursday raised the alarm over an escalation in conflict-related trafficking in South Sudan, describing the situation as a “dire humanitarian crisis”. 

Siobhán Mullally, the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, warned that widespread attacks on civilians are having a “disproportionate impact on children”.

The crisis is being fuelled by massive displacement, with 1.4 million people fleeing the war in neighbouring Sudan joining nearly two million internally displaced South Sudanese. 

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Dangerous ‘normalisation’

Ms. Mullally noted that conflict-related sexual violence has become “normalised”, with girls trafficked for sexual slavery and forced into pregnancies. Meanwhile, boys face forced recruitment into combat roles.

“Abductions for sexual slavery, forced recruitment, child and forced marriage and sexual exploitation are grave violations of international law that may amount to war crimes,” she said. 

Highlighting a culture of “widespread impunity”, she called for the urgent operationalisation of the African Union-mandated Hybrid Court to ensure justice for survivors.

Burundi: Five dead from ‘mystery illness’

Health authorities in Burundi, supported by the UN World Health Organization (WHO), are racing to identify a mysterious illness that has claimed five lives in the country’s north. 

The outbreak, centred in the Mpanda district near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has so far sickened 28 people.

The cases, first reported on 30 March, have primarily affected members of the same household. 

Severe symptoms

Patients have presented with severe symptoms including fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, and blood in their urine, with some cases exhibiting jaundice and anaemia. 

While initial tests for Ebola and Marburg virus diseases returned negative results, further laboratory analyses are ongoing.

The WHO is currently supporting the Ministry of Health to “strengthen disease surveillance, field investigation, clinical care, and laboratory diagnosis”. 

A joint team of experts has been deployed to the field to coordinate the response and “sustain key operations” in a bid to contain the spread.

Serbia: ‘Erosion of civic space’ very worrying

UN human rights chief Volker Türk has warned of a “very worrying” deterioration of democratic freedoms in Serbia. 

The High Commissioner expressed concern over increasing restrictions on civic space, citing continuous attacks against critical voices and significant constraints on media freedom.

Recent local elections were marred by reports of voter intimidation, procedural irregularities, and police raids on opposition premises, which Mr. Türk said “raise serious questions about the integrity” of the electoral process. 

Reporters targeted

He also highlighted the “continued targeting of journalists” and mounting pressure on independent media outlets as evidence of a declining democratic environment.

The UN rights chief urged the Serbian authorities to uphold the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. 

He called for “concrete steps” to restore public trust in national institutions through transparent and impartial investigations into human rights violations, stressing that there must be “accountability for any wrongdoing”.

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Between stock market, real estate and euro funds: how Altaprofits saves your savings in 2026

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In 2026, financial markets are volatile and inflation absorbs overly conservative returns. Diversifying one’s savings is a necessity and Altaprofits allows everyone to make the best choice.

Most investors, including novices, rely on security, with supports such as Livret A. The problem? The rate of the latter fell at the beginning of February to 1.5%. Thus a saver who locks up 20,000 euros in his Livret A account generates only 300 euros in annual interest, which does not compensate for inflation and over time does not allow him to build up real assets. For the euro fund, the reasoning is similar: reassuring, but insufficient over time, in fact there are investments with much better returns.

Take advantage of the Altaprofits offer to diversify your savings

Today the objective is not to take the most risk, but to build a diversified basket of assets in which each medium plays a specific role: security, return and growth. By choosing life insurance as an investment, this is exactly what you will get. Altaprofits offers several contracts, including life insurance available from 100 euros: Digital Prime Vie.

Altaprofits: access to all asset classes, from a single contract

Altaprofits is an online broker and wealth management consultant, now backed by the Generali France group. Among the contracts offered, we find three life insurance contracts, a Luxembourg life insurance contract, two Retirement Savings plans and three capitalization contracts. Altaprofits has established itself as a partner of choice for diversifying your savings, particularly with the Digital vie Prime life insurance contract, insured by Suravenir.

The Digital Vie Prime contract democratizes access to strategic investments:

Real estate (SCPI): Invest indirectly in “paper stone” from a few hundred euros, without rental management constraints. Global markets (ETF & UCITS): Access more than 300 supports to invest in the largest international companies with reduced fees. Real economy (Private Equity): Seize an opportunity by financing unlisted companies, a universe long reserved for institutional investors.

With Altaprofits, this diversification becomes accessible to everyone, from 100 euros with the Digital Vie Prime contract. Currently, receive up to 1,000 euros free for any first subscription, under conditions.

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Warning: Investing involves risks, particularly loss of capital. The information provided does not constitute investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. Before making any decision, make sure that the product or asset in question corresponds to your situation and your risk tolerance.

This content was produced by an expert from the BFMTV shopping team, in partnership with Altaprofits. The shopping team is independent of the BFMTV.com editorial staff. The prices indicated are given for information purposes only and are subject to change. BFMTV may receive compensation when one of our readers makes a purchase via the links integrated in this article.

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Lebanon: Health system overwhelmed following a ‘horrific’ day of Israeli strikes

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Lebanon: Health system overwhelmed following a ‘horrific’ day of Israeli strikes

WHO Representative in Lebanon Dr. Abdinasir Abubakar spoke to UN News from Beirut and said that Wednesday marked “one of the deadliest single days in the current escalation of violence” in the country. 

In just minutes, multiple strikes hit densely populated areas, including the capital, Beirut, in the middle of the working day. 

“In just 10 minutes, yesterday afternoon, explosions struck multiple locations, including densely populated civilian areas in the capital, Beirut,” he said, describing scenes of panic as civilians went about their daily lives without warning.

The attacks resulted in a large number of civilian casualties. “The interim assessment is reporting…over 200 deaths and over 1,000 injuries. Among them, women and children,” Dr. Abubakar said, adding that first responders and healthcare workers were also among the dead and injured, with many victims still trapped beneath the rubble.

Reflecting on the scale of the attack, he described it as “horrific, very sad, is alarming”, recounting how he witnessed multiple strikes from his office in Beirut. “I could see in my window, actually, 10 different strikes in front of me, and buildings collapsing.”

Hospitals pushed to the brink

Hospitals across the country have been pushed to the brink. 

Emergency departments and trauma services are overwhelmed by the scale of injuries, while shortages of critical supplies are compounding the crisis. “Hospitals actually have issued an urgent call” to plug the gaps, he said, noting that mass casualty protocols have been activated nationwide.

Unidentified bodies

“Hospitals continue to receive reports of the unidentified bodies, and body parts that have been recovered”, Dr Abubakar said, highlighting the devastation scale of the attack. 

The pressure on the health system is further intensified by ongoing attacks on healthcare. Since the escalation began, dozens of healthcare workers have been killed and many more injured. 

“Many of these healthcare workers were displaced themselves because they’ve been affected by the conflict and many of the healthcare attacks that happened in the last 40 days, killed over 50 healthcare workers, and have wounded over 150 healthcare workers”, he added. 

Limited access

Such attacks not only cost lives but also limit access to care for those in need. “When you kill healthcare workers and first responders…the end point is that you don’t have first responders and ambulances,” Dr Abubakar warned, highlighting the wider impact on already vulnerable communities.

WHO and its partners are working closely with Lebanon’s Ministry of Health to provide support, including medical supplies, technical assistance and funding. However, resources are rapidly being depleted. 

“We have already consumed most of the available stocks in the last 40 days, but more so, what happened in the last 24 hours,” he said.

Partners with support from the OCHA-managed Lebanon Humanitarian Fund provide displaced people with mobility aids in shelters in North Lebanon.

Appeal for international support

Efforts to replenish supplies are also being hampered by logistical challenges, including limited transport options into the country. “We really need to source out different options, how we can transport supplies,” he added.

Despite the challenges, the health system continues to function under immense strain. “We are trying our best to serve the people, and to save lives. But also, that humanitarian assistance will depend on the available resources that the humanitarian partners are receiving,” Dr Abubakar said.

With needs rising sharply, WHO has issued an urgent appeal for international support. 

“We really need urgent resources and funds for us to continue, assisting those people who are in need,” he said, warning that without additional funding, life-saving operations could be at risk.

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