Talks between Damascus, Kurdish-led forces ‘collapse’: Kurdish official to AFP

Negotiations have collapsed between the Syrian president and the chief of the country’s Kurdish-led forces, a Kurdish official told AFP, as the army deployed reinforcements to flashpoint areas in the north.President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Mazloum Abdi, who heads the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), were meeting to discuss a ceasefire agreement that included integrating the Kurds’ administration into the state.The agreement had marked a blow for the Kurds’ long-held ambitions of preserving the de facto autonomy they had exercised in swathes of northern Syria for over a decade.It came after rapid army gains in Kurdish-controlled territory, with Sharaa refusing to concede on a push for decentralisation even while pledging to protect the minority’s rights.”The negotiations held yesterday in Damascus between General Mazloum and Mr Al‑Sharaa have collapsed entirely,” Kurdish official Abdel Karim Omar told AFP, blaming the central government for the breakdown.”Their sole demand is unconditional surrender. A firm and decisive stance from the international community is urgently required,” he added.Syria’s Kurds carved out a de facto autonomous region under their control in the north of the country at the height of its civil war.Sharaa, who is backed by the United States and Turkey, has refused to entertain the idea of decentralisation or federal rule, and insisted the army must deploy across Syria.Sharaa had on Monday discussed with US President Donald Trump the Kurdish question, according to the Syrian presidency.In the phone call, they “emphasised the need to guarantee the Kurdish people’s rights and protection within the framework of the Syrian state”, the Syrian presidency said.They “affirmed the importance of preserving the unity and independence of Syrian territory” and discussed “cooperation on combating” the Islamic State jihadist group, it added.Despite the ceasefire between the two sides, brief clashes erupted on Monday in Raqa city in northern Syria, with an AFP correspondent hearing heavy bombardment.Raqa was once the Islamic State group’s de facto capital in Syria.On Tuesday, the AFP correspondent in Raqa saw a large convoy of armoured vehicles and vehicles carrying soldiers heading towards the city of Hasakeh, a Kurdish bastion that is also home to a sizeable Arab population.Meanwhile, the SDF was calling for “young Kurds, men and women” both within and outside Syria to “join the ranks of the resistance”. In Hasakeh, an AFP journalist saw dozens of civilians, including women and elderly people, carrying arms and manning checkpoints as they heeded the SDF’s call to defend.- ‘Stability and a normal life’ -Sunday’s ceasefire deal included the Kurds’ handover of Arab-majority Deir Ezzor and Raqa provinces, which they administered after their US-backed defeat of IS at the height of Syria’s civil war.Under the agreement, Damascus also took responsibility for IS prisoners and their families held in Kurdish-run jails and camps.In Deir Ezzor province, teacher Safia Keddo, 49, said that “we’re not asking for a miracle, we just want stability and a normal life”.In Raqa, the AFP journalist said residents toppled a statue of a woman erected by Kurdish forces.Raqa resident Khaled al-Afnan, 34, said “we support Kurdish civil rights… but we don’t support them having a military role”.Turkey warned Tuesday it would not tolerate any “provocations” over the events in Syria as its Kurdish community called for protests.Outlawed Kurdish militants in Turkey meanwhile said they would “never abandon” the Kurds in Syria, a leader of the PKK armed group said, quoted by the Firat news agency. – ‘Years of hope’ -On Sunday, the SDF withdrew from areas under its control including the Al-Omar oil field, the country’s largest, and the Tanak field.Local fighters from tribes in the Arab-majority Deir Ezzor province sided with Damascus and seized the areas before the arrival of government forces.Some Arab tribes were previously allied with the SDF, which included a significant Arab component.Mutlu Civiroglu, a Washington-based analyst and expert on the Kurds, said the government’s advance had raised “serious doubts about the durability” of the ceasefire and a March agreement between the government and the Kurds.Sharaa had on Friday issued a decree granting the Kurds official recognition, but the Kurds said it fell short of their expectations.In Qamishli, the main Kurdish city in the country’s northeast, activist Hevi Ahmed, 40, said Sunday’s deal was “a disappointment after years of hope that the Syrian constitution might contain a better future for the Kurds”.

UK defends Chagos deal after Trump accuses London of ‘great stupidity’

The UK government said on Tuesday its deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius “secures” the future of a key US-UK military base on the Indian Ocean archipelago, after US President Donald Trump accused Britain of “great stupidity”. The US president’s comments mark a major change of position for Trump, who previously endorsed the deal when it was signed in May 2025.”The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY, and is another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform earlier on Tuesday.The harsh comments follow Trump’s threat to slap tariffs on Britain and other European countries for defending Greenland’s sovereignty from Washington.The Chagos agreement will see Britain hand the archipelago to its former colony and pay to lease a key US-UK military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island, for a century.”This deal secures the operations of the joint US-UK base on Diego Garcia for generations, with robust provisions for keeping its unique capabilities intact and our adversaries out,” Downing Street said in response to Trump’s criticism.”It has been publicly welcomed by the US, Australia and all other Five Eyes allies, as well as key international partners including India, Japan and South Korea,” a government spokesperson added.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had said in May that Washington “welcomes the historic agreement”.”The Trump Administration determined that this agreement secures the long-term, stable, and effective operation of the joint US-UK military facility at Diego Garcia,” Rubio said in a statement at the time. – ‘Can’t reverse the clock’ -“The treaty has been signed with the Mauritian government. So I can’t reverse the clock on that,” UK cabinet minister Darren Jones told Times Radio.He added that the deal was in the final stages of going through parliament.The UK kept control of the Chagos Islands after Mauritius gained independence from Britain in the 1960s.But it evicted thousands of Chagos islanders, who have since mounted a series of legal claims for compensation in British courts.In 2019, the International Court of Justice recommended that Britain hand the archipelago to Mauritius after decades of legal battles.Challenges in international and domestic courts had left the status of the military base “under threat”, according to the UK government.Opposition politicians in the UK have been critical of the deal, which would see Britain pay Mauritius £101 million ($136 million) annually for 99 years to lease Diego Garcia.The net cost over the length of the lease would be around £3.4 billion if inflation was factored in, according to the government.Kemi Badenoch, leader of the opposition Conservative party,  said: “Unfortunately on this issue President Trump is right.””Thank goodness Trump has vetoed the surrender of the Chagos islands,” said Nigel Farage, the populist leader of the hard-right Reform UK party. But Ed Davey, leader of the centrist Liberal Democrat party, said Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer should begin to stand up to the US leader.”This shows Starmer’s approach to Trump has failed. The Chagos Deal was sold as proof the government could work with him. Now it’s falling apart. It’s time for the government to stand up to Trump; appeasing a bully never works.”burs-aks/jkb

Trump tariff threat ‘poison’ for Germany’s fragile recovery

US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat against Europe over Greenland has hit its top economy Germany just as hopes are growing for a modest recovery after years of stagnation.Germany’s government and its export-reliant businesses were blindsided when Trump again wielded the tariffs axe at the weekend — this time sparked by his anger over a geopolitical rather than an economic dispute.”For Germany, these new tariffs would be absolute poison,” ING economist Carsten Brzeski told AFP, adding that the heightened uncertainties “clearly jeopardise the fragile recovery underway”.Germany — long ailing from high energy prices, falling demand in China and stiff competition from the Asian giant, and last year’s US tariffs blitz — achieved just 0.2 percent GDP growth in 2025 after two years of recession.Huge public spending to rebuild Germany’s armed forces and ageing infrastructure have boosted hopes for a stronger rebound this year, and the government has predicted GDP will expand by 1.3 percent in 2026.That was before Trump — angered by pushback against his desire to seize Denmark’s autonomous territory of Greenland — threatened additional tariffs of up to 25 percent on products from eight European countries, including Germany.The news — which drove down stocks and saw safe-haven assets like gold rise — rattled German companies and provoked a mix of puzzlement and anger.”Greenland is taking this madness to extremes,” Thorsten Bauer, co-head of laser maker Xiton Photonics, told AFP, expressing a sentiment shared by many business leaders. The Federation of German Industries denounced “an inappropriate and damaging escalation for all parties,” which it said “is putting enormous pressure on transatlantic relations”.And the German Association of Wholesalers, Exporters and Service Providers slammed Trump’s latest threat as “grotesque” and stressed defiantly that “we continue to stand by Denmark: democracy and freedom cannot be wiped out by punitive tariffs”.- ‘Out of the blue’ -Trump’s latest salvo comes after the EU and the United States in July agreed to cap tariffs on most EU exports at 15 percent, with most goods in the other direction being tariff-free.Though some criticised the deal as one-sided, many German businesses cautiously welcomed the deal for the certainty it seemed to bring.”Our members largely kept a cool head during last summer’s tariffs debate and waited patiently. But waiting patiently cannot go on forever,” the German Association of Small and Medium-sized Businesses told AFP. “Donald Trump’s erratic policies are poison for the global economy and free trade -– and they damage trust that has been built up over years in rules-based systems.”The group said new tariffs would particularly hurt German SMEs but nonetheless insisted that “Europe must not allow itself to be blackmailed. If the US does indeed impose tariffs, Europe needs to respond quickly and decisively”.European diplomats have promised a firm response if Trump makes good on his threat and powerful conservative German Member of the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, said final ratification of the July deal was now “on ice”.Some experts have voiced hope that all sides will step back from an escalation of a dispute that would hurt everyone involved, and threaten US-German trade worth over 250 billion euros ($290 billion).US tariffs have already exacted a heavy toll on Germany. From January to November, German exports to the United States fell 9.4 percent from a year earlier and the country’s trade surplus with the world’s biggest economy dropped to its lowest level since 2021, statistics agency Destatis said Tuesday.If implemented and sustained for a long period, the new tariffs “could cost the eurozone economy something between 0.2 percent and 0.5 percent of GDP, with a bigger hit for Germany,” wrote Andrew Kenningham of Capital Economics.”In practice though, we doubt that they will be implemented as advertised. We also think the EU will be cautious in any retaliation in an effort to avoid further escalation.”The new uncertainty comes at a tough time for Germany’s crucial auto sector, which is now bracing for resurgent transatlantic trade tensions it had hoped had been put to bed.Automotive analyst Pal Skirta of Metzler Bank told AFP that Trump’s latest threat is worse news than last year’s.”The Liberation Day tariffs were maybe not very reasonable, but you could justify them,” he said. “With Greenland, it comes out of the blue, you can’t justify it by macroeconomic logic.”

Mort d’un étudiant après une soirée d’intégration à Lille: le procès s’est ouvert

Le procès concernant la mort d’un étudiant en médecine après une soirée d’intégration alcoolisée à Lille en 2021 s’est ouvert mardi, avec trois étudiants jugés pour bizutage ou complicité et l’Université de Lille citée à comparaître pour homicide involontaire.Simon Guermonprez, 19 ans, admis en deuxième année de médecine à Lille, participait le 8 juillet 2021 à une soirée d’intégration.A l’issue de cette soirée, déposé en Uber au domicile de ses parents dans la métropole lilloise, le jeune homme se serait ensuite rendu sur un pont autoroutier. Il aurait pris un selfie avant d’être mortellement percuté par un camion circulant sur l’autoroute en contrebas, possiblement en tentant de récupérer son téléphone tombé sur les voies, selon l’enquête. Le chauffeur du poids lourd, qui avait initialement déclaré aux policiers ne pas avoir percuté la victime, invoquant sa “peur d’aller en prison”, est jugé pour homicide involontaire.  A l’ouverture du procès mardi, il a affirmé que le jeune homme se trouvait sur la bande d’arrêt d’urgence avant de se “jeter” sous son camion. “Je n’ai pas eu le temps de piler, il s’est jeté, ne n’ai pas pu l’éviter, je suis désolé mais je n’ai rien pu faire”, a déclaré à la barre le prévenu de 50 ans. Deux étudiants comparaissent pour bizutage et une étudiante pour complicité de bizutage, avec incitation à la consommation excessive d’alcool.L’Université de Lille fait l’objet d’une citation directe pour homicide involontaire et bizutage à la demande de la famille de Simon Guermonprez.”Ils ont fermé les yeux. Ils savent très bien qu’il y a des dangers dans ce type de soirée d’intégration”, selon le père de la victime, Daniel Guermonprez, qui réclame des “sanctions” afin que de tels faits “ne se reproduisent pas”.Selon lui, l’un des objectifs imposés lors de la soirée était “d’ingurgiter douze grosses seringues d’alcool”. “On comprend que, quand il est déposé devant la maison, il est complètement désorienté”, ajoute-t-il, interrogé par l’AFP peu avant le début du procès.La mort de Simon Guermonprez a “bouleversé” l’ensemble de la communauté universitaire, a souligné l’Université de Lille dans un communiqué, affirmant avoir “toujours condamné les pratiques de bizutage” et s’être “toujours engagée dans la prévention des risques liés à la consommation d’alcool”.Après ce drame, un rapport de l’IGESR (Inspection générale de l’éducation, du sport et de la recherche) avait pointé “une passivité institutionnelle” de l’Université de Lille concernant ces soirées d’intégration.L’accueil des futurs étudiants en deuxième année de médecine à Lille par ceux de troisième année a “continué à avoir lieu au vu et au su de tous”, relevait ce rapport remis en 2022 au ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur.Pourtant, ces soirées ont déjà été “le théâtre d’événements graves” et sont officiellement interdites par la faculté de médecine depuis 2012, toujours selon ce rapport.

Turkey warning as PKK vows won’t abandon Syria’s Kurds

Turkey warned Tuesday it would not tolerate “provocations” as Kurds in the country prepared to protest over a military offensive targeting Kurds in Syria that has also angered the militant PKK. Syrian forces began an offensive nearly two weeks ago, pushing the Kurdish-led SDF forces out of Aleppo. Over the weekend,they advanced deep into the northeastern area held by Kurdish forces for over a decade.Ankara hailed it as a legitimate “fight against terror” but Damascus’s campaign triggered furious protests among Turkey’s Kurds, who make up a fifth of the country’s 86 million residents. The violence has raised serious doubts about the fate of Turkey’s peace process with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), whose militants last year said they were ending their four-decade insurgency to embrace democratic means to advance the Kurdish struggle. That process has largely stalled amid a stand-off in Syria between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Damascus over plans to integrate the force into the central state, triggering the current round of violence. That in turn has set off angry protests by Turkey’s Kurds.Early on Tuesday, the PKK’s leadership vowed it would “never abandon” the Kurds of Syria and urged all of its people to stand by Rojava — the name Syrian Kurds use for the autonomous area they administer. “Whatever the cost, we will never leave you alone.. we as the entire Kurdish people and as the movement, will do whatever is necessary,” Murat Karayilan of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) was quoted as saying by the pro-Kurdish Firat news agency, accusing Turkey and Islamic State militants of involvement in the violence in Syria. Inside Turkey, the pro-Kurdish DEM party, the third largest in parliament, has called a protest at 1000 GMT in the southeastern town of Nusaybin, which lies just across the frontier from the Kurdish-majority Syrian town of Qamishli. – ‘Meticulously monitoring events’ -The party, which has been mediating between Ankara and the jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, has been enraged over Turkey’s support for the Syrian offensive. “You cannot treat those you call ‘citizens’ on this side of the border as ‘enemies’ on the other,” it said on Sunday, accusing Ankara of “pure hypocrisy”. Police broke up two pro-Kurdish protests on Monday — one in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir and another outside a DEM office in Istanbul at which 10 people were arrested, including a French journalist. Early on Tuesday, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya warned Turkey would not tolerate any “provocations”. “We are meticulously monitoring, moment-by-moment, the recent developments in Syria and all movements along our border,” he wrote on X. “We will not tolerate any initiatives, provocations or any misinformation campaign targeting the peace of our country.” Wladimir van Wilgenburg, an author and journalist and expert on Syrian Kurdish affairs said the unrest risked collapsing Turkey’s efforts to end the PKK conflict. “There’s a risk it could blow up with cross-border protests,” he told AFP. “Kurdish groups in Syria have called on the Kurds, both in Iraqi Kurdistan and in southeastern Turkey, to come and cross the border and join them in solidarity,” he added. 

Nepal’s rapper-turned-mayor challenges ousted PM

Nepal’s rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah will go into a head-to-head election battle with the veteran prime minister he helped unseat, as he champions youth demands that toppled last year’s government.The 35-year-old resigned last week as mayor of Kathmandu to contest general elections, announcing Tuesday that he will directly challenge ousted prime minister KP Sharma Oli by running in the same constituency.Nepal will hold general elections on March 5, the first since mass anti-corruption protests in September 2025 overthrew Oli, a 73-year-old Marxist leader and four-term prime minister.”Contesting against a major figure… signals that I am not taking the easy way out,” Shah told AFP, ahead of his formal confirmation of candidacy.”It demonstrates that, despite the problems or betrayals that have affected the country, we are moving toward addressing them”, he added.Better known as Balen, the former mayor arrived for the interview at a Kathmandu hotel dressed in black and wearing a traditional Nepali hat or “topi”, though he was without his trademark dark square sunglasses.His hip-hop songs tackling corruption and inequality have drawn millions of views.A civil engineer and rapper before joining politics, Shah stunned the political establishment in 2022 when he became the first independent candidate to be elected as Kathmandu mayor.He built a reputation as a sharp-tongued reformer, launching campaigns targeting tax evasion, traffic congestion, education and city waste.Shah’s approach, however, drew criticism for heavy-handed enforcement and for communicating directly with his millions of social media followers rather than engaging with journalists.”We made many processes that operated through informal arrangements transparent, through open procurement,” he said.- ‘Ripple effect’ -In December, Shah joined the centrist Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP),  led by television host Rabi Lamichhane, 50.RSP, which became parliament’s fourth-largest force in the last elections in 2022, challenged parties that had dominated Nepal since the end of its civil war in 2006.If the RSP secures a parliamentary majority, Shah would become prime minister.”We share the same ideology,” Shah said, describing a vision of “a liberal economic system with social justice,” including free education and healthcare for the poor.Rather than contesting from his Kathmandu base, Shah will challenge Oli in his stronghold of Jhapa-5, a largely rural district 300 kilometres (185 miles) southeast of Kathmandu.”This should not be perceived as an egoistic decision,” Shah said. “The ripple effect would simply be greater if I contest from Jhapa.”The September 8-9 demonstrations were initially triggered by anger over a brief government ban on major social media platforms, with protesters gathered under a loose “Gen Z” banner.But deeper grievances — economic stagnation and entrenched corruption — fuelled the unrest in the country of 30 million, in which at least 77 people were killed.- ‘Grow our economy’ -Shah backed the protests while urging restraint, emerging as a central figure in the movement.”Gen Z’s number one demand is good governance, because there is a high level of corruption in the country,” he said, adding that his party had drawn on protesters for support.”The Gen Z protest has opened a door — 40 percent of our central committee members and proportional representatives are new faces who emerged from the September protest,” he said.Young Nepalis are looking for leaders promising economic reform. The World Bank estimates 82 percent of Nepal’s workforce is in informal employment, with GDP per capita at $1,447 in 2024.”We need to grow our economy,” Shah said, citing tourism, trade and skilled jobs as ways to stem the mass outflow of workers.Landlocked Nepal, wedged between regional giants India and China, faces geopolitical pressures, but Shah sees an opportunity to make Nepal a trade hub.”My approach is to maintain a natural relationship with both neighbouring nations,” he said.And while focused on politics, he said that music remains central to his identity.”Music is a medium to express oneself,” he said. “I will continue it, even if I am elected as prime minister.”

“Depuis que j’ai arrêté le stup’, je dors mieux”: comment le narcotrafic bouleverse le monde des avocats

Des “baveux” menacés en pleine audience, une robe noire qui a arrêté les dossiers “stup” pour retrouver le sommeil, mais d’autres qui dénoncent une “justice d’exception” contre les trafiquants: l’essor du narcotrafic et l’offensive de l’Etat bouleversent le monde des avocats.”Depuis que j’ai arrêté le stup’, je dors mieux”, déclare à l’AFP sous couvert d’anonymat un important avocat parisien qui a préféré renoncer aux affaires de narcotrafic. Ces dossiers lui causaient trop de sueurs froides.”Le simple fait de demander des honoraires se transformait soit en risque pénal soit en tentative d’extorsion de fonds !”, raconte-t-il. De l’aveu de certains avocats, les rapports avec des narcotrafiquants toujours plus puissants sont plus tendus que jamais.L’un d’eux n’est pas près d’oublier les menaces reçues par des avocats lors d’un procès d’assises en région parisienne l’an dernier, après un règlement de comptes à l’arme de guerre. “La loi du silence et celle de la cité concurrençaient celle de la République”, témoigne-t-il, après avoir dû quitter le tribunal discrètement, après la fin des débats, par sécurité.Autre témoignage de la tension qui règne: en décembre, à Lille, lors du procès d’Abdelkader Bouguettaia, l’un des chefs présumés du narcotrafic en France extradé de Dubaï en 2025, la presse a reçu la consigne de ne citer le nom d’aucun magistrat, mais également d’aucun avocat.- Au plus près -Présents au plus près de leurs clients, depuis leur garde à vue jusqu’au verdict, les avocats se retrouvent parfois malgré eux en première ligne dans la “guerre” déclarée par les autorités au narcotrafic.Une loi a été votée, renforçant les moyens de la police et de la justice, et un Parquet national anti-criminalité organisée (Pnaco) a pris ses fonctions début janvier à Paris, se voulant une véritable “force de frappe” au niveau national, selon Vanessa Perrée, qui le dirige.”On se sert de nous pour faire une opération de communication, avec certains qui parlent maintenant de +narcomicides+, de +narco-avocats+ !”, déplore une robe noire, marquée par le parcours du combattant pour voir son client au parloir dans les nouvelles prisons de haute sécurité. Celui-ci lui est amené par des gardiens cagoulés, dont il n’a pas le droit de croiser le regard.D’une façon générale, les moyens déployés face au narcotrafic inquiètent de nombreux avocats, qui redoutent des atteintes aux libertés individuelles et droits de la défense. Parmi les nouveaux outils donnés aux enquêteurs: un “dossier coffre” (procès-verbal distinct pour ne pas divulguer certaines techniques d’enquête aux mis en cause) ou une possibilité d’activer à distance un téléphone pour des écoutes.”Il n’y a pas de dérive, nous nous inscrivons dans l’Etat de droit”, a balayé Vanessa Perrée auprès de l’AFP.”Ce sont des moyens légaux, avec des contrôles, des débats contradictoires, la nécessité de passer devant un juge (…) Alors oui, on a des gardes à vue plus longues, des techniques spéciales d’enquête, mais elles sont à la hauteur des enjeux, des moyens et de la dangerosité” des trafiquants, a-t-elle souligné.- “Sans garantie” – “Le souci, c’est que les trafiquants de stupéfiants ne sont plus des justiciables de droit commun. Ils sont assimilés à des terroristes auxquels on veut appliquer un droit d’exception. Cette dérive légalise la voie vers de possibles excès du côté de la police et de la justice”, dénonce auprès de l’AFP Me Raphaël Chiche, l’un des avocats les plus en vue dans ce type de dossiers.Considéré comme un expert de la procédure pénale, capable de faire annuler une décision en raison d’un vice de forme, il s’inquiète de la “stigmatisation” des avocats dans ces dossiers comme s’ils étaient “des narcotrafiquants en robe noire”.”La défense doit continuer d’avoir sa place et d’exercer ses prérogatives sans être accusée d’emboliser le cours de la justice dont elle n’est pas responsable du manque d’effectifs”, martèle-t-il, en regrettant que “certains magistrats, fort heureusement pas tous, préféreraient juger sans être contrariés”.”Certains de nos dossiers sont paralysés par des requêtes en nullité, parfois artificielles, en raison d’effectifs insuffisants pour les traiter à la cour d’appel”, reconnaît un juge qui traite des affaires de grande envergure. “Mais il n’y a pas de problème majeur au quotidien. La +guerre+ entre avocats et magistrats, on en parle depuis 40 ans. Ces tensions ont toujours existé, il ne faut pas les dramatiser”, relativise-t-il.Pour Me Chiche, le métier n’est en tout cas pas plus dangereux qu’avant: “Les délinquants du haut du spectre connaissent le fonctionnement de la justice et les limites du pouvoir d’un avocat”. Pour se préserver des menaces, il ne faut pas “garantir de résultat à son client et lui rappeler que l’avocat est uniquement tenu à une obligation de moyens”, dit-il.Reste que le climat peut freiner certains: “Quand on défend les petites mains du trafic, ça va, mais dès qu’on monte dans la pyramide il y a de telles sommes en jeu qu’il faut absolument obtenir un acquittement pour que ça se passe bien”, témoigne un jeune avocat parisien.”Je ne touche plus aux stups. J’ai pris deux ou trois coups de pression, ça suffit!”.

Un an après le “choc” DeepSeek, l’euphorie perdure sur une scène chinoise de l’IA galvanisée

Il y a un an, DeepSeek faisait sensation et plaçait l’intelligence artificielle (IA) chinoise sur la carte de la tech mondiale. Depuis, galvanisées, d’autres startups chinoises ont fait de fracassantes entrées en Bourse ou réalisé des levées de fonds inespérées.En janvier 2025, l’irruption du robot conversationnel R1 de la firme chinoise DeepSeek a stupéfié l’industrie …

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Trump s’attend à une faible résistance des Européens sur le Groenland, réunion à Davos

Donald Trump s’attend à une faible résistance des dirigeants européens à sa volonté de s’emparer du Groenland et a annoncé une réunion à Davos en Suisse “des différentes parties”, au moment où le conflit autour du territoire autonome danois menace de rallumer la guerre commerciale entre Etats-Unis et Europe.”Je ne pense pas qu’ils vont résister …

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