L’influenceur Jeremstar en garde à vue après une action anticorrida dans les arènes de Nîmes
L’influenceur Jeremstar, arrêté vendredi soir après avoir fait irruption au milieu des arènes de Nîmes en pleine corrida, brandissant un tissu portant l’inscription “F*CK la CORRIDA”, va rester en garde à vue jusqu’à dimanche, a-t-on appris auprès de la police samedi.La corrida avait été brièvement interrompue à la suite de son intrusion dans l’arène avant que lui et deux autres participants à l’action de protestation ne soient arrêtés.”Je déteste la corrida. Ce n’est pas de l’art mais de la torture animale. Cette tradition ignoble doit être abolie. Je ne comprends pas comment ce spectacle honteux est encore possible en 2025″, s’est justifié l’influenceur, dans un post sur son compte Instagram aux 2,5 millions d’abonnés, accompagné de la vidéo de son action, soutenue et organisée avec Peta France.”Nous avions planifié cette action depuis plusieurs mois avec lui”, a confirmé Anissa Putois, responsable de la communication et des campagnes Peta France, association dédiée à la protection des animaux. Deux autres activistes, ayant agi avec Jeremstar, sont également en garde à vue “pour des faits d’intrusion dans une enceinte sportive troublant le déroulement de la compétition”, a déclaré le parquet de Nîmes dans un communiqué samedi soir.Ils avaient parcouru le couloir circulaire, le Callejon, autour des arènes, vêtus d’un tee-shirt flanqué du mot corrida barré de rouge. Tous trois ont été expulsés des arènes par des agents de sécurité. Sur la vidéo, Jeremstar est traîné au sol jusqu’à la sortie des arènes.”Une équipe de Peta France attend au commissariat la sortie de Jeremstar et des deux activistes. Nous nous opposons à cette garde à vue. Nous ne savons pas s’ils ont eu accès à un avocat”, précise Anissa Putois, interrogée par l’AFP. “Punir ceux qui s’opposent à la violence tout en autorisant, voire en célébrant, la torture d’autres animaux est un manquement honteux à la justice”, estime l’association dans un communiqué. Sur le plan judiciaire, l’influenceur, Jérémy Gisclon de son vrai nom, doit être jugé jeudi en appel à Paris dans un autre dossier, dans lequel il avait été relaxé en première instance en 2023. Un ancien collaborateur l’accuse de travail dissimulé pour des dizaines de vidéos tournées entre 2012 et 2017.
Budget 2026 : “Les grandes fortunes” doivent être “mises à contribution”, juge Braun-Pivet
La présidente de l’Assemblée nationale Yaël Braun-Pivet a estimé samedi qu’il faudrait mettre à contribution “les grandes fortunes” pour que la France se dote d’un budget pour 2026, se disant toutefois opposée “à la taxe Zucman telle qu’elle est présentée aujourd’hui”.”Ce budget doit être un budget de l’effort de tous. Pour l’être, il faut aussi que les grandes fortunes soient mises à contribution”, a jugé la titulaire du perchoir dans un entretien au Parisien.La députée Renaissance des Yvelines s’est dite toutefois “défavorable à la taxe Zucman telle qu’elle est présentée aujourd’hui”. Cette taxe, proposée par l’économiste Gabriel Zucman, consisterait à taxer à hauteur de 2% par an les patrimoines supérieurs à 100 millions d’euros, ce qui concerne 1.800 foyers fiscaux. Si elle est critiquée, notamment au centre, à droite et dans le monde patronal, où l’on brandit la menace d’un effet délétère pour l’outil professionnel, elle est fortement soutenue par la gauche, qui y voit un levier pour davantage de justice fiscale.”Il faut regarder quelle taxation donnerait un rendement intéressant et permettrait à chacun dans notre pays de se dire que l’effort est partagé”, a plaidé de son côté Mme Braun-Pivet.La présidente de la chambre basse, qui figurait parmi les personnalités citées pour Matignon avant la nomination de Sébastien Lecornu, estime que le Premier ministre peut décrocher un accord politique pour faire passer le budget 2026.”J’observe qu’il est d’abord entré dans une phase de consultation politique avant de proposer son gouvernement. Il faut partir du fond, pas des postures politiques. C’est la clé”, a-t-elle déclaré, estimant que la France “ne peut pas se payer le luxe” comme l’an passé d’attendre le mois de février pour avoir son budget.
Sri Lanka tries to hook anglers on invasive fish species
Sri Lanka urged people on Saturday to catch and cook invasive fish species, including the giant snakehead and piranhas, that threaten fragile freshwater ecosystems and are now banned.The Fisheries Ministry launched a nationwide campaign by hosting a fishing competition at a reservoir in central Kurunegala district, where more than 1,000 anglers were instructed to reel in only the introduced predators.Ministry secretary Kolitha Kamal Jinadasa said the import, sale and transportation of live redline giant snakehead, knife fish, alligator gar and piranha was banned from Saturday.People who already keep the scarily named breeds in their homes or in private aquariums will also be given three months to register them with authorities.”It is not easy to catch them with a net, because they are very aggressive and their teeth are very sharp,” Jinadasa told hundreds of anglers during the competition targeting snakeheads at Deduru Oya reservoir.”In one day, we can remove a large number of fish from the natural environment, and then we can control their population,” he said. Jinadasa labelled the day a success, although only 22 snakeheads of between two and four kilograms (4.5 to nine pounds) were weighed in the best angler competition.Recreational fisherman N. A. V. Sandaruwan, 37, won the top prize of 20,000 rupees ($66) and a rod and reel.”I nearly had another big snakehead, but it managed to get away,” he said.Officials also encouraged competitors to take their catch home and cook them, although it is not usually a species consumed by locals.Two anglers from India, Dinesh Kumar and Raj Thilak, joined the competition but neither was able to bag a snakehead.”Some days you get one, some days you don’t, but that’s fishing,” Kumar told AFP.Jinadasa hoped there might even be a tourism spinoff in the campaign to rid Sri Lankan waters of the invasive species.He said snakeheads, which can grow to more than a metre (3.3 feet), were multiplying rapidly in the Deduru Oya reservoir, threatening smaller native species.
Americans would dominate board of new TikTok US entity: W.House
A deal for the Chinese parent company of popular video-sharing app TikTok to sell its US operations would see the creation of a board dominated by Americans, the White House said Saturday.”There will be seven seats on the board that controls the app in the United States, and six of those seats will be Americans,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News.She said a deal could be signed “in the coming days.”The United States has forcefully sought to take TikTok’s US operations out of the hands of Chinese parent company ByteDance for national security reasons.Under President Donald Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden, the US Congress passed a law to force ByteDance to sell its US operations or face a ban of the app.US policymakers, including in Trump’s first term, have warned that China could use TikTok to mine data from Americans or exert influence on what they see on social media.But Trump turned to the platform, which is hugely popular with young Americans, to garner support during his ultimately successful 2024 presidential campaign.The Republican president has repeatedly pushed off implementation of the ban while a deal has been sought.Investors reportedly being eyed to take over the app include Oracle, the tech firm owned by Larry Ellison, one of the world’s richest people — and a major Trump supporter.Leavitt seemed to confirm Oracle’s participation.”The data and privacy will be led by one of America’s greatest tech companies, Oracle, and the algorithm will also be controlled by America as well,” she told Fox News.”So all of those details have already been agreed upon. Now we just need this deal to be signed.”Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the matter in a phone call on Friday.Trump said that Xi “approved” the deal during the phone call but then said, “We have to get it signed.” China did not confirm any agreement.”We’re going to have a very, very tight control,” Trump said. “There’s tremendous value with TikTok, and I’m a little prejudiced because I frankly did so well on it.”The Wall Street Journal, quoting sources familiar with the talks, reported that the US government could receive a multi-billion-dollar fee from investors as part of the deal.
Americans would dominate board of new TikTok US entity: W.House
A deal for the Chinese parent company of popular video-sharing app TikTok to sell its US operations would see the creation of a board dominated by Americans, the White House said Saturday.”There will be seven seats on the board that controls the app in the United States, and six of those seats will be Americans,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News.She said a deal could be signed “in the coming days.”The United States has forcefully sought to take TikTok’s US operations out of the hands of Chinese parent company ByteDance for national security reasons.Under President Donald Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden, the US Congress passed a law to force ByteDance to sell its US operations or face a ban of the app.US policymakers, including in Trump’s first term, have warned that China could use TikTok to mine data from Americans or exert influence on what they see on social media.But Trump turned to the platform, which is hugely popular with young Americans, to garner support during his ultimately successful 2024 presidential campaign.The Republican president has repeatedly pushed off implementation of the ban while a deal has been sought.Investors reportedly being eyed to take over the app include Oracle, the tech firm owned by Larry Ellison, one of the world’s richest people — and a major Trump supporter.Leavitt seemed to confirm Oracle’s participation.”The data and privacy will be led by one of America’s greatest tech companies, Oracle, and the algorithm will also be controlled by America as well,” she told Fox News.”So all of those details have already been agreed upon. Now we just need this deal to be signed.”Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the matter in a phone call on Friday.Trump said that Xi “approved” the deal during the phone call but then said, “We have to get it signed.” China did not confirm any agreement.”We’re going to have a very, very tight control,” Trump said. “There’s tremendous value with TikTok, and I’m a little prejudiced because I frankly did so well on it.”The Wall Street Journal, quoting sources familiar with the talks, reported that the US government could receive a multi-billion-dollar fee from investors as part of the deal.