Ligue Europa: premier revers européen pour Lyon face au Betis Séville
Fin de série pour Lyon: après trois victoires en trois journées, les Gones ont subi jeudi leur première défaite de la saison en Ligue Europa sur la pelouse du Betis Séville (2-0). La marche n’était pas si haute, jeudi soir au stade olympique de la Cartuja, enceinte temporaire du Betis, actuel cinquième de Liga. Même pour un onze lyonnais largement remanié, en vue du choc face au PSG dimanche en Ligue 1. L’OL (7e, 9 points) est cependant tombé pour la première fois dans cette campagne européenne, sans vraiment être dominé mais plutôt avec le sentiment qu’une autre entame aurait pu lui permettre de ramener au moins un point et de rester invaincu en C3.Trop timide offensivement, notamment en l’absence du champion du monde 2018 Corentin Tolisso et du jeune belge Malick Fofana, le club rhodanien pourra en effet regretter de ne pas être rentré pleinement dans sa rencontre et d’avoir cédé sur deux situations arrêtées (30e, 35e). Les hommes de Paulo Fonseca, qui avait misé sur les jeunes pépites formées au club Khalis Merah et Enzo Molebe, 18 ans, ont manqué de concentration et se sont fait surprendre deux fois en cinq minutes, alors qu’ils avaient le contrôle du ballon.- Deux buts en cinq minutes -L’ailier marocain Ez Abde, à l’origine de la première frappe dangereuse côté andalou (27e), a d’abord profité de la passivité de lyonnaise en coupant un corner dévié par l’ex-joueur de l’OM et de Sochaux Cédric Bakambu (30e, 1-0).Cinq minutes plus tard, le Brésilien Antony, trouvé dans la profondeur sur un coup franc de relance de Marc Roca dans sa propre moitié de terrain, s’est échappé dans le dos de la défense et a doublé la mise d’un lob bien senti (35e, 2-0).Mené de deux buts à la mi-temps, malgré un réveil tardif initié par le milieu américain Tanner Tessmann, l’OL est revenu des vestiaires avec plus d’envie et d’intensité, sous l’impulsion du Portugais Afonso Moreria, rentré en jeu à la place de Molebe.La pépite du centre de formation lyonnais Khalis Merah, trop discret en première période, est passé à quelques centimètres de s’offrir un but de génie après un petit pont dans la surface mais sa frappe du droit a frôlé le poteau gauche sévillan (48e).La “remontada” française n’a ensuite pas eu lieu, malgré le coaching de Fonseca, qui a fait rentrer deux titulaires habituels, l’Anglais Tyler Morton et le Tchèque Pavel Sulc, et une tentative pleine d’audace de Mathys de Carvalho (60e). Lyon n’est plus invaincu, donc, mais l’objectif de terminer dans le Top-8 reste accessible. A condition de jouer le coup à fond, pour éviter les regrets.
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ video game delayed again until Nov. 2026
The newest installment to the blockbuster “Grand Theft Auto” video game franchise has been delayed again, this time until November 2026, its creators announced Wednesday.”We are sorry for adding additional time to what we realize has been a long wait, but these extra months will allow us to finish the game with the level of polish you have come to expect and deserve,” Rockstar Games said in a post on X.Release of the game had already been pushed from late 2025 to early 2026. Rockstar said it will now come out on November 19 of next year.Shares of Rockstar-parent Take-Two Interactive sank more than eight percent in after-hours trades.Word of the delay came the same day dozens of people protested outside Rockstar offices in Edinburgh, Scotland, accusing the multi-billion dollar studio of “blatant union busting” by firing 31 people.Rockstar, whose upcoming sixth edition of the cash-cow series is among the hottest releases of 2026, has accused the employees of “distributing and discussing confidential information in a public forum, a violation of our company policies.”But the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB), which called the demonstration, rejected that claim, arguing that the sacked workers were all members of a private discussion channel linked to the union.Rockstar did not immediately respond to an AFP inquiry.”GTA VI” is on course to become one of the biggest entertainment product launches of all time. As popular as it is notorious for its sexual and violent content, the franchise has allowed players to roleplay as criminals doing dirty deeds across sprawling cityscapes since its first entry in 1997. – Outlaw couple? -The newest game was originally due to be released later this year, with a trailer having shown that it would be set in Miami-like Vice City and would feature a playable female protagonist for the first time.Set to the Tom Petty song “Love Is A Long Road,” it opens with a female character named Lucia being released from prison in what appears to be a fictionalized version of Florida.Near the close of the one-minute-and-30-second clip, she tells her male partner in crime: “The only way we are going to get through this is by sticking together, being a team.”The pair go on to burst into a store with pistols drawn and bandanas covering the lower halves of their faces.Fans saw the scene as confirmation that rumors of a “Bonnie and Clyde” type crime couple are coming true.Along with its wild success, the GTA series has faced criticism over its violent content.Critics have from the beginning accused Grand Theft Auto of glorifying violence and encouraging players to engage in criminal behavior –- allegations rejected by New York-based Take-Two Interactive.GTA players sell drugs, fight, rob, go on car rampages and more. Gameplay options also included assaulting sex workers and going to strip clubs, raising the ire of activists.
Trump unveils deals to lower costs of some weight-loss drugs
US President Donald Trump announced deals Thursday with pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to lower the prices of some popular weight-loss drugs, in exchange for relief from threatened tariffs.Both companies “have agreed to offer their most popular GLP-1 weight-loss drug,” Trump said at the White House, “at drastic discounts.””Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk are committing to offer Zepbound and Wegovy at ‘Most Favored Nation’ rates for American patients,” Trump added, saying this would lower the costs of products for those eligible.During the announcement event in the Oval Office, a company representative standing behind Trump collapsed. He was later examined by Mehmet Oz, Trump’s administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, who said he was okay.The new generation of appetite-suppressing drugs using GLP-1 agonists — which include the brands Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro — have exploded in popularity in recent times due to their ability to help people lose weight.But the sky-high prices of such drugs, which can cost more than $1,000 a month in the United States, have raised concerns.- ‘A triumph’ -The latest move is set to cut costs of starting oral doses of GLP-1s to as low as around $150 for certain groups of people once approved, a senior US official said.”It’s a triumph for American patients that will save lives and improve the health of millions and millions of Americans,” Trump told reporters. This price would apply to those on Medicare — which is for seniors — the safety net Medicaid, or via the direct-to-consumer website TrumpRx once it launches, the official added.But the costs for injectables would be higher.US officials said that the direct-to-consumer channel will see costs of injectable GLP-1s start at an average of $350 per month, and that this should scale down over time.This would apply to drugs including Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound, according to a White House fact sheet.Starting around the middle of next year, Medicare and Medicaid coverage for the injectable drugs will be at $245 for those meeting certain medical criteria. Medicare copayment for eligible beneficiaries will be $50.The starting point for each Medicaid program depends on each state’s participation.”These low prices will enable Medicare to cover Wegovy and Zepbound for patients with obesity and related comorbidities for the first time,” the White House said.In exchange, the pharmaceutical companies will have certainty around tariff issues and access to beneficiaries who otherwise would not be covered by Medicare for obesity issues, an official added.- Fine print -Scott Kahan, director of a clinic called the National Center for Weight and Wellness, said the announcement “has the potential to be very valuable for many people.”But the final price to consumers once commercial insurance is factored in remains “unclear as yet,” he added.The three-year grace period from expected pharmaceutical tariffs threatened by Trump is similar to deals struck by Pfizer and AstraZeneca. Both had also reached agreements to lower drug costs in exchange for tariff relief.Trump has revived drug pricing efforts from his first presidential term, taking steps since returning to the White House to pressure pharmaceutical companies into voluntarily lowering their prices.Over the summer, he sent letters to 17 drugmakers, calling for them to lower prices or face punishment — a move meant to give Americans relief from medicine costs much higher than elsewhere in the world.Trump has previously threatened tariffs of 100 percent for branded pharmaceutical products unless companies were building manufacturing plants in the United States.The prevalence of obesity among American adults is estimated at 40 percent, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Stocks slide as investors weigh data, interest rate cuts
US and European stocks slumped Thursday as investors weighed another wave of corporate results, economic data and the likelihood of another interest rate cut.After rising throughout the summer and early part of the fall, US stocks have been choppy in recent weeks as a government shutdown depletes investors of key updates on the economy.”We are in a sense running out of catalysts right now to either support or propel stock prices,” said Sam Stovall of CFRA Research. “The market decided to take whatever profits it can and await additional news that could become encouraging once again.”Investors and policymakers alike have been left in a fog as the government has delayed the release of key data on employment, trade, retail sales and others.”Financial markets find themselves groping around in the dark,” said Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at investing and trading platform IG.Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee, who has been supportive of lowering interest rates, told CNBC in an interview that making cuts amidst a lack of data on inflation made him “uneasy.”With key economic data produced by the US government unavailable due to the shutdown, investors have been turning to private data sources.A report by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said the number of layoff announcements in October hit the highest level in 22 years.The report “painted a grim picture of the jobs market,” said Joe Mazzola, head trading and derivatives strategist at Charles Schwab brokerage.The report found that this year has been the worst for layoffs since 2020, when the labor market was decimated by the pandemic, and that hiring has slowed to a 14-year low.However the report “bolstered the case for a Federal Reserve rate cut in December despite Chairman Jerome Powell’s unexpectedly hawkish tone following the Fed meeting last month,” Mazzola added.Investors were also digesting news that a majority of the US Supreme Court was skeptical about the legality behind a swath of Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which also lent support to equities.”Is it good news? Paradoxically, not really,” said Swissquote Bank senior analyst Ipek Ozkardeskaya, who noted that the litigation means heightened uncertainty on international trade dynamics and how much tariff revenue will be available to the US Treasury.Investors were also reacting to the Bank of England’s decision, in a tight vote, to keep its key interest rate unchanged before the UK’s Labor government presents its budget this month.Weighing on European sentiment were some poorly received company earnings and official data that showed industrial production in Germany rebounded less than expected in September.Shares in Franco-Dutch group Air France-KLM plunged more than 14 percent after it reported a drop in third-quarter net profit.In New York, shares in chip-maker Qualcomm fell 3.6 percent despite a positive earnings report. Tesla shares dropped 3.5 percent ahead of a vote by shareholders on a pay package for Elon Musk that could reach as much as $1 trillion.- Key figures at around 2120 GMT -New York – Dow: DOWN 0.8 percent at 46,912.30 (close)New York – S&P 500: DOWN 1.1 percent at 6,720.32 (close)New York – Nasdaq Composite: DOWN 1.9 percent at 23,053.99 (close)London – FTSE 100: DOWN 0.4 percent at 9,735.78 (close)Paris – CAC 40: DOWN 1.4 percent at 7,964.77 (close)Frankfurt – DAX: DOWN 1.3 percent at 23,734.02 (close)Tokyo – Nikkei 225: UP 1.3 percent at 50,883.68 (close)Hong Kong – Hang Seng Index: UP 2.1 percent at 26,485.90 (close)Shanghai – Composite: UP 1.0 percent at 4,007.76 (close)Euro/dollar: UP at $1.1548 from $1.1492 on WednesdayPound/dollar: UP at $1.3135 from $1.3050Dollar/yen: DOWN at 153.04 yen from 154.12 yenEuro/pound: DOWN at 87.91 pence from 88.06 penceBrent North Sea Crude: DOWN 0.2 percent at $63.38 per barrelWest Texas Intermediate: DOWN 0.3 percent at $59.43 per barrelburs-jmb/des
Stocks slide as investors weigh data, interest rate cuts
US and European stocks slumped Thursday as investors weighed another wave of corporate results, economic data and the likelihood of another interest rate cut.After rising throughout the summer and early part of the fall, US stocks have been choppy in recent weeks as a government shutdown depletes investors of key updates on the economy.”We are in a sense running out of catalysts right now to either support or propel stock prices,” said Sam Stovall of CFRA Research. “The market decided to take whatever profits it can and await additional news that could become encouraging once again.”Investors and policymakers alike have been left in a fog as the government has delayed the release of key data on employment, trade, retail sales and others.”Financial markets find themselves groping around in the dark,” said Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at investing and trading platform IG.Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee, who has been supportive of lowering interest rates, told CNBC in an interview that making cuts amidst a lack of data on inflation made him “uneasy.”With key economic data produced by the US government unavailable due to the shutdown, investors have been turning to private data sources.A report by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said the number of layoff announcements in October hit the highest level in 22 years.The report “painted a grim picture of the jobs market,” said Joe Mazzola, head trading and derivatives strategist at Charles Schwab brokerage.The report found that this year has been the worst for layoffs since 2020, when the labor market was decimated by the pandemic, and that hiring has slowed to a 14-year low.However the report “bolstered the case for a Federal Reserve rate cut in December despite Chairman Jerome Powell’s unexpectedly hawkish tone following the Fed meeting last month,” Mazzola added.Investors were also digesting news that a majority of the US Supreme Court was skeptical about the legality behind a swath of Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which also lent support to equities.”Is it good news? Paradoxically, not really,” said Swissquote Bank senior analyst Ipek Ozkardeskaya, who noted that the litigation means heightened uncertainty on international trade dynamics and how much tariff revenue will be available to the US Treasury.Investors were also reacting to the Bank of England’s decision, in a tight vote, to keep its key interest rate unchanged before the UK’s Labor government presents its budget this month.Weighing on European sentiment were some poorly received company earnings and official data that showed industrial production in Germany rebounded less than expected in September.Shares in Franco-Dutch group Air France-KLM plunged more than 14 percent after it reported a drop in third-quarter net profit.In New York, shares in chip-maker Qualcomm fell 3.6 percent despite a positive earnings report. Tesla shares dropped 3.5 percent ahead of a vote by shareholders on a pay package for Elon Musk that could reach as much as $1 trillion.- Key figures at around 2120 GMT -New York – Dow: DOWN 0.8 percent at 46,912.30 (close)New York – S&P 500: DOWN 1.1 percent at 6,720.32 (close)New York – Nasdaq Composite: DOWN 1.9 percent at 23,053.99 (close)London – FTSE 100: DOWN 0.4 percent at 9,735.78 (close)Paris – CAC 40: DOWN 1.4 percent at 7,964.77 (close)Frankfurt – DAX: DOWN 1.3 percent at 23,734.02 (close)Tokyo – Nikkei 225: UP 1.3 percent at 50,883.68 (close)Hong Kong – Hang Seng Index: UP 2.1 percent at 26,485.90 (close)Shanghai – Composite: UP 1.0 percent at 4,007.76 (close)Euro/dollar: UP at $1.1548 from $1.1492 on WednesdayPound/dollar: UP at $1.3135 from $1.3050Dollar/yen: DOWN at 153.04 yen from 154.12 yenEuro/pound: DOWN at 87.91 pence from 88.06 penceBrent North Sea Crude: DOWN 0.2 percent at $63.38 per barrelWest Texas Intermediate: DOWN 0.3 percent at $59.43 per barrelburs-jmb/des
LFI “passionnément antisémite”: Raphaël Enthoven relaxé du délit d’injure
Qualifier La France insoumise de “passionnément antisémite” n’excède pas les limites de la liberté d’expression et participe du “débat d’intérêt général”, a jugé jeudi le tribunal correctionnel de Paris, qui a relaxé le philosophe Raphaël Enthoven du délit d’injure et débouté le parti mélenchoniste.”La France insoumise est un mouvement détestable, violent, complotiste, passionnément antisémite”. Le 1er mai 2024, dans un message publié sur X, Raphaël Enthoven s’en était vigoureusement pris au parti de la gauche radicale, en réagissant à l’exfiltration d’un cortège à Saint-Etienne de Raphaël Glucksmann, sous des jets de peinture et de canettes.A cinq semaines des élections européennes, celui qui conduisait la liste Place publique-PS avait alors pointé “des énergumènes” appartenant à La France insoumise comme ses agresseurs, notamment aiguillé par le témoignage d’un militant local, drapeau LFI sur l’épaule, qui avait admis “avoir fait partie de ceux qui ont expulsé” le leader social-démocrate.LFI avait déposé plainte contre le tweet de Raphaël Enthoven en lui réclamant 10.000 euros de dommages et intérêts, relevant deux autres passages qu’elle considérait comme injurieux: “Ils sont tellement cons” et “On n’en peut plus, de ce club de déficients”.Le tribunal a débouté le parti de l’ensemble de ses demandes.Certes, ont noté les magistrats, les propos du philosophe ont “une portée outrageante” à l’égard de LFI et “comportent un caractère injurieux”, d’autant que Raphaël Enthoven jette “le discrédit sur ce mouvement dans son entier, de façon généralisante et essentialisante”.Mais ces messages litigieux s’inscrivent “dans le sillage” d’un “débat d’intérêt général majeur suscité” par ces violences survenues ce 1er mai 2024, “dans lequel une responsabilité dans ce climat de haine et de violence sur fond d’antisémitisme, comme l’a dénoncé Raphaël Glucksmann, a été imputée à La France insoumise”, a considéré le tribunal.Les juges ont encore considéré que ce débat prenait “également sa source dans tout un ensemble de polémiques récurrentes à propos de pratiques et de propos jugés violents, outranciers, complotistes et/ou antisémites de membres” de LFI.Dans un communiqué, diffusé sur X par le coordinateur du parti, Manuel Bompard, La France insoumise s’est dit “sidérée par une telle décision, qui revient à reconnaître un privilège de droit d’injure accordé à certains contre d’autres”.- “Juif Süss” -Lors de l’audience le 23 septembre, Raphaël Enthoven avait fait l’exégèse de chacun de ses mots, écrits “sous la colère”.Antisémites ? “Quand Jean-Luc Mélenchon présente le peuple juif comme déicide”, “j’estime qu’on est antisémite”, avait développé l’essayiste.Le triple candidat malheureux à la présidentielle avait expliqué en 2020 ne pas savoir “si Jésus était sur la croix, mais, paraît-il, ce sont ses propres compatriotes qui l’y ont mis”.Passionnément ? “Parce qu’ils sont convaincus de ne pas l’être”, “mais on peut être aisément antisémite à l’abri de la loi”, avait encore estimé Raphaël Enthoven, en développant l’idée d’un “antisémitisme d’atmosphère”. Illustré, selon lui, par David Guiraud, député LFI, lorsqu’il évoque les “dragons célestes”, ou par un visuel publié sur les réseaux sociaux par plusieurs personnalités Insoumises ciblant l’animateur Cyril Hanouna “sous les traits du juif Süss”.Jean-Luc Mélenchon avait encore qualifié le député PS Jérôme Guedj – dont il fut autrefois un proche – de “lâche de cette variété humaine que l’on connaît tous, les délateurs”, lui reprochant de “s’agiter autour du piquet où le retient la laisse de ses adhésions”. “Salopard antisémite”, lui avait répondu l’intéressé.”Ce sont donc toutes ces polémiques antérieures que le message (de Raphaël Enthoven) reprend à son compte, en s’inscrivant ce faisant dans le débat d’intérêt général”, a fait valoir le tribunal correctionnel, en considérant que les propos du philosophe “n’ont pas excédé les limites admissibles de la liberté d’expression”.”La France insoumise est un mouvement antisémite, passionnément antisémite. C’est même le premier parti antisémite de France. Et le dire est un élément du débat. Désormais, c’est ainsi, c’est une opinion. Ce n’est pas un délit”, a réagi Raphaël Enthoven après l’énoncé du jugement de relaxe.”Chaque citoyen a le droit de critiquer un parti politique comme il l’entend”, a ajouté son avocat, Me Richard Malka.L’avocat de LFI, Me Mathieu Davy, a dénoncé auprès de l’AFP une “décision scandaleuse” et indiqué “réfléchir très sérieusement à faire appel”, ce qui n’est possible, pour les parties civiles, que pour demander d’éventuels dommages et intérêts.”Il n’y a pas de justice pour vous, Insoumis!”, a tonné Jean-Luc Mélenchon jeudi soir, lors d’une conférence devant des militants. “Vous devez arrêter de croire que quand vous êtes insultés par le bras armé des puissants, vous avez des droits égaux à ceux des puissants”.Il a promis que le jugement serait envoyé aux plus de 500.000 militants du mouvement, soulignant que “tout est occasion d’éducation politique de masse”.