Lecornu, reconduit par Macron, dans une course contre la montre pour former un gouvernement

De nouveau sous la menace de censure après sa reconduction très critiquée, Sébastien Lecornu doit constituer, dans un délai ultra-court, son nouveau gouvernement afin de pouvoir présenter un projet de budget lundi.Emmanuel Macron a annoncé peu après 22H00 vendredi la reconduction à Matignon de Sébastien Lecornu, à l’issue d’une folle semaine entamée par sa démission et celle de son premier gouvernement, qui n’aura survécu que 14 heures.Nouvel essai, donc: le Président lui donne “carte blanche” pour proposer une nouvelle équipe gouvernementale et mener “les négociations” avec les partis politiques.Dans la foulée, le Premier ministre démissionnaire a dit accepter la mission “par devoir”, et devrait s’atteler dès samedi à la formation de son équipe.Entre les menaces de censure des oppositions et un socle commun largement mis à mal, sa tâche s’annonce éminemment difficile. Avec d’abord une première question urgente: qui asseoir à la table du Conseil des ministres lundi pour la présentation du projet de budget 2026, dont l’examen au Parlement doit démarrer au plus vite ? Le temps presse pour pouvoir laisser au Parlement les 70 jours requis par la Constitution pour l’examiner avant le 31 décembre. Sébastien Lecornu a prévenu que le futur gouvernement “devra incarner le renouvellement et la diversité des compétences”, demandant aux prochains ministres de “s’engager à se déconnecter des ambitions présidentielles pour 2027”.Ce qui semble exclure a priori plusieurs poids lourds de son ancien gouvernement, comme le garde des Sceaux Gérald Darmanin, mais surtout le ministre de l’Intérieur Bruno Retailleau, détonateur de la chute de Lecornu I. La gauche n’y participera pas. Mais qui au sein du socle commun, qui a implosé au cours de cette séquence politique, en sera ? Les Républicains, doivent décider dans la matinée de leur participation. Les députés de son groupe lui ont toutefois déjà apporté leur soutien.Autre formation, le parti Horizons d’Edouard Philippe, qui envisage un soutien sans participation au gouvernement si celui-ci touche au “coeur” de la réforme des retraites de 2023.Or, le Premier ministre a promis que “tous les dossiers évoqués” pendant ses consultations avec les partis seraient “ouverts au débat parlementaire”. – “Une honte démocratique” -Mais pris en étau entre la gauche et l’aile droite de sa coalition, Sébastien Lecornu devrait faire preuve de doigté pour rouvrir la réforme de 2023 d’Élisabeth Borne.Pour se prononcer, le Parti socialiste attend la déclaration de politique générale du Premier ministre prévue la semaine prochaine. La date exacte n’est pas encore connue.Mais il a prévenu: sans confirmation “de l’abandon du 49-3, des mesures pour protéger et renforcer le pouvoir d’achat des français et une suspension immédiate et complète de la réforme des retraites, nous le censurerons”.Le reste des formations politiques d’opposition de gauche n’ont pas attendu longtemps. Dès l’annonce de la reconduction, La France insoumise, le Parti communiste français et les Ecologistes ont immédiatement promis de censurer. Tout comme le Rassemblement national.”Un nouveau bras d’honneur aux Français d’un irresponsable ivre de son pouvoir. La France et son peuple sont humiliés”, a écrit le coordinateur de LFI Manuel Bompard sur X, en précisant que la formation de gauche radicale déposerait “une nouvelle motion de destitution du président de la République” et censurerait “immédiatement” le prochain gouvernement.”Nous proposons dès ce soir aux parlementaires de la gauche de l’hémicycle de signer une motion de censure immédiate et une nouvelle motion de destitution du Président de la République”, a précisé le groupe insoumis à l’Assemblée nationale.Même son de cloche à l’autre bout du spectre politique, où le président du Rassemblement national Jordan Bardella a déclaré que son parti “censurera bien sûr immédiatement cet attelage sans aucun avenir”, en dénonçant “une mauvaise plaisanterie, une honte démocratique et une humiliation pour les Français”. Position également adoptée par l’allié du RN, Eric Ciotti.

Quintessentially American, drive-in theaters are going dark

Film buffs sit snugly in cars watching a drive-in movie, munching popcorn on a lovely recent fall night.Michelle Hutson, 52, has been coming to the Family Drive-In since childhood, enjoying what is now a dying form of quintessentially American entertainment.With a sigh, she notes she might soon see the last picture show as the nearly 70-year-old outdoor theater — one of the few remaining drive-ins in the Washington area — is on its way out, too.”I’m about to be a grandma again for the second time. And it’s heartbreaking to know that she may not be able to experience that,” Hutson said.The owners of the land under the Family Drive-In announced a few months ago they want to sell it, asking $1.5 million, said theater owner Andrew Thomas.If he bought the land at that price, it would mean a mortgage payment three times what he pays now in rent, Thomas told AFP.”It’s just not feasible for the business.”He launched a crowd-funding drive last month to save the theater and so far has raised around $30,000.”It’s overwhelming, in such a good way, that people care that much. Even in times of economic uncertainty, it means that this is a thing for them that’s worth saving, and I agree with them,” he said.”We have an opportunity to preserve a piece of history,” said the 40-year-old.- Attendance down -Drive-in theaters are a throwback to another era in a country where cars are king. In their heyday in the 1950s there were more than 4,000 in America — but now only 300 or so remain, said Gary Rhodes, a movie historian.They have died off because more people watch television at home and urban development has made the land needed for a drive-in theater very expensive, Rhodes said.Drive-ins enjoyed a spike in popularity during the Covid pandemic, as people avoided crowded places like indoor movie theaters, but now “attendance is still going down,” Rhodes said.”I would say the majority of the drive-ins that are left in the world are there because the owner keeps it there. It’s for the love of the business that they’re there,” said D. Edward Vogel, co-owner of a drive-in and vice president of the United Drive-In Theatre Owners Association.”Unfortunately, we are reaching a point where a lot of them want to retire,” he said.Because of TV streaming platforms and other factors, he said, “in my take of things, it’s going to be a very rough road to hoe now.”To try to keep drive-in theaters alive, his association created a web site that seeks to match drive-in owners who want out with potential buyers who want in.  “We’ve been inspired by some brand new owners that understood the risk and came up to the challenge, and are determined to maintain a drive-in theater business,” said Vogel.”That’s really what’s breathing faith into the fact that this can continue.”Mike White and Melissa Sims are examples of these new entrepreneurs. They invested $500,000 to open a brand new drive-in in Louisiana and it is scheduled to open this autumn.They have had to postpone the big day several times because of delays getting permits and other problems.”We quizzed a lot of people before we started, and 99 percent of the people that we talked to said sure, they’d be glad to go,” White said.”For me, drive-ins represent a time that my family was was brought together and was doing things together,” said Sims.”That’s what it would bring back to this community.”

Exhibit on Monet’s prolific Venice visit debuts at Brooklyn Museum

Claude Monet did not want to travel to Venice in 1908 — at the time, he was 68 and working on his famed water lilies paintings, and only reluctantly agreed to accompany his wife Alice Hoschede.But his time spent there became one of his most prolific, resulting in 37 paintings, many of which are being put on display at an exhibit opening Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum in New York.”He fell in love with the city, and he had a wonderful time there with Alice,” the exhibit’s co-curator Lisa Small told AFP.”They wanted to come back, but Alice became ill and died sadly” in 1911, Small explained. “So he finished these paintings at Giverny in a state of sadness and mourning.”The exhibit, which runs until February 2026, retraces the couple’s journey to Venice through masterpieces the French painter created in the city and their archives, including postcards and photos.Nineteen paintings have been compiled for the exhibit, including “The Palazzo Ducale” and “The Grand Canal, Venice.” Many showcase — in the Impressionist master’s iconic style — architecturally stunning buildings from various distances at different times of days, always highlighting water and their reflections.Venice itself is the second protagonist of the exhibit, which also features works on the city by Canaletto (1697-1768), J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), and John Singer Sargent (1856-1925).The highlight of “Monet and Venice” is a room showcasing the French master’s paintings accompanied by music, with a symphony created for the occasion by the museum’s composer-in-residence, Niles Luther.The piece is a nod to art critics who, “especially toward the end of his career, would talk about his work in musical terms, through a musical lens,” said Small.”They would talk about the symphony of colors, the harmony of the brushstrokes, the brushstrokes being like an orchestra,” she said.”So we felt that there was a really meaningful connection between having music, a contemporary classical composer give his interpretation of that, in with the paintings.”

Trump, oldest elected US president, in ‘excellent’ health: doctor

Donald Trump is in “excellent overall health,” his physician said Friday after the 79-year-old — the oldest elected president in US history — underwent his second medical checkup of the year.Trump saw physicians at Walter Reed military hospital on the outskirts of the capital Washington earlier in the day.He gave reporters the thumbs-up on his return to the White House when they asked how the checkup had gone.”President Trump continues to demonstrate excellent overall health,” his doctor, Navy Captain Sean Barbabella, wrote in a letter released by the White House. “His cardiac age — a validated measure of cardiovascular vitality via ECG — was found to be approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age. He continues to maintain a demanding daily schedule without restriction.”A battery of routine tests was conducted, and Trump received an updated Covid booster shot and his annual flu shot, Barbabella said.The checkup comes three months after the White House announced that Trump had been diagnosed with a vein condition following speculation about frequent bruising on his hand and his swollen legs.The White House had said earlier this week that Friday’s checkup would be an “annual” one — despite the fact that Trump had already undergone one of those in April.Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday that he was “going to do a sort of semi-annual physical.””I’m in great shape, but I’ll let you know. But no, I have no difficulty thus far… Physically, I feel very good. Mentally, I feel very good.”The Republican billionaire then embarked on one of his trademark tirades comparing his health with that of former presidents, particularly his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden.Trump said that during his last checkup, “I also did a cognitive exam which is always very risky, because if I didn’t do well, you’d be the first to be blaring it, and I had a perfect score.”Trump then added: “Did Obama do it? No. Did Bush do it? No. Did Biden do it? I definitely did. Biden wouldn’t have gotten the first three questions right.”- Bruised hand -Trump has repeatedly been accused of a lack of transparency about his health despite huge interest in the well-being of the US commander-in-chief.In September, he dismissed social media rumors swirling about his health — including false posts that he had died.In July, the White House said Trump was diagnosed with a chronic but benign vein condition — chronic venous insufficiency — following speculation about his bruised hand and swollen legs.The hand issue, it said, was linked to the aspirin he takes as part of a “standard” cardiovascular health program.Trump is regularly seen at public events with heavy makeup on the back of his right hand to conceal the bruising.At his last checkup, the White House said Trump was in good health, saying he had a “normal cardiac structure and function, no signs of heart failure, renal impairment or systemic illness.”

Israeli settlements close in on West Bank herding community

In the occupied West Bank’s Jordan Valley, Naef Jahaleen fears for the future as Israeli settlers come for the land home to one of the area’s last Bedouin herding communities.Life was good before in Ras Ein Al-Auja, the Bedouin herder says, but settlement outposts have grown one after the other over the past two years.Settlers’ trailers have gradually given way to houses with foundations, some built just 100 metres (109 yards) from Bedouin homes.In May, settlers diverted the village’s most precious resource — the spring after which it is named.But for the community of 130 families, the worst issue is the constant need to stand guard to avoid settlers cutting power and irrigation pipes, or bringing their own herds to graze near people’s houses.”The settlers provoke people at night, walking around the houses, disturbing the residents, making people anxious, scaring the children and the elderly,” 49-year-old Jahaleen said, adding that calling the Israeli police in the area rarely yielded results.”There’s no real protection,” he said.”A settler could come to your house — you call the police, and they don’t come. The army doesn’t come. No one helps,” Jahaleen told AFP after a meeting with other villagers trying to coordinate their response.- Land grabs -Most Palestinian Bedouins are herders, which leaves them particularly exposed to violence when Israeli settlers bring herds that compete for grazing land.It is a strategy that settlement watchdog organisations call “pastoral colonialism”.”They have started to bring in Jewish colonisers and give them some small herd or a few sheep or cows and take over a specific area. From there, this armed coloniser starts to herd,” Younes Ara, of the Palestinian Authority’s Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, told AFP.Settlements have expanded since Israel occupied the West Bank in 1967, with more than 500,000 settlers living in the Palestinian territory, excluding Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem. Some three million Palestinians live in the territory.Jahaleen said Israeli herding, combined with repeated harassment, aimed to make Palestinians leave an area.”You never know when or how they’ll harass you. The goal is to make you leave,” Jahaleen said as he stood guard near his home one night, occasionally flashing a powerful torch up a gully near where young settlers had been bringing supplies.That night, Jahaleen was joined on his watch by Doron Meinrath, a former army officer who sometimes leads volunteers for an Israeli organisation called Looking the Occupation in the Eye.Several foreign and Israeli activists help Jahaleen by standing watch, documenting settlers’ moves, calling the Israeli police or army, and trying to deter violence with their presence, taking turns for eight-hour shifts day and night.”Let’s go after them,” Meinrath said as he saw a car drive down a hill on an illegal road finished last winter that connects the nascent Israeli outpost to a formal settlement.All Israeli settlements in the West Bank are deemed illegal by the United Nations under international law.Once caught up with the young man’s Toyota — which was missing a headlight and had a cracked windscreen — Meinrath marked down the number plate and reported it to the police as a vehicle unsafe for the road.His aim was to get the vehicle impounded, in a bid to slow further land grabs.- Changing times -Even with the inexorable growth of settler outposts, Meinrath said he felt organisations such as his posed “a problem” for the settler movement.Although he had always been left-wing, Meinrath said his opinions fortified as he saw Israel change and the settlement movement become stronger politically.Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and other members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet openly call for the West Bank’s annexation, and more specifically that of the Jordan Valley.Abu Taleb, a 75-year-old herder from Ras Ein Al-Auja, said he saw the land he was born on change, too.Nestled between rocky hills to the west and the flat Jordan Valley that climbs up the Jordanian plateau to the east, his community used to be self-sufficient.But since settlers cut off access to the spring, he and his sons must pay to refill the water tank they need to quench their sheep’s thirst every three days.After another settlement outpost sprang up a stone’s throw from his home, Taleb must now also bring his sheep into their pen when settlers arrive with their own herd, for fear of violence.”My life as a child was good. But now, their lives are not good,” he said, pointing to three of his grandchildren milling around under the shade of a lonely acacia tree.”They grew up in a bad life. These kids are afraid of the settlers everywhere.”

Major win for Trump on Gaza, but will it stand test of time?

US President Donald Trump has undeniably scored a diplomatic victory by helping to broker a truce for Gaza, but the path to the lasting peace he says he wants for the Middle East is littered with obstacles.And it remains to be seen whether the 79-year-old Trump — who is not exactly known for his attention to the fine print — will devote the same level of energy to the conflict over the long term, once his victory lap in the region is over next week.”Any agreement between Israelis and Palestinians, but especially one indirectly brokered between Israel and Hamas is an extraordinary achievement,” Aaron David Miller, who worked for multiple US administrations of both parties, told AFP.”Trump decided to do something that no American president… of either party has ever done, which is to pressure and squeeze an Israeli prime minister on an issue that that prime minister considered vital to his politics,” said Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.But Miller, who has participated in Middle East peace talks over the years, warned of the “universe of complexity and detail” that remains to be hashed out with respect to the implementation of phase two of the deal.The Israeli army said its troops had ceased fire at 0900 GMT Friday in the Gaza Strip, in anticipation of the release of all Israeli hostages, dead and alive, in the subsequent 72 hours, in compliance with the deal it reached with Palestinian armed group Hamas.Trump has said he expects to head to the Middle East on Sunday, with stops in Egypt, where the talks took place, and Israel. – Art of the deal? -Given that every US president over the past 20 years has been unsuccessful in resolving crises between Israel and the Palestinians, Trump’s accomplishment is already remarkable.But the Republican billionaire president has broader aspirations — to revive the Abraham Accords reached during his first White House term, under which the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco offered Israel diplomatic recognition.Trump has brought his son-in-law Jared Kushner, one of the architects of those accords, back into the administration to work with special envoy Steve Witkoff on the Gaza negotiations.Officials and foreign policy observers agree that Trump deftly used a mix of carrot and stick — publicly and privately, and especially with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — to get the deal done.He also leveraged his strong ties with Arab and Muslim leaders including Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan. For Miller, Trump clearly played a “decisive” role.But while the agreement’s first phase appears to be on track, much remains undefined, including how — and if — Hamas will agree to disarm after two years of devastating conflict in the Palestinian territory, following its October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.”A ceasefire is not yet a lasting peace,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Thursday, after meeting with European and Arab ministers on how to help the Palestinians in the post-conflict period.Steven Cook, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, wrote: “Whether this leads to an end to the war remains an open question.”- Huge challenges -Cook says the challenge now is to fully implement Trump’s 20-point plan, which calls for Hamas to surrender its weapons, the creation of an international stabilization force and new governing structures for Gaza that will not include the Palestinian militant group.Trump insisted Thursday that “there will be disarming” by Hamas and “pullbacks” by Israeli forces. Then on Friday, he added: “I think there is consensus on most of it, and some of the details, like anything else, will be worked out.”But his administration will need to work hard to finalize the deal, and ensure that Arab countries in the region are invested in helping rebuild a devastated Gaza.A team of 200 US military personnel will “oversee” the Gaza truce, senior US officials said Thursday. Miller said there are “operational” holes in the plan as it stands, including “no detailed planning for either how to decommission and/or demilitarize Gaza, even if you had Hamas’s assent, which you don’t.”The plan also calls for the creation of a so-called “Board of Peace,” a transitional body to be chaired by Trump himself — a proposal Hamas rejected on Thursday.”Despite coming to office eager to shed America’s Middle East commitments, Trump just took on a huge one: responsibility for a peace plan that will forever bear his name,” wrote Robert Satloff, executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Major win for Trump on Gaza, but will it stand test of time?

US President Donald Trump has undeniably scored a diplomatic victory by helping to broker a truce for Gaza, but the path to the lasting peace he says he wants for the Middle East is littered with obstacles.And it remains to be seen whether the 79-year-old Trump — who is not exactly known for his attention to the fine print — will devote the same level of energy to the conflict over the long term, once his victory lap in the region is over next week.”Any agreement between Israelis and Palestinians, but especially one indirectly brokered between Israel and Hamas is an extraordinary achievement,” Aaron David Miller, who worked for multiple US administrations of both parties, told AFP.”Trump decided to do something that no American president… of either party has ever done, which is to pressure and squeeze an Israeli prime minister on an issue that that prime minister considered vital to his politics,” said Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.But Miller, who has participated in Middle East peace talks over the years, warned of the “universe of complexity and detail” that remains to be hashed out with respect to the implementation of phase two of the deal.The Israeli army said its troops had ceased fire at 0900 GMT Friday in the Gaza Strip, in anticipation of the release of all Israeli hostages, dead and alive, in the subsequent 72 hours, in compliance with the deal it reached with Palestinian armed group Hamas.Trump has said he expects to head to the Middle East on Sunday, with stops in Egypt, where the talks took place, and Israel. – Art of the deal? -Given that every US president over the past 20 years has been unsuccessful in resolving crises between Israel and the Palestinians, Trump’s accomplishment is already remarkable.But the Republican billionaire president has broader aspirations — to revive the Abraham Accords reached during his first White House term, under which the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco offered Israel diplomatic recognition.Trump has brought his son-in-law Jared Kushner, one of the architects of those accords, back into the administration to work with special envoy Steve Witkoff on the Gaza negotiations.Officials and foreign policy observers agree that Trump deftly used a mix of carrot and stick — publicly and privately, and especially with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — to get the deal done.He also leveraged his strong ties with Arab and Muslim leaders including Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan. For Miller, Trump clearly played a “decisive” role.But while the agreement’s first phase appears to be on track, much remains undefined, including how — and if — Hamas will agree to disarm after two years of devastating conflict in the Palestinian territory, following its October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.”A ceasefire is not yet a lasting peace,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Thursday, after meeting with European and Arab ministers on how to help the Palestinians in the post-conflict period.Steven Cook, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, wrote: “Whether this leads to an end to the war remains an open question.”- Huge challenges -Cook says the challenge now is to fully implement Trump’s 20-point plan, which calls for Hamas to surrender its weapons, the creation of an international stabilization force and new governing structures for Gaza that will not include the Palestinian militant group.Trump insisted Thursday that “there will be disarming” by Hamas and “pullbacks” by Israeli forces. Then on Friday, he added: “I think there is consensus on most of it, and some of the details, like anything else, will be worked out.”But his administration will need to work hard to finalize the deal, and ensure that Arab countries in the region are invested in helping rebuild a devastated Gaza.A team of 200 US military personnel will “oversee” the Gaza truce, senior US officials said Thursday. Miller said there are “operational” holes in the plan as it stands, including “no detailed planning for either how to decommission and/or demilitarize Gaza, even if you had Hamas’s assent, which you don’t.”The plan also calls for the creation of a so-called “Board of Peace,” a transitional body to be chaired by Trump himself — a proposal Hamas rejected on Thursday.”Despite coming to office eager to shed America’s Middle East commitments, Trump just took on a huge one: responsibility for a peace plan that will forever bear his name,” wrote Robert Satloff, executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Pérou: Dina Boluarte exclut de demander l’asile après sa destitution expresse

L’ancienne présidente péruvienne Dina Boluarte, destituée vendredi par le Parlement lors d’une procédure expresse, a écarté toute intention de chercher l’asile, alors que le parquet a relancé des enquêtes la visant.C’est désormais le président du Parlement José Jeri, 38 ans, qui assume la présidence du pays andin après la destitution de Dina Boluarte pour “incapacité morale permanente” à exercer ses fonctions, sur fond de crise sécuritaire dans le pays. L’ancienne dirigeante de 63 ans est apparue en fin de journée devant son domicile, dans le sud de Lima, pour démentir les rumeurs relayées par la presse selon lesquelles elle chercherait à se réfugier à l’étranger. “Les médias ont affirmé (…) que j’avais cherché à obtenir l’asile. Rien de tout cela n’est vrai”, a-t-elle déclaré devant des journalistes.À peine a-t-elle perdu son immunité, que le parquet a relancé deux enquêtes la visant: l’une pour blanchiment d’argent lors de la campagne électorale de 2021, lorsqu’elle était candidate à la vice-présidence aux côtés de l’ancien président Pedro Castillo. L’autre est liées à des chirurgies esthétiques auxquelles elle aurait eu recours pendant son mandat.Le parquet a demandé à la justice de lui interdire de quitter le pays le temps de finaliser ces enquêtes. Le Pouvoir judiciaire a annoncé dans un communiqué la tenue d’une audience le 15 octobre pour examiner une demande d’interdiction de sortie du territoire pendant une durée de 36 mois visant l’ex-présidente.”Je ne suis responsable d’aucune” de ces affaires, a affirmé Dina Boluarte. “Je suis sereine, je suis chez moi et je resterai dans le pays”, a-t-elle insisté.Son mandat a été marqué par plusieurs scandales, dont le Rolexgate, portant sur des montres et bijoux de luxe qu’elle n’aurait pas déclarés, ainsi qu’une rhinoplastie pratiquée en secret en 2023, qu’elle aurait dû signaler au Parlement conformément à la loi.- “principal ennemi” -Le Pérou compte plusieurs anciens présidents derrière les barreaux: Alejandro Toledo (2001‑2006) et Ollanta Humala (2011-2016) purgent des peines pour corruption, tandis que Pedro Castillo (2021-2022) est détenu dans l’attente de son procès pour tentative de coup d’État.Dina Boluarte était arrivée au pouvoir après la destitution de ce dernier, dans un contexte de manifestations violemment réprimées qui ont fait au moins 50 morts. Les principales forces politiques du Parlement ont présenté jeudi plusieurs motions de destitution contre elle. Sa destitution a été approuvée à la majorité, et dans la foulée, José Jeri a prêté serment, conformément à la Constitution.Député du parti de centre-droit Somos Perú depuis 2021, José Jeri avait été élu en juillet président du Parlement. Il assumera ses nouvelles fonctions jusqu’au 26 juillet 2026. Le Pérou organise des élections générales en avril.éclairDans son premier discours, il a promis de “déclarer la guerre” au crime organisé, qu’il a qualifié de “principal ennemi du pays”.Dina Boluarte avait déjà fait l’objet de plusieurs tentatives de destitution, sans succès jusqu’à présent. Cette fois, la procédure a été à son terme, les partis de droite et d’extrême droite qui la soutenaient l’ayant lâchée.Son impopularité était record. Elle a terminé son mandat avec 96% de désapprobation, selon l’institut de sondage Ipsos.Ces dernières semaines, les manifestations contre le gouvernement s’étaient multipliées sur fond de vague d’extorsions et de meurtres attribués au crime organisé. Le dernier épisode est survenu mercredi soir, lorsque qu’un groupe de musique a été pris pour cible de tirs lors d’un concert dans la capitale, faisant cinq blessés, dont quatre musiciens.

White House says ‘substantial’ shutdown layoffs have begun

The White House said Friday it had begun mass layoffs of federal workers as President Donald Trump sought to amp up pressure on opposition Democrats to end a government shutdown that has crippled public services.With the crisis set to go into a third week and no off-ramp in sight, Trump’s budget chief Russ Vought announced on social media that the administration was following through on threats to fire some of the 750,000 public servants placed on enforced leave.The Office of Management and Budget, headed by Vought, told AFP the layoffs would be “substantial,” but gave no precise numbers or details of which departments would be most affected.A court filing Friday said the government has fired more than 4,000 federal workers, including more than 1,000 each at the Treasury Department and Department of Health and Human Services. Trump reiterated his pledge to use the cutbacks as a way to inflict pain on Democrats, telling reporters the number of people fired would be “a lot and it’ll be Democrat-oriented because we figure they started this thing.”Democratic leaders in Congress have dismissed the threats as an attempt at intimidation and say mass firings would not stand up in court.”Russell Vought just fired thousands of Americans with a tweet,” the party’s leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, said in a statement berating the White House for wreaking “deliberate chaos.””Let’s be blunt: nobody’s forcing Trump and Vought to do this. They don’t have to do it; they want to,” he fumed.Unions representing 800,000 government employees asked a federal judge in San Francisco for an emergency order to halt the firings, ahead of a hearing set for October 16 on their legality.A US Treasury spokesperson told AFP the department had begun sending out notices of layoffs while the Health and Human Services Department said it had started firing nonessential workers “as a direct consequence of the Democrat-led government shutdown.”Other departments firing people included the Department of Education, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security and Department of Energy, according to the court filing.- ‘Tired of the chaos’ -Public servants who hang onto their jobs still face the misery of going without pay while the crisis remains unresolved, with the standoff expected to drag on until at least the middle of next week.Adding to the pain, 1.3 million active-duty military personnel are set to miss their pay due next Wednesday — something that has not happened in any of the funding shutdowns through modern history.”We’re not in a good mood here in the Capitol — it’s a somber day,” Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said at a news conference marking the 10th day of the shutdown.Nonessential government work stopped after the September 30 funding deadline, with Senate Democrats repeatedly blocking a Republican resolution to reopen federal agencies.The sticking point has been a refusal by Republicans to include language in the bill to address expiring subsidies that make health insurance affordable for 24 million Americans.With a prolonged shutdown looking more likely each day, members of Congress have been looking to Trump to step in and break the deadlock.But the president has been largely tuned out, with his focus on the Gaza ceasefire deal and sending federal troops to bolster his mass deportation drive in Democratic-led cities such as Chicago and Portland.The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) meanwhile announced it had rescheduled publication of key inflation data due next week to October 24, with the shutdown logjamming government data releases.The consumer price index data is being published to allow the Social Security Administration to “ensure the accurate and timely payment of benefits,” it said.