Vote de confiance, J-2: projecteurs braqués sur l’après-Bayrou

A J-2 du vote de confiance, les jeux semblent faits: François Bayrou a poursuivi samedi son marathon médiatique, sans avoir réussi jusqu’ici à trouver les arguments pour éviter une défaite, et tous les regards se tournent déjà sur les jours d’après.Omniprésent dans les médias depuis qu’il a annoncé le 25 août, à la surprise générale, qu’il se soumettrait à un vote de confiance, le Premier ministre était encore l’invité samedi soir de “C à vous” sur France 5.Pour y matraquer à nouveau son message sur l’urgence face au “surendettement” de la France, et de l’ampleur de l’effort budgétaire à consentir, qu’il a chiffré à 44 milliards d’euros pour 2026. “Je prends toutes les occasions pour faire face à cette fatalité”, a-t-il expliqué.Dimanche midi, il répondra au média en ligne Brut. Dernier entretien avant le moment de vérité: lundi, le Premier ministre centriste, allié historique d’Emmanuel Macron, engagera devant l’Assemblée nationale la responsabilité de son gouvernement. Et sauf énorme surprise, il devrait être emporté par la convergence des votes contre des oppositions quasi unanimes, de gauche et d’extrême droite. Il fait encore mine d’y croire, “peut être une naïveté de (sa) part”. Mais déjà, il entérine son départ forcé, après moins de neuf mois à Matignon. “Il faudra bien trouver quelqu’un d’autre de toute façon”, a-t-il reconnu, brossant volontiers le portrait de son successeur idéal: “Quelqu’un qui peut rassembler, qui peut faire venir autour de la table des gens de droite, du centre, de gauche et qui peut leur donner un cap suffisamment clair pour que le combat que nous avons mené (…) soit porté, poursuivi et si possible imposé”.Une personnalité capable aussi d’éviter un risque d’emballement des marchés financiers en cas d’impasse politique, sur fond de colère sociale, dès mercredi avec le mouvement “Bloquons tout”, suivi d’une mobilisation syndicale le 18 septembre.- Pas de “chèque en blanc” -Jusqu’ici, ce plaidoyer aux airs de chant du cygne n’a eu aucun effet sur la classe politique, qui pense déjà à l’après.Le sujet a largement occupé le congrès des Républicains, qui font leur rentrée ce week-end à Port-Marly, dans les Yvelines. Avec l’espoir d’afficher une image d’unité, après la cacophonie des derniers jours.Le chef des députés LR Laurent Wauquiez a en effet semé le trouble jeudi en assurant que son groupe, au nom de la stabilité, ne censurerait pas a priori un gouvernement mené par le Parti socialiste, poussant Bruno Retailleau, patron de la droite, à le corriger en prévenant qu’il ne donnerait pas de “chèque en blanc” aux socialistes.”Si la gauche est à Matignon, la droite sera dans l’opposition”, a affirmé samedi le secrétaire général du parti, Othman Nasrou.Le ministre de l’Intérieur, qui appelle ses troupes à voter la confiance, prononcera un discours dimanche.Quelques heures avant, la dirigeante du Rassemblement national Marine Le Pen fera sa rentrée politique dans son fief d’Hénin-Beaumont, dans le Pas-de-Calais. Elle devrait réitérer la demande d’une nouvelle dissolution au nom de l’extrême droite, qui dit pouvoir être en mesure de gouverner en cas de législatives anticipées. – “L’heure est au combat” -A défaut, l’extrême droite souhaite la démission d’Emmanuel Macron, réclamée avec insistance également par La France insoumise, à l’autre bout de l’échiquier politique.”Seule la présidentielle peut clarifier” la situation, a tonné Jean-Luc Mélenchon depuis la braderie de Lille, confirmant que les députés LFI s’apprêtent à déposer une nouvelle “motion de destitution” du chef de l’Etat.Hors de question pour le triple candidat à l’élection suprême d’envisager un autre scénario: “Nous ne sommes candidats à aucune autre place, sinon à la première pour tout changer”.Dès lundi soir, la balle sera donc dans le camp du chef de l’Etat, qui bat lui aussi des records d’impopularité. Pour l’instant, il a plaidé la “mobilisation” de son camp en faveur du Premier ministre, et prôné “responsabilité” et “stabilité”.En public, il a refusé d’évoquer l’après-Bayrou avant l’heure, mais dans le huis clos de l’Elysée, il a demandé aux chefs du camp gouvernemental de “travailler avec les socialistes”.Jusqu’à envisager de nommer leur chef Olivier Faure à Matignon, alors que le PS fait ouvertement acte de candidature ? Les spéculations vont bon train, mais peu, dans l’entourage du président, imaginent ce scénario.”Il va avoir besoin d’un petit peu de rapport de force (…) pour comprendre” que “le prochain gouvernement sera de gauche et écologiste ou ne sera pas”, a néanmoins affirmé la patronne des Verts, Marine Tondelier.Depuis la Corrèze, François Hollande a, pour sa part, assuré qu’il ne convoitait pas Matignon, relevant que “le grand rendez-vous sera 2027”.fff-gbh-kau-jed/sde/dro

Indie favorite Jarmusch beats out Gaza war film for Venice top prize

A gentle study of dysfunctional families by veteran American director Jim Jarmusch clinched top prize at the Venice Film Festival Saturday, while a harrowing docu-drama about the Gaza war took second.Jarmusch’s “Father Mother Sister Brother” starring Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver and Tom Waits, drew mostly positive reviews for its humourous portrayal of awkwardness and guilt.The “Broken Flowers” director, who wrote the script for three family get-togethers in upstate New York, Dublin and Paris, had called it “a kind of anti-action film”.”Thank you for appreciating our quiet film,” he said during his acceptance speech.  In a move that might disappoint campaigners against the Gaza war, the Venice jury under American director Alexander Payne did not reward “The Voice of Hind Rajab” with the Golden Lion.Instead, the film about a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli troops last year, which reduced many festival viewers to tears, was given the grand jury second prize.Director Kaouther Ben Hania produced a dramatised re-telling of Hind Rajab Hamada’s ordeal after she was trapped in a car that came under fire while she and her relatives were fleeing Gaza City.It was the most talked about movie on the Venice Lido and tipped by many as the likely winner after a 23-minute standing ovation at its premiere on Wednesday.Hind Rajab’s story “is not hers alone”, Ben Hania said as she accepted her award.”It is tragically the story of an entire people enduring genocide, inflicted by a criminal Israeli regime that acts with impunity,” she added. Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix as well as Oscar-winning directors Jonathan Glazer (“The Zone of Interest”) and Mexico’s Alfonso Cuaron (“Roma”) joined the film as executive producers after editing had been completed.Jarmusch signalled his opposition to Israel’s continued siege and bombardment of Gaza by wearing a badge saying “Enough” on the red carpet for the Venice awards ceremony. – Best actors -Elsewhere on Saturday, China’s Xin Zhilei won the best actress award for her role in “The Sun Rises on Us All” directed by Cai Shangjun. The 39-year-old actress plays a woman trying to make amends with her former lover, who served time in prison for a crime she had committed. Italy’s Toni Servillo won the best actor award after wowing audiences in Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grazia”, playing a principled politician facing a moral dilemma. The veteran film and stage actor portrayed an Italian president at the end of his career wrestling with whether or not to sign a bill to legalise euthanasia. Big-budget productions such as Netflix’s “Frankenstein” by Guillermo del Toro and “Jay Kelly” by Noah Baumbach as well as Yorgos Lanthimos’s “Bugonia” with Emma Stone went home empty-handed.In the secondary “Orizzonti” (“Horizons”) section of the festival, gay Mexican truck driver drama “En el Camino” by David Pablos scooped top prize.”Father Mother Sister Brother” is the first Jarmusch film to compete at Venice. The American had previously opted to showcase his productions at rival festival Cannes.Film bible Variety said his film had his “trademark wry humor but also new notes of mellow, generous wisdom”.Screen called it a “tender family triptych”.- Major platform – Critics were broadly positive about the line-up of films in Venice this year. The festival is an important launch platform for big-budget international productions and arthouse films.Several previous winners of the prestigious Golden Lion have gone on to Oscar glory, such as “Nomadland” and “Joker”.”The Smashing Machine” by American director Benny Safdie, a touching film about late 1990s mixed martial-arts (MMA) pioneer Mark Kerr, picked up the third-place directing prize on Saturday.The Hollywood Reporter called the film starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson a “compellingly gritty and offbeat biopic”, while Johnson was even tipped by some for a best actor award.”Sotto le Nuvole” (Below the Clouds), a sumptuous documentary about Naples by acclaimed Italian documentary maker Gianfranco Rosi, won a special jury prize.The Gaza conflict has been a major talking point throughout this year’s festival and many prize winners mentioned the war while on stage on Saturday night.  An open letter calling on festival organisers to denounce the Israeli government over its offensive in Gaza has been signed by around 2,000 cinema insiders, according to the organisers.

Indie favorite Jarmusch beats out Gaza war film for Venice top prize

A gentle study of dysfunctional families by veteran American director Jim Jarmusch clinched top prize at the Venice Film Festival Saturday, while a harrowing docu-drama about the Gaza war took second.Jarmusch’s “Father Mother Sister Brother” starring Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver and Tom Waits, drew mostly positive reviews for its humourous portrayal of awkwardness and guilt.The “Broken Flowers” director, who wrote the script for three family get-togethers in upstate New York, Dublin and Paris, had called it “a kind of anti-action film”.”Thank you for appreciating our quiet film,” he said during his acceptance speech.  In a move that might disappoint campaigners against the Gaza war, the Venice jury under American director Alexander Payne did not reward “The Voice of Hind Rajab” with the Golden Lion.Instead, the film about a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli troops last year, which reduced many festival viewers to tears, was given the grand jury second prize.Director Kaouther Ben Hania produced a dramatised re-telling of Hind Rajab Hamada’s ordeal after she was trapped in a car that came under fire while she and her relatives were fleeing Gaza City.It was the most talked about movie on the Venice Lido and tipped by many as the likely winner after a 23-minute standing ovation at its premiere on Wednesday.Hind Rajab’s story “is not hers alone”, Ben Hania said as she accepted her award.”It is tragically the story of an entire people enduring genocide, inflicted by a criminal Israeli regime that acts with impunity,” she added. Brad Pitt, Joaquin Phoenix as well as Oscar-winning directors Jonathan Glazer (“The Zone of Interest”) and Mexico’s Alfonso Cuaron (“Roma”) joined the film as executive producers after editing had been completed.Jarmusch signalled his opposition to Israel’s continued siege and bombardment of Gaza by wearing a badge saying “Enough” on the red carpet for the Venice awards ceremony. – Best actors -Elsewhere on Saturday, China’s Xin Zhilei won the best actress award for her role in “The Sun Rises on Us All” directed by Cai Shangjun. The 39-year-old actress plays a woman trying to make amends with her former lover, who served time in prison for a crime she had committed. Italy’s Toni Servillo won the best actor award after wowing audiences in Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grazia”, playing a principled politician facing a moral dilemma. The veteran film and stage actor portrayed an Italian president at the end of his career wrestling with whether or not to sign a bill to legalise euthanasia. Big-budget productions such as Netflix’s “Frankenstein” by Guillermo del Toro and “Jay Kelly” by Noah Baumbach as well as Yorgos Lanthimos’s “Bugonia” with Emma Stone went home empty-handed.In the secondary “Orizzonti” (“Horizons”) section of the festival, gay Mexican truck driver drama “En el Camino” by David Pablos scooped top prize.”Father Mother Sister Brother” is the first Jarmusch film to compete at Venice. The American had previously opted to showcase his productions at rival festival Cannes.Film bible Variety said his film had his “trademark wry humor but also new notes of mellow, generous wisdom”.Screen called it a “tender family triptych”.- Major platform – Critics were broadly positive about the line-up of films in Venice this year. The festival is an important launch platform for big-budget international productions and arthouse films.Several previous winners of the prestigious Golden Lion have gone on to Oscar glory, such as “Nomadland” and “Joker”.”The Smashing Machine” by American director Benny Safdie, a touching film about late 1990s mixed martial-arts (MMA) pioneer Mark Kerr, picked up the third-place directing prize on Saturday.The Hollywood Reporter called the film starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson a “compellingly gritty and offbeat biopic”, while Johnson was even tipped by some for a best actor award.”Sotto le Nuvole” (Below the Clouds), a sumptuous documentary about Naples by acclaimed Italian documentary maker Gianfranco Rosi, won a special jury prize.The Gaza conflict has been a major talking point throughout this year’s festival and many prize winners mentioned the war while on stage on Saturday night.  An open letter calling on festival organisers to denounce the Israeli government over its offensive in Gaza has been signed by around 2,000 cinema insiders, according to the organisers.

Jihadists kill 63 in attack on Nigerian townSat, 06 Sep 2025 18:52:10 GMT

Jihadists killed at least 63 people in northeastern Nigeria while storming a town whose residents had been returned from a displacement camp, the state governor said.The Friday night assault struck the town of Darul Jamal, which hosts a military base on the Nigeria-Cameroon border in a zone ravaged by jihadist attacks.Babagana Zulum, governor of the …

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