Iran: time-limit without preliminary agreement

The March 31 deadline has now expired and no preliminary agreement has yet been reached on the Iranian nuclear issue. But the negotiators hope to achieve this Wednesday. This is the case of the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who left the first Hotel Beau Rivage in Geneva, where discussions are held for a week now.

His Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, shares his optimism: "We have made considerable progress, but people need to rest, and start early tomorrow morning. I hope we can finalize work on Wednesday and start writing. "

A US diplomat however relativize the story, saying that "all issues have not been resolved." Laurent Fabius has meanwhile left Lausanne without making a declaration.

The final agreement, whose deadline was set for 30 June, aims to ensure that Iran does not seek to build the atomic bomb, in exchange for a lifting of economic and diplomatic sanctions .

The judging humiliating, Tehran would like to see them fall upon the conclusion of an agreement, while the great powers want a gradual lifting.

Turkey: no surviving hostage in a courthouse

Tuesday in Istanbul, two left-wing activists held hostage for several hours a magistrate in charge of the investigation of the iconic death of a teenager during the protest movement of June 2013.

They want the police to acknowledge its responsibility in the death of Belvan Erkin, who died after nine months of coma.

The prosecutor was shot three times in the head and two in the body.

"We did everything we could and we took him in surgery. Despite our attempts, he died a martyr, "said Cavlan Ciftci, Florence Nightingale Hospital, where he was taken.

Special forces reportedly intervened after hearing gunshots in the prosecutor's office, after six hours of status quo. The two far-left militants were shot dead.

The Revolutionary Party-People's Liberation Front, which claimed responsibility for the hostage taking is classified as a terrorist organization.

"The hostage-takers were killed and the drama ended in blood. But questions remain: How did these men get the gun in the courthouse? The police could she solve the problem through negotiations? "Said Bora Bayraktar, our correspondent in Istanbul.

Presidential Nigeria: EU welcomes Muhammadu Buhari on his victory

This is jubilation in Kaduna in central Nigeria and elsewhere in the country. Nigerians rejoiced Tuesday of the victory of the opposition and former putschist Muhammadu Buhari in the presidential election held last weekend. A victory recognized by his rival, incumbent President.

Later in the evening, the national electoral commission said Muhammadu Buhari had obtained a landslide victory in the state of Borno, in north-east of the country, the epicenter of the insurgency of Boko Haram.

Muhammadu Buhari is a Muslim from the north. Throughout his campaign, he criticized the outgoing head of state not to have curbed Islamist insurgency. Posing as a convert to democracy, former General also promised Nigerians to rid them of corruption.

The European Union congratulated Muhammadu Buhari on his election and to thank the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan, a southern Christian, for his contribution to the consolidation of democracy in the country. A country that has experienced six military coups since independence in 1960.

Muhammadu Buhari has won 21 of the 36 states that make up Nigeria.

Netherlands: Royal family will return a painting plundered by the Nazis

In the Netherlands, the royal family will return a painting from his collection, a painting that had been confiscated from its Jewish owners by the Nazis.

The announcement was made Tuesday.

This discovery follows an independent inquiry commissioned in 2012 by the royal family.

This is a picture of Joris van der Haagen, seventeenth century painter. The painting was acquired by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in 1960, but then we do know the history of this work.

Spain: arrest of a suspected jihadist Family

Spanish police announced Tuesday had arrested a Moroccan family that was about to go to Syria to join the ranks of Islamic fighters.

This is a couple and their son, 16-year-twins.

They were arrested in Badalona, ​​a town near Barcelona.

This family was under surveillance since leaving Syria in 2014, another child, a youth who was killed since.

End of the hostage taking in Turkey, two assailants killed the wounded Attorney

In Turkey, hostage taking ended on Tuesday evening. The security forces stormed against armed men who held a prosecutor. Two kidnappers were killed, the magistrate was seriously injured.

It all started at midday when gunmen extreme left militants stormed the court, taking hostage the prosecutor. They threatened to shoot if the Turkish police did not recognize its responsibility in the death of a protester last year ( ).

The building was completed. Important deployed police forces. Negotiations were initiated, but apparently this was not successful.

An explosion and gunfire were heard in the early evening in the court.

Two ambulances were then seen leaving.

For much of the day, the Turkish authorities have imposed a media radio silence.

The hostage was claimed by the party / Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of the People (DHKP C), known for its numerous attacks in Turkey since the 1990s.

Israel denounces the agreement under discussion in Lausanne

This is one of the fiercest critics of a possible agreement in Lausanne. Israeli Prime Minister sees a threat to the security of Israel. And he hammered in recent days. "What I say here, many countries share in our region and include the threat from Iran, said Netanyahu at the swearing-in ceremony of the new parliament following the elections of 17 March.

"The greatest threat to our security and our future is and remains the efforts by Iran to have nuclear weapons. The agreement looming in Lausanne opens the way towards this goal, "said the Israeli leader.

Netanyahu added that the agreement under discussion would probably Iran "to keep underground facilities, the Arak reactor and advanced centrifuges."

The day before, the Israeli prime minister had found that the major powers turned a blind eye to the support given by Iran to Yemen Shiite rebels and an agreement in Lausanne devote Iranian impunity.

Muhammadi Buhari, the new President of Nigeria

By the mid-afternoon, it was "very confident" about the outcome of the election. In Nigeria the opposition candidate, Muhammadi Buhari won the tightest presidential election in the country's history.

President Goodluck Jonathan has been quick to recognize defeat da according opposiiton.

Muhammadi Buhari native Muslim candidate of the north of the country won the election with 15.4 million votes against 13.3 million for the incumbent president.

Community and religious vote is a very strong phenomenon in Nigeria, mosaic countries 173 million inhabitants, predominantly Christian south and Muslim in its half in the northern half.

Muhammadi Buhari yesterday already posed as leader of Nigeria and rapelait his past in army: "With my experience in the military I think we need to quickly restore morale and strengthen the Nigerian army in obtaining weapons, forming soldiers and reorganizing. "

These elections were held in a very tense atmosphere. Clashes took place on Monday, leading to the introduction of a curfew at night. Some shops remained closed today for fear of scenes of violence.

Iran: more than twelve years of crisis

Doubts about the nature of Iran's nuclear program appear in 2002, when satellite images reveal the existence of two non-declared nuclear installations: an underground uranium enrichment site at Natanz, left of the screen, and heavy water reactor at Arak, likely to produce significant quantities of plutonium. Clandestine activities, which lasted since 1984 and it is feared a military purpose.

After announcing that Iran produced enriched uranium which can be used as civilian and military, the IAEA signed an agreement with Tehran in December 2003, allowing the UN agency to make inspections.

In 2004, an agreement was reached with France, Germany and the United Kingdom on a suspension of uranium enrichment activities, Iranian President Mohammad Khatami sign a road map with the head of the IAEA out Litigation.

But in August 2005, Tehran breaks the agreement with the three EU powers and resumes uranium conversion plant in Isfahan. Europeans are threatening to carry the case to the Security Council of the UN.

The election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President of Iran in August 2005 opened a new era of disagreements. In April 2006, it solemnly announces that Iran has joined the nuclear club, and is able to produce enriched uranium to fuel nuclear power plants. The Security Council requests the enrichment stop no later than April 28th. Iran refuses.

In December 2006, the Security Council unanimously approved a first package of sanctions prohibiting the sale in Tehran technologies that can be used in its nuclear and missile programs.

After five years of stalemate, with more sanctions against Tehran. In 2010, Ahmadinejad ordered to enrich uranium to 20%. And in 2012, according to the IAEA, Iran has 110 pounds of gear, half needed to make a nuclear bomb.

But the election of the moderate Hassan Rouhani the 2013 presidential will open a window to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis. November 24, 2013 in Geneva, Iran and the Group 5 + 1 (USA, Russia, China, France, UK and Germany) sign historic interim agreement that allows to resume negotiations.

Iran: "the chances of success are great"

He said he would return in Lausanne, Switzerland in case of progress in the talks on Iran's nuclear and returned. The head of Russian diplomacy had left the day before the Beau-Rivage Palace and Switzerland where Iran and the major powers are expected to arrive before midnight on Tuesday in a first fundamental compromise on this thorny issue that is poisoning international relations for 12 years .

"The chances (of success) are great, said Sergei Lavrov in Moscow before returning to Lausanne. There is no 100% certainty, that can never be 100% to anything, but it's doable. "

Negotiations are progressing, but "slowly," said his side one of the Iranian negotiators, the spokesman of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI).

Then, a senior US official said late afternoon that these discussions could continue Wednesday if progress were registered.

Turkey: far-left activists threatened to kill a prosecutor

In Turkey, a prosecutor is currently held hostage in Istanbul by members of an extreme left group.

This group called "Revolutionary Party-Front for the Liberation of the People" (DHKP -C) released photos that the prosecutor is sitting with a gun to his head.

The kidnappers threatened to kill the judge if the Turkish police did not recognize its responsibility in the death of a protester last year.

Berkin Elvan is this teenager who was shot in the head during anti-government demonstration. He succumbed to his injuries after several months in a coma. ( ). This drama has become a symbol of repression by the Turkish authorities.

Now it is the Istanbul prosecutor investigating the case.

Large police forces are deployed around the courthouse where held hostage taking.

The Prime Minister convened a crisis meeting with the Ministers of Interior and Justice.

Giant power outage in Istanbul and Ankara

This is a giant blackout that hit 40 of the 81 provinces of Turkey, including the cities of Ankara and Istanbul.

In Istanbul, subways, trams and rail tunnel linking the European and Asian sides of the city were evacuated. The movement of buses and cars is when her disturbed by the lack of traffic lights.

Technical problem, cyber attack, malicious act or act of terrorism. Prime Minister Ahmet Davotoglu does not exclude any track. An investigation is underway to determine the origin of the fault and a crisis unit was set up at the Ministry of Energy.

This failure is the largest census for fifteen years in Turkey.

Turkey: a prosecutor held hostage by gunmen in Istanbul court

Gunmen took hostage Tuesday in an Istanbul court the prosecutor in charge of an investigation after the death of a young man wounded by police during anti-government protests in 2013, media reports said.

Gunshots were heard during the hostage, held in Caglayan courthouse, on the European side of Istanbul, clarified certain media.

The Turkish press has awarded the operation of clandestine Marxist group party / Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of the People (DHKP C), known to have carried out numerous attacks in Turkey since the 1990s.

Pictures of unknown origin have been published on the social networks and show the prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz, sitting in a chair and a gun pointed to his head by a man whose face is not on the plate, while a Another man has the objective Magistrate's identity card.

Major police personnel were deployed around the court, according to media reports.

According to Turkish media quoted a statement posted on a website near DHKP -C, the commando threatened to kill the hostage by 24:35 GMT when the police officers responsible for the death of the young man did not by then "public confession".

The prosecutor Kiraz was to investigate the circumstances of the death of Berkin Elvan, who died March 11, 2014 after 269 days from a coma caused by a tear gas canister shot by the police in Istanbul during a demonstration in June 2013.

The announcement of the death of the 15 year old had spontaneously take to the streets of all major cities in Turkey hundreds of thousands of people.

Many demonstrators still commemorated his death on March 11.

For Berkin Elvan has become a symbol of the violent repression by the government in 2013 and that of the authoritarian drift that accuse him detractors. Erdogan had publicly called a "terrorist".

Presidential tense in Nigeria, two candidates neck-and-neck

Time for recount in Nigeria to the tightest of presidential history.

The two candidates, Goodluck Jonathan, the outgoing president, a southern Christian and Muhammadu Buhari, a Muslim from the north, are neck-and-neck.

According to preliminary official results, the opposition candidate is given the winner in ten states, President Jonathan in eight Etas and in the federal capital but the results of several southern states of Nigeria populous are still awaited.

"We hope that the results will come and there will be peace everywhere. There is a lot of tension until the results in Lagos. Some people do not go to work, "said one resident.

Protest marches were held Monday and a curfew was set for the night.

Boko Haram, which threatened to disrupt the vote especially in the north of the country was prevented.

In 2011, the announcement of Jonathan's victory provoked clashes that had a thousand dead.

Iran: all the pressure on Lausanne

Last hours of negotiations on the Iranian nuclear Lausanne. This midnight tonight closes the preliminary discussion period. An agreement is expected, it would be historic. the final date for a final text is June 30 The American delegation, British, French, Russian, Chinese, German and Iranian working there for several days.

In exchange for assurances that Tehran is not seeking to develop nuclear weapons, the international community would lift sanctions on the country.

Reihaneh Mazaheri, special correspondent in Lausanne:

"Iran and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, in recent days, began their work meetings at 7am. All that we can do here is wait to see if a decisive solution will be found in the face of disagreements that remain fundamental, after twelve years of litigation on the issue. "

Yemen: a "collateral damage" tragic

An air strike on a refugee camp in northern Yemen has killed at least 45 people dead and 65 wounded, according to the International Migration Office.

It's Saba news agency, monitored by the Houthis, who first said the Haradh camp was hit by raids by Saudi aircraft and many children died in the bombing.

A spokesman for the Saudi army said the kingdom was in the process of trying to clarify the circumstances of the event.

"We confirm that since the first day we work hard to avoid collateral damage."

Saudi Arabia has made it a week ago the head of a coalition of Arab and African countries to dislodge by force houthies Shiite militias that have taken control of large parts of Yemen.

After Burma Solar Impulse 2 lands in China

Mission accomplished for Solar Impulse 2. The plane that flies on solar power, landed Tuesday at dawn in China, Choqging the airport after a flight of more than 20 hours from Burma.

Led by the Swiss Bertrand Picard, the aircraft landed safely at the airport in this populous city like Canada, and will stay a few days because of bad weather. He will then leave for Nanjing further north.

This flight Burma / China has been very challenging due to extreme temperatures of -20 degrees Celsius in the cockpit and fly Chinese mountainous provinces like Sichuan.

Around the World Solar Impulse 2 is a 25-day flight over five months.

Objective: To promote the use of renewable energy, particularly solar energy.

A week after the tragedy, debate and controversy about the accident Germanwings

A week after the crash of the Airbus A320 Germanwings in the Alps, the circumstances of the crash continue to fuel the debate and controversy. The psychiatric history of the co-driver Andreas Lubitz is scrutinized by the German media but today is a German columnist in die Welt, which launches a stir by suggesting, without fear of sensationalism a "German September 11th." Henryk Broder, this accident is the product of a society that "allows and forgive everything," including the fact that this man may have resulted in his fatal fall 149 people.

The event is certainly less spectacular, but its effects are equally devastating to the editor.

In terms of research, the DNA of the victims are still being identified; a long process, explains the gendarmerie colonel

"Depending on the number of bodies and body parts that will be found, maturity can vary between two and four months minimum."

The second black box is always the focus of research but hopes of finding her are slim.

In terms of insurance, the German group Allianz believes that different companies will have to pay $ 300 million in total.

Buhari provisional leader of the Nigerian presidential

Two million votes. This is the moment that would be available in advance Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria.

The announcement of the results of the presidential election is to resume Tuesday morning.

Anything can be reversed because the counting continues in a substantial number of the 36 states of the country, the states in which incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan could refuel votes.

Both sides accuse of electoral fraud

On Sunday, supporters of Muhammadu Buhari took to the streets to denounce fraud, accusing the electoral commission of "complicity" with the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) Goodluck Jonathan.

The PDP spokesman rejected the allegations.

"We issue we also reserves, and we too have concerns in some states. We have identified them and we study the best way to counter these errors and what we perceive as anomalies, "said Olisa Metuh.

Fear of violence comparable to those of 2011

It is in a context of mutual mistrust that both sides are waiting for the verdict.

The African Union has called on stakeholders to resort to legal means in case of dispute the results.

In 2011, the election was followed by clashes between supporters of the two candidates, making a thousand deaths.

To a second round?

To win, a candidate must obtain a simple majority of the votes and at least 25% of the votes in two-thirds of the country's 36 states and the federal capital.

If at least one of these conditions is not met a second round is held within seven days of the official announcement of results.

Cécile Mathy | With AFP AND REUTERS.

Missed appointment with the national consensus in Greece

"It was supposed to be a long debate in parliament turned to the settlement of accounts between the government and the opposition parties," said in the preamble, Akis Tatsis the euronews Athens office.

The Prime Minister had called parliamentarians to take stock of the agreement signed by Athens with its creditors and seek the support of the opposition in future negotiations.

No unconditional surrender

Alexis Tsipras said seek "an honest compromise" with lenders to Greece, but refuse to sign an "unconditional surrender."

"This agreement of 20 February establishes a discussion on debt restructuring is necessary because without it - you have to tell the truth - we will be unable to repay," said Alexis Tsipras to the rostrum.

In a speech about twenty minutes, the Greek Prime Minister also led the charge against the outgoing government, believing Antonis Samaras had left her country in a deplorable state, to which the principal party has not failed to answer.

The dream of national unity will therefore fizzled in parliament.

Samaras Tsipras: "take responsibility"

"We will support any initiative to prevent our country from crashing against the wall," said the leader of the opposition.

"But you are in power, you run the government. We ask you to negotiate now and stop the lies. If you show responsibility, we will support you. Can you handle the responsibility? Do you know what being responsible means? You have a responsibility to this country, "said Antonis Samaras, addressing him his successor.

The country is running out of cash and could declare himself insolvent in April.

The Greek government has not concluded an agreement with its creditors on reforms needed for the payment of the last installment of 7.2 billion euros.

Iran: the fear of failure

Under the facade of smiles, flush with the tension in Lausanne.

Negotiators have more than a few hours - until midnight Tuesday - to reach an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program.

Twelve years after the start of talks, the progress but there are still several sticking points, including the duration of the guardianship of Iran's nuclear, the timing of the lifting of sanctions and the possibility to re-impose for breaches of Tehran.

"The fact of reaching agreement is undoubtedly a success of a diplomatic point of view - solve all the complicated problems, some of which are in negotiations for 12 years and others for 18 months, is a great progress, but it is not synonymous with ultimate success, "said Ali Vaez, Iran expert at the International Crisis Group.

"The possible agreement is still vulnerable and in the months to come, there will be pressure from outside comers. To write it agreed text and whatever it takes to add a technical or political point of view, it will be very complicated, "he adds.

Anyway, the US Secretary of State John Kerry and the head of the Iranian Foreign Mohammad Javad Zarif can not return to their countries with empty hands, for lack of opponents to consolidate this agreement.

It will take them, at least, to agree on some key points to negotiate an extension to their parliaments discussions on failure.

Yemen: dozens of civilians killed in a raid by anti-coalition Houthis

The Arab coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, continued its air raids on Monday in Yemen. These military operations aim to halt the progression of the Houthi Shiite militiamen.

But dozens of civilians were killed in one of those strikes. The victims were in a refugee camp in the northwest of the country. These are the most heavy civilian casualties since the launch of the military offensive of the Arab coalition last week.

Foreign Minister of the government loyal to President Abd-Rabbo Mansour Hadi accused the Houthi rebels of using "human shields". "They settled in places where there are civilians in residential areas, and they settle down their weapons", explained Ryad Yassin.

Houthi militias control part of Yemeni territory, including the capital Sanaa. And they are now at the gates of Aden, large port city in the south. This is where the faithful were down military to President Mansour Hadi. The fighting in this region have already fifty dead since Thursday.

County: victory of the right, rear of the PS, FN progress

The right has largely won the second round of the departmental elections this Sunday, it now controls about two departments in three. Lesson expected this election which left the ruling came out sounded ... For its part, the National Front confirms its progression, without winning a single executive.

66 departments for the UMP - UDI, Nicolas Sarkozy, the president of the UMP savored the win and challenge the way the powers that be:

"We will finally accelerate the preparation of an alternation of Republican project. A profoundly new project. This project will be the absolute condition to straighten our country, to halt the decline in which plunged three years of the most archaic socialism in Europe. "

A France that was heavily colored blue on Sunday. This is the fourth consecutive defeat for the ruling Socialists in an interim election since 2012. The majority maintains only thirty departments.

Impossible for her to dodge the magnitude of failure, symbolized by the loss of territories emblematic of the great voices of the left, as the Essonne, home of Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who acknowledged defeat this Sunday night:

"The left, too scattered, too divided in the first round, suffered a setback, despite the good balance of the county executive."

FN side, progress is certain, but the failure to win a department - Vaucluse was his main target - rendered incomplete party. Marine Le Pen, president of the National Front tried to hide his disappointment, and spoke in veiled the 2017 presidential election:

"The objective approach. Come to power and apply our ideas to straighten France, give him his freedom, security, prosperity. "

One in two French voted Sunday and it is voted neither Paris nor in Lyon, where the functions of the county councils are exercised by other bodies.

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A320 crash: the co-pilot had been suicidal in the past

The prosecutor in Düsseldorf found that the co-pilot Andreas Lubitz had suicidal tendencies in the past. An announcement on Monday, six days after the crash of the A320 Germanwings who left Barcelona to Düsseldorf. This is the first time since the tragedy that German investigators provide information about the mental health of the young man.

"There was several years before he obtained his pilot's license, the first officer suffered for a long time psychotherapeutic treatment (because) significant suicidal tendencies, said prosecutor Christoph Kumpa. After that and until the end, other medical visits have resulted in sickness absence, but not be attested suicidal or aggressive towards others. "

The home of Andreas Lubitz, prescriptions for drugs prescribed to manic were found as well as large amounts of sleeping pills, the newspaper Bild am Sonntag.

To date, the police found no letter announcing a project to crash a plane or claiming the crash, according to prosecutors in Düsseldorf.

The Swiss vote for a new national anthem

The Swiss anthem, composed by a priest in 1841 will change and it is the people who choose the words and music of the new national anthem.

Online voting opened on Monday (https://www.chymne.ch). Six contributions are subject to public choice. Six different texts translated into 4 languages ​​each representing Switzerland: French, Italian, German and Swiss Romand.

To participate you must have a mobile phone number in Switzerland and have a musical ear. One vote is possible by mobile phone.

The voices of Internet users rely 50%. The votes of the members of the jury of experts including musicians, journalists and members of choirs and sports associations, as the other half.

The first round of voting will define three finalists. The second round of online voting will last until the end of August and it conaîtra the final choice of the public on 12 September. The public can watch live the final, which will be broadcast on public channels, and vote by sms or call.

The current anthem, the famous Swiss Psalm piety, alpine landscapes and climate, but it was not really unanimous. We also thought it did not reflect the country without its political and cultural diversity.

So advice to music lovers!

Yemen: Regional maze

The military intervention launched by Saudi Arabia and its Sunni allies in the conflict in Yemen raised the stakes, and increases the risk of a proxy war between the Wahhabi kingdom, guardian of Sunni Islam, and Iran , the main Shiite regional power.

Katherine Zimmerman, a researcher, American Enterprise Institute:

"The reason why Yemen is so important is that, historically, it was not a sectarian country or Iran's position in Yemen in recent weeks, in recent months has greatly strengthened and so it is much more a threat to the Sunni states in the region ", explains the analyst.

The Houthis are Zaidi, a branch of Shiite Islam dominant in northern Yemen. They are only 5% of the Yemeni population, given the 70% of Chaféistes, a branch of Sunni Islam. But unlike Iraq or Syria, the faithful pray together in mosques, and coexist peacefully for centuries.

The Houthis who seized the capital Sanaa in September and began their grip south and Aden, say conduct a revolution in the name of the entire population, without religious intent.

"We are here to provide security and stability and to protect the freedom and the interests of all", ensures that man.

Another player in the game, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, elected interim president in 2012 to lead the democratic transition. He had to flee the country besieged by Houthi militia. Supported by Riyadh, he called the army to join.

Everything suggests that Yemen is heading towards a civil war.

"The forces that supported President Hadi will align with the Saudis and try to enjoy it. The problem is that this will not be a civil war on two fronts. We will see a Houthi faction, a pro-Hadi faction but also al-Qaeda try to take advantage of the conflict, pull each out of the game in Yemen, "says Katherine Zimmerman.

Yemen is the territorial base of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the most active branch of the network founded by Osama bin Laden. But the organization Islamic State seems to enjoy the chaos to set up in his turn has claimed responsibility for two suicide attacks that killed nearly 140 dead in Sanaa in mosques frequented by Shiites.

General elections in Nigeria: the feverish expectation of results

Nigeria is awaiting the final results of the presidential and parliamentary elections this weekend.

The first partial figures indicate that the two main presidential candidates are neck-and-neck. On one side there is the outgoing head of state Goodluck Jonathan and the other, Muhammadu Buhari, the main opposition candidate.

Despite fighting between the Nigerian army and Islamist Boko Haram in the north of the country, the elections were generally well conducted, according to various observers deployed for the occasion.

"The electoral process was marked by a certain disorganization; operations have sometimes had to be extended, recognizes Hannah Roberts, deputy head of the observer mission of the European Union. But we believe there is no evidence of systematic manipulation of the process. "

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In any case, the results are expected with a certain excitement in the country, the most populous in Africa. Witness the events from Sunday by the opposition in the city of Port Harcourt.

In the last elections in 2011, violence had pitted supporters of the two main candidates. Violence that had nearly a thousand deaths.

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Official launch of the campaign for parliamentary Britain

As is tradition, David Cameron visited this morning at the Elisabeth kidney to formalize the launch of the electoral campaign that will take place May 7: The current Prime Minister is a candidate to succeed himself for a second term.

"After five years of effort and sacrifice, Britain is on the right track. With this election we must move forward and as Prime Minister, here devamt 10 Downing Street is the message I want to convey. Thank you, "said David Cameron.

David Cameron is fighting neck-and-neck with the Labour opposition led by Ed Miliband.

"There would be nothing worse for our country or for our exports than playing political games around our EU membership so I will not do that. I do not do it. The last 5 years our place in the European Union has become less and less reliable. David Cameron had the habit of saying that he would campaign to keep the role of Britain in Europe, but now it does not exclude to campaign for leaving the EU, "meanwhile said Ed Miliband.

In the afternoon, a ceremony will mark the dissolution of Parliament britanniauequi will meet again in late May.

Serbia's ultranationalist Seselj does not intend to go to the ICTY

Vojislav Seselj really does not intend to return behind bars. Yet the leader of the Serbian ultranationalists is convened by the International Criminal Tribunal in charge of the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). He must answer for his recent provocations against international justice and the West.

Vojislav Seselj was tried for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, but no verdict was pronounced. The man is seriously ill, he was released last November and was able to return to Belgrade.

Today he turns his back on the convening of the court in The Hague. And the Serbian government did not intend to deliver.

The Serbian Minister of Labour and Social Issues, Aleksandar Vulin, the decision of the ICTY was "an attempt to destabilize following the recent speech that the Prime Minister spoke about the NATO aggression."

Last week, Vojislav Seselj participated in an event marking the 16th anniversary of the start of air strikes by NATO against Serbia during the Kosovo crisis. He has burned the flags of NATO, the European Union, the United States and Kosovo.

The campaign is launched: Here are the major issues of the British elections

With parliament officially dissolved and short visit of David Cameron to the Queen, the campaign for the parliamentary elections of May 7 is well and truly launched.

After five years of coalition between conservatives and Liberal Democrats, the UK is embarking on one of the closest elections in its history. No absolute majority should come out of this election if one believes the latest opinion polls.

The British voting system, first past the post in a turn, explains the often significant differences between the percentage of votes and the number of seats.

Thursday will be held on between the seven leaders of the main parties: the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Ukip, the Greens, the Scottish and Welsh nationalists SNP.

European Union

Labor, in any case, were quick to launch their offensive. It targets the referendum that the Conservatives have promised to hold the end of 2017 to an output of the European Union. The Labour has paid on Monday to explain that nothing would be worse for British companies that go out of the EU. "More than three million jobs in the UK are related to trade with the European Union", said the Labour Party.

Cameron, however, promised to defend the membership of the United Kingdom to the European Union. This is driven by the base of his party and in a strategic move against Brussels he took the initiative for this referendum.

The , as it is called now, however, is the real workhorse of Ukip, the Nationalist Party Nigel Farage.

Immigration

Annoyed by the record levels in the number of immigrants from the East after the membership of the ten former communist countries Union, many British voters want the European Union, especially in these times of economic scarcity, of tax burden, schools and hospitals where the shortage of places.

David Cameron promised to reduce the annual number of arrivals of tens of thousands ... But he always about .

Scotland

Scotland has asked loudly in national politics since the referendum - certainly missed - its independence last year. To be reckoned with SNP (Scottish National Party), who promised to "shake the elite of Westminster," and that could delight to forty parliamentary seats to the Labour Party, traditionally dominant in Scotland.

Not content with its explosion of popularity in the land of Loch Ness, the SNP now reaches out to all the British, the "ordinary people", and "progressive". Nicola Sturgeon, the leader of the SNP, incidentally promises to hold a referendum on independence for Scotland.

Iran: still obstacles before an agreement

Iran and the major powers they will reach an agreement in the nuclear issue? Diplomats meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, theoretically have until midnight Tuesday to sign a text.

At this stage, several issues are still outstanding. Blocking focuses on the lifting of sanctions on Iran for nearly 10 years. Tehran requires that these sanctions lifted block upon signature of an agreement. Westerners them want a gradual lifting, which depend on the fulfillment of the commitments made by Iran.

Another sticking point: the duration of the agreement. The great powers want a strict control framework of Iran's nuclear activities at least 15 years, but Iran does not want to commit beyond ten years, according to a Western diplomat.

The various parties met on Monday. Reflecting the importance of the matter: all the foreign ministers involved were present: Iranian Mohammad Javad Zarif, the American John Kerry, Russian Sergei Lavrov, Chinese Wang Yi, the French Laurent Fabius, Briton Philip Hammond and Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Some have changed their agenda to enable the signing of an agreement.

"This is the sixth day of negotiations between Iran and the 5 + 1 group says Reihaneh Mazaheri, special correspondent euronews Lausanne. She added that this day could be "one of the largest since (the last round of discussions) last November."

The idea is to have, at first, a text that sets the general rules of the Iranian nuclear program and, secondly, a document that definitively resolve the dispute by the end of June.

Japan: clashes around the dismantling of the Futenma air base

Clashes erupted Monday morning in Japan around the proposed move of the US base of Funtenma.

The governor of Okinawa want the operations are stopped for movement of the air base to the town of Nago, east of the island. But for Tokyo, it is "extremely important" to make the field Futenma air base to its inhabitants. The latter complain of noise pollution, the risk of accidents and see an open door to crime.

Moving the site to Nago was decided in 1996, the United States sought to appease local anger after the rape of a schoolgirl by US servicemen. The folder is then stuck with incessant debates.

Okinawa is home to most of the 47,000 US troops based in Japan, and their presence is resented by the locals.

County: Sarkozy relishes victory, Valls acknowledged defeat

Victory over the right in the second round of the departmental elections which now control about two out of three departments. The left her towel when a severe defeat

and FN finally won any executive.

The UMP - UDI won Sunday 66 departments against 34 for the left.

Nicolas Sarkozy, the president of the UMP savored victory and tackle in passing the power. "We will finally accelerate the preparation of an alternation of Republican plan to address our country, to halt the decline in which plunged three years of the most archaic socialism in Europe," he said.

This election marks a fourth consecutive defeat of the executive to an intermediate ballot since 2012.

"The left, too scattered, too divided in the first round suffered a setback, despite the good balance of the county executive," acknowledged the Prime Minister Manuel Valls.

Marine Le Pen, president of the National Front tried to hide his disappointment and evokes a veiled the presidential 2017. "The objective approach to come to power and apply our ideas to straighten France. give him his freedom, security, prosperity, impoverishment, unemployment, mass, destruction of our identity is not inevitable. "

One in two French voted Sunday but one has voted neither Paris nor in Lyon, where the functions of the county councils are exercised by other bodies.

The second black box Germanwings flight could not be found

The second black box of Germanwings Airbus remains the main objective of the research is that a police captain said this morning on the crash site which has 150 victims there almost a week.

The black box that records flight data, however, could not be found, Lufthansa statement last night. The violence of the impact could indeed be too badly damaged the machine.

The weather prevented helicopters to fly on Monday, the search continues by road, one lane is about to be traced to the impact area, for road vehicles. It will include the removal of large debris from the unit.

For fifty people working on the site, it is also to collect human remains for identification ... 78 different DNA were yet identified by forensic experts.

Ehud Olmert guilty of corruption

New démélés with justice Ehud Olmert. Former Israeli prime minister was convicted of corruption on Monday morning. He would have received on the part of an American businessman of envelopes containing tens of thousands of dollars.

The conviction for fraud, embezzlement and corruption worsened expected to be announced on May 5, but his lawyers have already said he would appeal.

This is not the first time that Ehud Olmert before the courts.

When he was mayor of Jerusalem, he had already been convicted in the case of "Holyland", named after a colossal luxury real estate project.

The 69 year old man is under the influence of a six-year prison sentence imposed in another corruption case. This case is currently under appeal to the Supreme Court.

Many folders that have contributed to the fall of the former corporate lawyer in 2008.

Andreas Lubitz: husked past

The German press wants to know everything about Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot of the Airbus A320. Monitoring of his apartment in Düsseldorf to thorough search of his past, the weekend newspapers were not short on details, from the most trivial to the most interesting.

We now know that the former girlfriend of the driver Germanwings math teacher in college, wanted to go to France at the scene of the crash but gave up before the media pressure.

It was in this restaurant Burger King Andreas Lubitz worked before joining Lufthansa ... This is also where he met his girlfriend.

More significantly, we know he was afraid of losing sight due to a detached retina according to the newspaper Bild Am Sonntag, a kind of pathology to make him lose his job ... and he was followed by several neurologists and psychiatrists.

Israel ex-PM Olmert convicted in a corruption case

A court in Jerusalem on Monday said the former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert guilty in a corruption case in which he is accused of receiving envelopes of cash from American businessman Morris Talansky, media reports Israeli.

Olmert's conviction should be announced on May 5, told the media. It is already under a sentence of six years imprisonment pronounced in another corruption case is currently on appeal to the Supreme Court.

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Fifth day of strikes on Yemen Saudi, hand Shiite militias

Air raids by Saudi Arabia to Yemen continued early this morning. On the fifth day of the offensive to rid the country of Shiite militias that have taken control, Sanaa was that night and for several hours the target of further air strikes.

The inhabitants of the cities report that the raids targeted mainly the diplomatic area.

Saudi Arabia is sticking for now to air strikes, but does not rule out sending ground troops.

Saudi Ambassador to the United States was the guest of Face the Nation last night on CBS:

"We have no choice, said Adel Al-Jubeir. We have done everything to avoid that. Yemenis have done everything to avoid that. Agreements have been signed, 67 in all, to be precise, but each of them has been denied by the Houthis. They continued to move forward in the country and when they were about to take Aden and the president, we have to intervene. "

This weekend the ground fighting broke out between forces loyal to President Abd Rabbou Mansour Hadi Shia Houthi fighters in Aden, the largest port in the south of the country, strategic, and again under the control of the legitimate authorities.

The Egyptians and beer: archaeological discovery in Tel Aviv

Pottery fragments with more than 5,000 years have been discovered in Tel Aviv.

Pieces of container for the production of beer, the national drink of the Egyptians.

"The beer was consumed by the entire population without age difference, gender or status. It was produced using a mixture of barley and water was partially cooked and allowed to stand for fermentation in the sun, before we added different fruits and concentrated to give flavor to beer " , said the Israeli Antiquities Authority.

This discovery extends the known zone of Egyptian occupation in the region.

Large anti-austerity parade in Brussels

Between 17 000 and 20 000 people braved the rain in Brussels against austerity to scroll to the call of citizens' movements "Any Other Thing" and Hart boven Hard.

The protesters advocated "tax justice", "solidarity against poverty" or "dignity at work" as an alternative to the austerity policy of European governments.

Candidate Carly Fiorina 90% US presidential

Carly Fiorina is about to embark on the presidential campaign of 2016 in the United States.

The former executive director of Hewlett-Packard said he was "determined to 90%" to participate in the Republican primary.

The former adviser to John McCain is expected to formally announce his candidacy in late April and early May, when his team made.

Tsunami warning in the Pacific

An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale occurred off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Monday morning.

"Dangerous waves" could therefore threaten the islands within a radius of 1000 km around the epicenter, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

Nigeria and the specter of political violence

Nigeria expects, febrile, the results of the presidential and legislative elections.

Delayed results because thousands of Nigerians vote of return on Sunday, due to technical problems in their polling stations.

The poll looks very close between incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari.

In 2011, their electoral confrontation sparked violence and caused the death of a thousand people.

Thousands of activists of the opposition have also demonstrated in Port Harcourt in the south of the country, alleging fraud and accused the electoral commission of falsifying the results in favor of the party of Goodluck Jonathan.

"We are concerned by what seems to happen in Rivers State. There are numerous allegations of fraud and we will review it carefully, "he promised Ahiru Jega, the head of the electoral commission, since Abuja.

In some areas, battered in the previous election, the possible political violence spectrum panic the population, also subject to the constant threat of Boko Haram.

In the north-east, unlimited curfew from 24 hours 24 was imposed by the city of Bauchi.

Iran nuclear negotiations continue, a compromise sketch

Two days before the deadline for reaching an agreement on the Iranian nuclear negotiations continue in Lausanne, Switzerland. The negotiations are fierce and differences persist even if a compromise seems in sight.

"We do not want any agreement (...) we do not rush us," insisted Saturday the chief US diplomat, John Kerry.

"The chance to achieve the desired result is not yet clear," confirmed Sunday Alan Eyre, the Persian language spokesperson of the US State Department in our special correspondent. "We try to reach an agreement, but it is not yet certain that we can get there. We are making efforts. "

The Iranian nuclear issue is a hot. The French Foreign Minister has decided to stay in Lausanne. Laurent Fabius canceled a trip to Kazakhstan scheduled for Monday. He was to meet Sunday with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and the head of China's diplomacy Wang Yi.

Reihaneh Mazaheri, euronews correspondent in Lausanne:

"There are only a few hours before the deadline for negotiations. The negotiations between the Iranian foreign minister and his counterparts in the 5 + 1 (USA, France, UK, Russia, China and Germany) are becoming more intense. No detail filter. A main question is: is there a possible agreement? ".

Attack Bardo: an Algerian Islamist leader killed by the Tunisian security forces

Khaled Chaib, also called Lokman Abu Sakhr, the Algerian Islamist leader accused of organizing much of the attack against the Bardo Museum was shot by the Tunisian security forces.

A total of nine jihadist brigade Okba Ibn Nafaa, the Tunisian branch of AQIM (Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb), were killed in a raid in Gafsa near the Algerian border.

"We eliminated the brigade participated in all the terrorist attacks that recently hit Tunisia" to said Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid.

This is an important success for Tunisia in its fight against the jihadist movement. For besides the deadly attack Bardo - attack also claimed by the Islamic State Group - Brigade Okba Ibn Nafaa is responsible, according to authorities, the death of sixty police and military since December 2012.

Boko Haram does not prevent Nigerians to vote

Boko Haram does not prevent Nigerians to vote. The presidential and legislative elections continues this Sunday in 300 polling stations affected yesterday by technical problems. The crowd seems as strong as ever and the counting began as Lagos, the capital.

Fearing further attacks, Nigeria took the lead Sunday and led air strikes against positions of the Islamist group on the outskirts of the city of Bauchi, in the north-east.

The presidential election this weekend is considered the closer since the country's independence. Goodluck Jonathan asks voters to give him a second term despite a very critical review. The outgoing president faces the former General Muhammadu Buhari. Partial results are expected in the day.

"The World Is Bardo" in Tunisia

Tunisia united against terrorism. Tens of thousands of people gathered on Sunday in the streets of the capital.

"We're not afraid," chanted the demonstrators on the avenue leading to the Bardo Museum targeted by an attack that left 22 victims on March 18.

This human tide was surrounded by hundreds of heavily armed police and military.

Very also surrounded, foreign leaders from Tunis to attend the march against terrorism, including Francois Hollande, but also the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and the Gabonese President Ali Bongo and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas.

"We are all against terrorism, against violence, we all Bardo, we all Charlie. Tunisia love democracy and freedom. No to terrorism, no to terrorism, "said a Tunisian.

"We came here to greet the scars of the country. We are all united against terrorism, "added another protester.

It was in the crowd that officials skirted the speaker to the Parliament and the Bardo Museum are located. They then opened a monument bearing the names of victims. A list that has grown this Saturday with the death of the last of them, very seriously injured in the attack French.

Crash of the A320: the German newspaper "Bild" reveals the recording of the black box

"Open the damn door." These words revealed to a German newspaper "Bild" on Sunday, are those of the commander of the A320 Germanwings.

These words are from the black box that recorded the sounds inside the cockpit of the unit was shut where the co-pilot. Twenty minutes of recording. First mundane exchanges Lubitz and its commander, and in the space of a moment, a loud popping sound, passengers who start screaming, the driver tries to open the door with an ax, passengers cry again, then silence, the plane crashed.

The investigators emphasize the trail of a voluntary act of the co-pilot. The latter suffered from psychiatric problems. In another German newspaper, police reportedly discovered in Düsseldorf. Among Andreas Lubitz, "many drugs" for the treatment of mental disorders.

At Seyne-les-Alpes, the scene of the crash, research continues to locate the remains of the victims and the second black box.

An Air Canada Airbus misses his landing in Halifax

Fright Sunday morning for 137 people aboard an Air Canada Airbus. The unit has an output runway when landing, 25 passengers were slightly injured. For now we do not know the reasons for the accident but the heavy snow and a power outage at the same time at the airport could be an explanation. The plane was flying from Toronto and Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Board of Canada Transportation Safety will investigate. The two airport runways were closed for several hours.

Arab leaders announced the creation of a joint military force

A joint military force to counter terrorist threats will soon emerge is what Sunday heralded by Arab leaders at their summit in Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt. Strength tested right now in Yemen, where a coalition of a dozen leads since Thursday Ente air strikes against Houthi militia. Arab leaders call to lay down arms and withdraw from Sanaa. They control the capital since September, threatening to seize Aden, the second city of the country. To counter their progress, land operations could be conducted in any case of Saudi tanks were seen heading to the Yemen border.

The strikes continued last night, the airport in Sanaa, pounded, is unusable, the fighting took place in Aden, twenty people were killed.

Sign of growing insecurity in the impoverished country, hundreds of foreign employees were evacuated Saturday in Sana'a. The population also fled the fighting.