Radio France et France TV portent plainte contre CNews, Europe 1 et le JDD

Nouvelle escalade dans le conflit entre les médias privés de la galaxie de Vincent Bolloré et l’audiovisuel public: Radio France et France Télévisions ont assigné en justice les médias CNews, Europe 1 et le JDD.Des plaintes ont été déposées pour “dénigrement”, a-t-on appris mardi de source proche, confirmant une information du Figaro.Les deux groupes publics …

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Patagonie chilienne: cinq touristes, dont trois Européens, meurent dans une tempête

Cinq touristes – deux Mexicains et trois Européens – sont morts dans la réserve naturelle de Torres del Paine, en Patagonie chilienne, après avoir été surpris par une tempête, ont annoncé les autorités mardi.”Nous devons annoncer le décès de cinq personnes”, deux Mexicains, deux Allemands et une Britannique, a déclaré à la presse José Antonio …

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IA: Nvidia et Microsoft vont investir 15 milliards de dollars dans la start-up Anthropic

Les géants du numérique américains Nvidia et Microsoft ont annoncé mardi qu’ils vont investir respectivement 10 milliards et 5 milliards de dollars dans la start-up spécialisée dans l’intelligence artificielle (IA) Anthropic, connue pour son outil d’IA générative Claude.Ces nouveaux investissements, annoncés dans un communiqué commun, devraient porter la valorisation d’Anthropic à 350 milliards de dollars, …

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What are the ‘Epstein Files’?

The “Epstein Files,” sealed for years and the object of frenzied speculation, are one step closer to being released to the public.Both the US House of Representatives and Senate moved Tuesday to order the release of government files related to the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The wealthy and well-connected financier died in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking underage girls.But his death did nothing to staunch the furor over his connections with high-profile business executives, celebrities and politicians, including former close friend President Donald Trump.So what exactly are the Epstein Files?- Epstein Files -The Epstein Files refer to the reams of evidence amassed by the Justice Department and FBI during a probe in Florida that led to his 2008 conviction for procuring a minor for prostitution and the investigation that led to his later indictment in New York.Only a sliver of the government material has ever been released publicly, and a slew of revelations about Epstein in recent days comes from email traffic surrendered by his estate.The Epstein Files Transparency Act passed by the House and Senate calls for the release within 30 days of “all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials” in the possession of the Justice Department, the FBI and US attorneys’ offices related to Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.Maxwell, 63, is serving a 20-year prison sentence for recruiting underage girls for Epstein.She was the only person convicted in connection with the disgraced financier, but Trump’s MAGA supporters have held as an article of faith for years that “deep state” elites were protecting Epstein associates in the Democratic Party and Hollywood.- The FBI/DOJ memo -The FBI and Justice Department triggered a political furor in July with the release of a memo stating that after an “exhaustive review” there would be no further disclosures of evidence from the investigative files on Epstein.The FBI/DOJ memo said there was “no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions” or had a “client list.”Epstein personally “harmed over one thousand victims,” the FBI and DOJ said, but “we did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.”Digital searches of Epstein’s electronic devices and physical searches of his various properties, which included a private Caribbean island, had yielded a “significant amount of material, including more than 300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence,” the memo said.- Trump and Epstein -Trump campaigned for the White House on a pledge to release the Epstein files and could have done so at any time since taking office without congressional intervention.But Trump changed his mind about releasing the files after entering the White House in January and only backed their disclosure this week after it became clear that Congress was going to vote for their release.Before reversing course, the Republican president ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to open an investigation into connections between Epstein and leading Democrats, including former president Bill Clinton.Clinton, like Trump, was once close to Epstein but neither man has been accused of any wrongdoing.Bondi immediately assigned the task to a prosecutor in New York and the move could potentially complicate the release of some of the material in the files or cause it to be heavily redacted.The House bill allows the withholding of material that “would jeopardize an active federal investigation or ongoing prosecution.”

Le Congrès américain vote pour forcer les autorités à publier le dossier Epstein

Le Congrès américain a approuvé mardi une proposition de loi visant à contraindre le gouvernement à rendre public son dossier sur le criminel sexuel Jeffrey Epstein. Donald Trump, un temps fortement opposé au texte, doit désormais le signer pour promulgation.Adoptée à 427 voix pour et 1 contre à la Chambre, puis approuvée à l’unanimité au Sénat, la législation vise à ordonner au ministère de la Justice “de publier tous les documents et archives” en sa possession concernant le financier new-yorkais, mort en prison en 2019 avant son procès pour crimes sexuels.Pendant des mois, Donald Trump avait mené une véritable campagne pour contrecarrer la tenue de ce vote à la Chambre, aux conséquences potentiellement embarrassantes pour le président.Le milliardaire républicain a finalement adopté un ton de nonchalance après le vote à la Chambre, disant “je m’en fiche de quand le Sénat adoptera le texte”.”Je veux simplement que les républicains ne perdent pas de vue toutes les victoires que nous avons eues”, a écrit le président sur sa plateforme Truth Social.Avant cela, il avait réitéré n’avoir “rien à voir avec Jeffrey Epstein”, assurant qu’il avait viré le financier de Mar-a-Lago, son luxueux club en Floride, parce que c’était “un pervers malade”.- “Rien à cacher” -Figures de la jet-set new-yorkaise, les deux hommes d’affaires furent proches à partir de la fin des années 1980 jusqu’à leur brouille au début des années 2000, et avant que les poursuites ne soient lancées quelques années plus tard contre le financier, accusé d’avoir organisé un réseau d’exploitation sexuelle de jeunes filles mineures.Face au tollé et aux défections croissantes dans son camp avant le vote, Donald Trump avait fait volte-face dimanche et apporté son soutien au texte.”Nous n’avons rien à cacher”, avait lancé le président, qui s’était insurgé à nouveau contre ce qu’il affirme être un “canular” monté par l’opposition démocrate.Le président américain n’a cependant pas expliqué pourquoi il n’ordonnait pas à sa ministre de la Justice de publier directement ces documents, sans passer par un vote au Congrès.Lors d’une conférence de presse devant le Capitole, en amont du vote attendu dans l’après-midi, plusieurs victimes de Jeffrey Epstein avaient pris la parole, souvent avec émotion, pour appeler le Congrès à adopter le texte.”L’Etat ne doit jamais se mettre du côté des prédateurs”, a lancé l’une d’entre elles, Lara Blume McGee, qui a dit parler pour la première fois en public de comment Jeffrey Epstein l’avait agressée sexuellement au moment où elle débutait sa carrière de mannequin à New York.- “Vrai test” -Après avoir promis à ses partisans durant sa campagne des révélations fracassantes, Donald Trump fait tout pour éteindre la polémique depuis son retour au pouvoir, provoquant la colère jusque dans son mouvement “MAGA”.L’affaire avait été encore relancée la semaine dernière par la publication d’emails du financier new-yorkais, au carnet d’adresses particulièrement bien rempli.Dans des messages dévoilés par des parlementaires démocrates, Jeffrey Epstein affirme que Donald Trump “savait à propos des filles” agressées sexuellement et qu’il avait même “passé plusieurs heures” avec l’une d’elles.Mais le président américain, qui n’a jamais été inquiété par la justice dans cette affaire, a assuré ne rien savoir de cela. Il a également contre-attaqué en réclamant une enquête sur la relation entre Jeffrey Epstein et certaines personnalités démocrates, dont Bill Clinton.L’élue républicaine Marjorie Taylor Greene, à qui Donald Trump a publiquement retiré son soutien au cours du week-end en raison notamment de son appui à la proposition de loi, a exprimé son scepticisme mardi, aux côtés de victimes de Jeffrey Epstein, face à ces enquêtes. Car tant que celles-ci sont en cours, certains documents pourraient légalement ne pas être publiés.Selon Marjorie Taylor Greene, après le Congrès, “le vrai test sera: est-ce que le ministère de la Justice publiera les documents? Ou est-ce qu’ils resteront ligotés par ces enquêtes?”

US Congress orders Epstein files release after Trump U-turn

US lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday for releasing government files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after President Donald Trump dropped his opposition to opening the books on a scandal that has roiled politics, law enforcement and the country’s elite.The president had put allies in Congress under intense pressure not to make the material public, but the Republican leader threw in the towel over the weekend as it became clear that much of his party was poised to defy him.Congress approved the Epstein Files Transparency Act almost unanimously — compelling publication of unclassified documents detailing the investigation into the disgraced financier’s operations and jailhouse death, which was ruled a suicide.Lawmakers say the public deserves answers in a case with over 1,000 alleged victims.Trump says the files will expose powerful Democrats’ connections to Epstein, but the president himself faces uncomfortable scrutiny over his years-long friendship with the man alleged to have supplied underage girls to rich and influential men.The bill passed the House earlier Tuesday with just one dissenter out of 428 members voting, and the Senate agreed to rubber-stamp and bounce the text straight to the White House, without a hand-count vote, as soon as it arrives from the lower chamber. Trump has pledged not to veto the legislation, but Washington-watchers are not expecting imminent damning new revelations.The Justice Department has wide latitude to hold back information if its release “would jeopardize an active federal investigation.”Meanwhile Trump, in a widely criticized intervention last week, ordered officials to probe Epstein’s ties with high-profile Democrats.The saga has exposed rare fissures in support for the Republican leader, who previously campaigned on releasing the files but changed course after taking office, accusing Democrats of pushing a “hoax.”After multiple attempts by Republican leaders to block the vote, all Democrats and four Republicans signed a “discharge petition” — an extraordinary procedure forcing the bill to the House floor against the wishes of leadership.Relenting on his longstanding resistance, Trump said on social media late Sunday that Republicans should vote to release the files “because we have nothing to hide.””I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein,” Trump told reporters Tuesday at an Oval Office event with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “I threw him out of my club many years ago because I thought he was a sick pervert.”- Long association -However, Trump had a well documented relationship with Epstein, who was famous for throwing parties and other networking opportunities for the rich and powerful.The U-turn marks a rare occasion when a revolt from Trump’s allies has forced his hand, and Epstein survivors at a news conference ahead of the vote questioned the president’s motives.”I can’t help to be skeptical of what the agenda is,” said Haley Robson, who was recruited to massage Epstein when she was 16. “I am traumatized — I am not stupid.”At the time of his death, Epstein was facing federal trial over an alleged sex trafficking operation said to have exploited underage girls and young women, following a 2008 conviction for procuring a minor for prostitution.For years, Trump’s right-wing movement encouraged followers to believe that the government was covering up a major conspiracy.But Trump’s Justice Department said in July officials had completed an “exhaustive review” of the case and had “no basis to revisit the disclosure” of any Epstein materials.The White House escalated efforts last week to mothball the vote, with Trump and his allies making last-minute appeals to two of Republican signers of the discharge petition.This caused an uproar in Trump’s base.The rupture widened when Trump pulled his endorsement of top loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene in a stunning break that she said “has all come down to the Epstein files.””The real test will be, will the Department of Justice release the files? Or will it all remain tied up in investigations?” she said at the news conference.

Nigeria school kidnapping draws fresh US ireTue, 18 Nov 2025 22:41:13 GMT

Nigerian forces hunted Tuesday for armed fighters who abducted 25 schoolgirls in the northwest, in the latest burst of violence seized upon by US President Donald Trump’s followers.The early Monday morning raid on a secondary school in Kebbi State was the latest abduction of schoolchildren in Muslim-majority northern Nigeria, more than a decade after Boko …

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