Singapore makes a final tribute to its founder Lee Kuan Yew

Of State grandiose funeral for Lee Kuan Yew, the first prime minister of Singapore. 21-gun military parade and a long funeral procession for one who has transformed the former British colony into a global commercial and financial center.

Thousands of people braved the rain Sunday to pay their last respects to former leader died Monday at age 91 following a pneumonia.

At the head of Singapore from 1959 to 1990, Lee Kuan Yew had retired from politics in recent years but he kept a great influence. If he has made Singapore very rich, he was also criticized for the lack of civil liberties in the city-state. The press, demonstrations and political opposition are strictly controlled.

Violent clashes between police and students in Mexico

The voltage does not fall in Mexico. New clashes Saturday between students and police Tixtla. The security forces attacked the bus students. Reason: they committed theft. The students then set fire to a police car and an ambulance. Police are accused of kidnapping six months ago 43 students and have them delivered to a criminal group who then killed them.

The death of a punk, a pretext for a parade of the extreme right in Germany

In Dortmund in Germany, a manifestation of the extreme right degenerates. The riot police escorting the procession was attacked by demonstrators against-left. Nationalist activists marched to the tenth anniversary of the death of a punk stabbed by a right-wing extremist in the subway.

Crash: more evidence on the health of Andreas Lubitz but all hypotheses remain open

According to the New York Times, the young officer would have sought treatment for vision problems that could jeopardize his career. Information not confirmed by the Düsseldorf hospital for reasons of confidentiality. On sick leave on the day of the disaster, seemed to suffer from after a "major depressive episode" in 2009. The German police found "many drugs" for the treatment in his home.

But investigators urge caution before drawing any conclusion. The assumption of technical failure is not ruled out and as the pilot who knew Andreas Lubitz, it seemed "normal":

"I flew with that colleague when there are three or four weeks. I have normal vision, quiet him. He even projects. He said he was happy to fly for Lufthansa, he wanted to fly longer distances and even become a pilot on the A380, "said the pilot

Meanwhile, the families of the 149 victims continue to come and gather at the scene of the tragedy near Vernet and also in Seyne-les-Alpes. A ceremony was held yesterday at Worthy and Angela Merkel will participate with other European leaders to a national mourning ceremony in Germany on April 17 in the Cathedral of Cologne.

Syria: Al Qaeda captured the strategic city of Idleb

Al Qaeda and its allies took the city in the Bashar Assad regime after only five days of fighting and more than 130 deaths on both sides.

An important victory in the northeast of the country, because this is the second provincial capital to escape the control of Damascus since the conflict began there four years. In the northeast, Raqa is in the hands of the jihadist Islamic state.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also confirmed that the city had come under the fold of the Al-Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda, supported by Ahrar al-Sham and other Islamist rebel groups .

The defeat of the plan comes as Moscow prepares to host early April new discussions between representatives of the regime and part of the Syrian opposition, while no prospect of a solution to the conflict is in sight.

Iran: the hope of an agreement after twelve years of negotiations

Iran and the powers of the group 5 + 1 they will reach an agreement on the nuclear issue? Meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, delegations started the last round of negotiations. The head of Iranian diplomacy was optimistic about the possibility of reaching an agreement by Tuesday. But Mohammad Javad Zarif, the ball is now in the court of Westerners. "Iran has made a decision, a political decision, which is to engage with dignity. I think our partners must also make decisions. I think they realized that both sanctions, pressure and agreement do not go together. ''

For Westerners, the challenge is to ensure that Iran does not produce the atomic bomb under cover of its civilian nuclear program. Discussions included achopent the will of Tehran to continue its research and development activities.

As noted by the head of the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the time has come to put an end to nearly twelve years of negotiations: '' We're like facing a mountain top, he said: the last meters are the most difficult but also the most decisive. ''

From our correspondent in Switzerland,

Reihaneh Mazaheri: '' An agreement is possible in Lausanne, but it will take both parties manage to overcome the main sticking points. ''

Syria: Idlib falls into the hands of the rebels

The city of Idlib, northern Syria, fell into the hands of several rebel groups, including the Al-Nusra Front, affiliated to Al Qaeda. On images on the Internet, we see fighters destroying to ground a symbol of the regime, a statue of Hafez Assad, the father of the current Syrian president and former strongman of the country.

By seizing Idlib, the rebels now control the entire province of the same name. This city of 100,000 inhabitants is located close to the strategic road linking Aleppo to Damascus. It is also less than three hours away from the province of Rakka, the stronghold of the Islamic State Group (EI).

, the taking of Idlib is an important victory of the rebellion. One more episode of a war that has left more than 210,000 dead in the space of four years.