Canicule: le Rhône et l’Isère toujours en vigilance orange mardi

Deux départements, l’Isère et le Rhône, resteront mardi en vigilance orange pour canicule, a annoncé lundi Météo-France, qui prévoit un “épisode de chaleur persistant” dans huit départements du Sud.Météo France s’attend mardi à “un maintien de fortes chaleurs à l’est, toujours du Rhône à l’Isère” avec un “épisode de chaleur persistant, se mettant en place sur huit départements du Sud: de la Haute-Garonne au Languedoc-Roussillon et jusqu’aux Bouches-du-Rhône”.Dimanche après-midi les températures maximales dans les départements en vigilance canicule ont atteint les 36.3°C à la station de Lyon-Bron ; 36.6°C à Mornant (Rhône) et 35°C à Grenoble. Les minimales de la nuit de dimanche à lundi sont autour de 22°C vers Lyon.Le Rhône et l’Isère étaient déjà placés sous vigilance orange canicule dimanche et lundi avec des orages attendus lundi dans l’après-midi. “Cela devrait faire baisser un peu les températures maximales aux alentours de 30 à 35°C. Mais mardi, les températures repartent à la hausse” dans ces deux départements, expliquant le maintien du maintien du niveau orange, précise Météo France dans son bulletin de suivi de 06H40.

Bangladesh detains Hasina era ex-election chief

A Bangladesh court on Monday remanded in custody the former elections chief for his alleged role in rigging the vote in favour of now-ousted autocrat Sheikh Hasina.KM Nurul Huda, 77, was ordered to be detained for four days while questioning continues, a day after a mob who smashed into his home and assaulted him eventually handed him to the police.On Sunday, the powerful Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) filed a case against Huda and other former election commissioners it accuses of rigging past polls in favour of Hasina, whose 15 years in power ended in an mass uprising in August 2024.Hours after the case was filed, a mob stormed Huda’s home in the capital Dhaka, and dragged him onto the street.They put a garland of shoes around his neck and beat him up before handing him over to the police.The interim government condemned the incident and urged people not to take the law into their own hands.”Swooping on an accused and physically assaulting him is illegal, contrary to the rule of law, and a criminal offence,” the statement read.Interim leader Muhammad Yunus has said elections will be held in early April 2026 — the first in the South Asian nation of around 170 million people since the student-led revolt ousted Hasina.Police put a helmet on Huda while taking him to the court for his protection.   Human rights organisations also condemned the attack on Huda.”It was a complete violation of… the rule of law,” Abu Ahmed Faijul Kabir from the rights group Ain O Salish Kendra said in a statement.Yunus’s government warned last month that political power struggles risked jeopardising gains that have been made, saying that holding elections by mid-2026 would give them time to overhaul democratic institutions.Hasina’s rule saw widespread human rights abuses and her government was accused of politicising courts and the civil service, as well as staging lopsided elections.Hasina, 77, remains in self-imposed exile in India, where she fled after she was ousted last year.She has defied orders to return to Dhaka to face charges amounting to crimes against humanity. Her trial in absentia continues.

L1: Paul Pogba proche de s’engager avec Monaco (médias)

Paul Pogba, qui n’a quasiment plus joué depuis trois ans, est proche de s’engager avec l’AS Monaco, qui disputera cette saison la Ligue des Champions, assurent lundi plusieurs médias.Selon Le Parisien, Pogba et le club de la Principauté “ont trouvé un terrain d’entente pour un contrat d’une durée de deux saisons”. Le quotidien sportif L’Equipe a ensuite confirmé cette information.Contactée par l’AFP, l’AS Monaco n’a pas confirmé l’existence d’un tel accord. Selon une source ayant connaissance des négociations en cours, un accord serait tout de même “en bonne voie” et les “discussions positives”. Invité de l’émission Sept à huit dimanche sur TF1, le joueur de 32 ans a indiqué être “en train de parler” avec un club sans préciser lequel. Selon son entourage il s’agit de l’AS Monaco qui a fini troisième de ligue 1 cette saison. Si ce transfert venait à se réaliser, Pogba pourrait relancer à Monaco sa carrière après trois saisons quasi blanches en raison d’une suspension de 18 mois pour dopage, de blessures et d’une affaire de séquestration dont il a été victime.Le milieu de terrain français (91 sélections), n’a jamais évolué en Ligue 1. Formé au Havre, il avait en effet rejoint dès 16 ans Manchester United, avant d’alterner entre 2011 et 2024 les passages au sein du club mancunien et de la Juventus Turin.Son dernier match, disputé avec le club italien, remonte au 3 septembre 2023. Quelques jours plus tard, le champion du monde 2018 avait été suspendu quatre ans après un contrôle positif aux métabolites non endogènes de la testostérone (DHEA) à l’issue du match contre l’Udinese le 20 août 2023. Une sanction réduite à 18 mois par le Tribunal arbitral du sport, le TAS estimant que “l’ingestion” de la substance “n’était pas intentionnelle et résultait d’une prise de complément alimentaire prescrite par un médecin en Floride”.Depuis mars 2025 et la fin de sa suspension, Pogba était autorisé à rejouer, mais sans club après la résiliation de son contrat avec la Juventus en novembre 2024.

Syria president vows those involved in church attack will face justice

Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed Monday that those involved in a “heinous” suicide attack on a Damascus church a day earlier would face justice, calling for unity in the country.The shooting and suicide bombing Sunday at the church in the working-class Dwelaa district of the Syrian capital killed 25 people and wounded 63, the health ministry said, raising an earlier toll of 22 killed.The authorities said the attacker was affiliated with the Islamic State group.”We promise… that we will work night and day, mobilising all our specialised security agencies, to capture all those who participated in and planned this heinous crime and to bring them to justice,” Sharaa said in a statement.The attack “reminds us of the importance of solidarity and unity of the government and the people in facing all that threatens our nation’s security and stability”, he added.Condemnation has continued to pour in from the international community after the attack — the first of its kind in the Syrian capital since Islamist-led forces toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December.It was also the first inside a church in Syria since the country’s civil war erupted in 2011, according to a monitor, in a country where security remains one of the new authorities’ greatest challenges.Since the new authorities took power, the international community has repeatedly urged the government to protect minorities and ensure their participation in Syria’s transition, particularly after sectarian violence in recent months.

Asian countries most vulnerable to Strait of Hormuz blockade

Around 84 percent of oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz is destined for Asia, leaving the economies of China, India, South Korea and others vulnerable should Iran blockade the crucial trading route over US strikes on its nuclear sites.Around 14.2 million barrels of crude oil and 5.9 million barrels of other petroleum products pass through the strait per day — representing around 20 percent of global production in the first quarter, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).And crude oil from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and Iran almost exclusively passes through the corridor.Here are the main Asian countries where oil exported via the strait is destined:- China -More than half of the oil imported by East Asia passes through the Strait of Hormuz, experts estimate.China is one of the largest buyers, importing 5.4 million barrels of crude oil a day through Hormuz in the first quarter this year, according to the EIA.Saudi Arabia is China’s second-largest supplier of crude oil, accounting for 15 percent of its total oil imports — 1.6 million barrels a day.China also buys more than 90 percent of Iran’s oil exports, according to the analysis firm Kpler.It imported 1.3 million barrels of Iranian crude oil a day in April, down from a five-month high in March.- India -India is highly dependent on the Strait of Hormuz, importing 2.1 million barrels of crude a day through the corridor in the first quarter, EIA data shows.Around 53 percent of India’s imported oil in early 2025 came from Middle Eastern suppliers, particularly Iraq and Saudi Arabia, local media reported.Wary of an escalating conflict in the Middle East, New Delhi has increased its imports of Russian oil over the past three years.”We have been closely monitoring the evolving geopolitical situation in the Middle East since the past two weeks,” India’s Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said on Sunday.”We have diversified our supplies in the past few years and a large volume of our supplies do not come through the Strait of Hormuz now,” he wrote on X, adding “We will take all necessary steps to ensure stability of supplies of fuel to our citizens.”- South Korea -Around 68 percent of South Korea’s crude oil imports pass through the Strait of Hormuz — 1.7 million barrels a day this year, according to the EIA.South Korea is particularly dependent on its main supplier Saudi Arabia, which last year accounted for a third of its oil imports.Seoul’s trade and energy ministry said there have been “no disruptions so far in South Korea’s crude oil and LNG imports” but “given the possibility of a supply crisis”, officials were “planning for potential disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz”.”The government and industry stakeholders have prepared for emergencies by maintaining a strategic petroleum reserve equivalent to about 200 days of supply,” the ministry said in a statement. – Japan -Japan imports 1.6 million barrels of crude oil a day through the Strait of Hormuz, the EIA says.Japanese customs data showed 95 percent of crude oil imports last year came from the Middle East.The country’s energy freight companies are readying for a potential blockade of the strait.”We’re currently taking measures to shorten as much as possible the time spent by our vessels in the Gulf,” shipping giant Mitsui OSK told AFP.- Others -Around 2 million barrels of crude oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz each day in the first quarter were destined for other parts of Asia — particularly Thailand and the Philippines — as well as Europe (0.5 million barrels) and the United States (0.4 million barrels).- Limited alternatives -Asian countries could diversify their oil suppliers, but it is difficult to replace the large volumes coming from the Middle East.In the short term, “elevated global oil inventories, OPEC+’s available spare capacity, and US shale production all could provide some buffer”, experts at MUFG Bank said.”However, a full closure of the Hormuz Strait would still impact on the accessibility of a major part of this spare production capacity concentrated in the Persian Gulf,” they said.Saudi Arabia and the UAE have infrastructure to bypass the strait, potentially mitigating disruptions, but their transit capacity remains very limited — around 2.6 million barrels a day.And the Goreh-Jask pipeline built by Iran to export via the Gulf of Oman, which has been inactive since last year, has a maximum capacity of only 300,000 barrels per day, according to the EIA.burs-jug/dhw/mtp