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Added on the 16/09/2022 13:01:00 - Copyright : La Libre
Mayor of Saint-Etienne, Gael Perdriau, mired in a case of political blackmail involving a sex tape that has shaken his city since September 2022, is placed in custody by the judicial police of Lyon. The elected official was summoned at the same time as his former private secretary Pierre Gauttieri, his former deputy Samy Kefi-Jerome and the latter's ex-partner, Gilles Rossary-Lenglet. IMAGES
"To those who want to break the pension system, the street answers: resistance!", in Saint-Etienne, thousands of people demonstrate against the pension reform. IMAGES
Traffic is disrupted in the French city of Saint-Etienne by snowfall which has reached five to ten centimeters in the city. IMAGES
Saint-Etienne fans gather to watch the French Cup final against Paris Saint-Germain on a big screen back home. The Stade de France fixture is the first competitive match in one of Europe's leading football countries to allow fans to attend since March, albeit in severely restricted numbers with a maximum of 5,000 people permitted inside the 80,000-seater venue. IMAGES
Heavy snowfall in France deprives 300,000 households of electricity, mainly in the departments of Drôme, Ardèche, Isère and Rhône. The depth of snow in Saint-Etienne reached 15 cm. IMAGES
The remains of former DR Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi arrive in Kinshasa from Belgium for a funeral in his home country. Tshisekedi, a revered opponent of authoritarianism in the DR Congo, died in Belgium in 2017. His son, now President Felix Tshisekedi, had vowed to repatriate his remains.