Ukraine: the fighting across the front line

Fighting continues unabated in recent days in eastern Ukraine. And the list of victims getting longer: 13 Ukrainian soldiers killed and seven civilians, just this Sunday. We do not know the results in the ranks of the separatists.

In any case, the evidence indicates that the entire front line is the scene of violence. The most disputed area is that of Debaltseve, a town between the two breakaway capitals Lugansk and Donetsk.

Nadezha is an old woman who lives in Donetsk, exactly. Despite the bombing, she chose not to go. "We will stay there to defend us, she said. No way to escape. We are all seniors, but we stick together. "

In Kiev, the protesters gathered on Sunday in front of the Russian Embassy. And they planted 30 cross, corresponding to 30 civilians killed there one week during . Among the protesters, Eugen Chobotaryov. "Often, he said, it does more ready attention to names of people who were killed, those are just numbers, statistics, drowned in a flood of information. This is why there we really wanted to write the names of those people who were killed by Russian aggressors. "

The OSCE believes that these bombings in Mariupol were perpetrated by pro-Russian separatists.

No respite is in sight. The were unsuccessful.

Pope Francis will visit Sarajevo on June 6

The Bishop of Rome will visit the Balkan conflict of martyrdom town to preach paix.La capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a predominantly Muslim city that has suffered more than a thousand days of siege between 1992 and 1995. It is estimated that 10,000 the number of victims of the war in Sarajevo.

Qatar offers fans ... Spanish!

After their feat against Spain, the Qatar that the Blues clash tonight. While the France team will try to grab a fifth world title, the atmosphere promises to be in full swing on the side of French supporters and ... Spanish! Qatar has indeed paid sixty "aficionados" to support their national team and ensure the atmosphere.

White and purple aficionados

The reigning world champion has indeed been beaten Friday by the men of Claude Onesta. But that does not stop some Spaniards to be heard tonight. The "supporters" have been paid by Qatar to wear its colors during the World Handball played at home.

"Sixty Spaniards were selected for the atmosphere at matches in the host country," Their access to games, but also their travel and accommodation costs have been fully supported, provided to "make noise". Apart from these benefits, supporters of "adoption" provide not collecting money. These fans "among the most vocal of the Iberian championship" have been exceptionally allowed to wear a neutral outfit and to rejoice in victory of their countrymen during the Qatar-Spain game.

A team "Patchwork"

Apart from his coach Valero Rivera, the Qatari team has nothing Spanish ... or Qatari elsewhere! It consists almost entirely of , including Cuban and French, as the player Bertrand Roiné. The Emirate indeed wanted to get a place on the international sports scene. But with only 300,000 Qatari citizens, he had to do this using foreign talent. So it was missing most in Qatar that the fervor of loyal supporters, he took the gamble of buying.

This practice is however , who does not hesitate to invest to carve his sports teams. He had undertaken such a broad international sizes recruitment campaign to fill the ranks of his football team, before betting on the training of its young by creating the Aspire Centre. He then attacked handball, and even more recently chess, by offering .

The Australian journalist from Al-Jazeera expelled from Egypt

Peter Greste left Egypt after 400 days in prison for "spreading false information" and "support to a terrorist organization."

Peter Greste working for Al-Jazeera and was convicted along with two other journalists from Al-Jazeera of unknown whereabouts.

The festival of the BD between homage and distinctions

For its 42nd edition, the festival of Angoulême comics have been very "Charlie" tributes to artists fell to the bullets, creating a "Charlie Hebdo price" of freedom of expression, to the satirical newspaper . In addition, the duck tape and Charb Cabu also received the Special Prize Ghent, that is remembered for missing work.

In this atmosphere inevitably a bit heavy, Angoulême nonetheless celebrated last Thursday, and as it should be, the 9th art. The traditional Grand Prix was awarded to the brilliant creator of the manga Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo. The Japanese author was praised by his peers, collecting more than 1,600 votes on some 3,500 authors who took part in the vote to award a universally recognized award in the world of the bubble.

The 2015 winners were revealed on Sunday during the where new tributes to Charlie team, and all the artists who have passed away in recent months.

Prices, it is called on the banks of the Charente, were attributed to the following albums:

• Gold fawn Best Album: Sattouf for "The Arab Future: Young People in the Middle East (1978-1984)"

• Fauve 'Audience Award: "The Old furnaces, Volume 1 - Those who remain" Wilfrid Lupano and Paul Cauuet (Dargaud)


• Special Jury Prize: "Building Stories" by Chris Ware (Delcourt)


• Series Price: "Lastman," Volume 6, Balak, Mickaël Sanlaville and Bastien Vives (Casterman)


• Price revelation "Yekini, King arenas" Lisa Lugrin and Clement Xavier (Flblb Editions)


• Youth Award "The Golden Compass, Volume 1" Clement Oubrerie and Stéphane Melchior (Gallimard)


• Heritage Award: "San Mao, the little tramp" Zhang Leping (Fei)


• Polar Fauve "Small cuts Shioguni" Florent Chavouet (Philippe Picquier)


• Alternative Comics Award "urban drift" (Another image)

The following prizes were also awarded:

• Young talents Price: Camille Debray for "Mom" Cloe Francisci for "Ballet" Anna Griot for "Boat People"


• Price revelation blog: Miss Karensac for his blog http://ift.tt/1zhNiyV


• Digital Challenge Price: Langevin Oscar for "Moontagne"

Finally, Charlie Grand Prix of freedom of expression, for its first edition, returned to Cabu designers, Wolinski, Charb, Tignous and Honoré, died in the shooting that occurred on January 7 in the premises of the satirical newspaper. This award will be given annually to authors who are struggling and working for Freedom of Expression.

Ultimate tribute, a place Charlie was also inaugurated on Sunday in Angouleme

Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste expelled from Egypt

The Australian journalist from Al Jazeera Peter Greste was deported from Egypt on Sunday after spending 400 days in prison for assistance to a "terrorist organization", namely the Muslim Brotherhood, are we taught to managers security services.

He flew to Australia, do you specified.

It is not known what happened to two other journalists Jazeera, the Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy and Egypt Baher Mohamed, who had been convicted along Peter Greste in June and sentenced to seven to ten years in prison.

The trial of three journalists arrested in December 2013, had been criticized abroad due to lack of evidence and disorderly way it was taken. (Omar Fahmy, Michael Georgy; Jean-Stéphane Brosse for the French service)

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Japan appalled by the beheading of Kenji Goto

The plight of the journalist was staged and filmed by the Islamic State. This is the second Japanese national killed in Syria. Kenji Goto had gone in search of the first Japanese hostage before being himself captured by the Islamic state.

According to the mother of Kenji Goto, Junko Ishido his son was deeply peaceful.

"He always had the hope of a world without war, save the children of war and poverty," she has said the voice broken by sobs. "I promise here to continue his legacy with, I hope, for your support."

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks of a "despicable act" and provides that "Japan is committed to take responsibility (...) to fight terrorism."

The Islamic State threatens to assassinate the Jordanian driver, al-Maaz Kassabeh, captured in December after the crash of his F-16.

The Jordanian kingdom was willing to release an Iraqi jihadist to secure the release of its driver.