Shooting near the White House, war in Ukraine, Israeli minister and French victory in rugby: the news of the night

United States: a man shot dead after shooting near the White House. “A man pulled a gun out of a bag and fired a burst of shots… Saturday evening, at a security checkpoint near the White House in Washington, “before being shot and mortally wounded by U.S. Secret Service agentsâ€reports The New York Times. A passerby, whose seriousness of injuries was not immediately known, was also hit in the exchanges of fire. Donald Trump, already the target of three alleged assassination attempts over the past two years, was present in the building at the time of the events, which took place shortly after 6 p.m. local time (midnight in mainland France). The American President “had announced on Friday that he would spend the weekend at the White Houseâ€to manage the Iranian issue, notes the American daily. According to several American media, the alleged shooter, aged 21 and originally from the state of Maryland, had a history of mental disorders and was already known to the Secret Service for having loitered around the White House on several occasions.

Ukraine: kyiv under fire from a massive attack by Russian missiles and drones. Russian forces launched an attack during the night from Saturday to Sunday “of great magnitude†against kyiv and its region “involving missiles and dronesâ€according to The Kyiv Independent. The strikes hit several residential buildings and a school, leaving at least one dead and thirteen injured, specifies the Ukrainian site. The first salvo of strikes took place around 1 a.m. (midnight in mainland France), followed by several others between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. Air alerts were triggered in all regions of the country. Russian President Vladimir Putin had promised retaliation after a Ukrainian drone strike on the night of Thursday to Friday in the Ukrainian region of Lugansk, occupied by Moscow, which left at least 18 dead.

Israel: far-right minister Ben Gvir banned from French territory. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced on Saturday that Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir “was prohibited from entering the entire French territory with immediate effectâ€reports The Times of Israel. The decision was made due to the “acts répréhensibles†of the far-right minister towards activists from the Gaza flotilla detained in Israel. Itamar Ben Gvir posted a video on Wednesday of dozens of activists from the Gaza flotilla kneeling, heads on the ground and hands tied, after their interception at sea and their placement in detention. Several of them denounced “violence†and “humiliations†from Israeli forces. “We cannot tolerate French nationals being threatened, intimidated or brutalized in this way, especially by a representative of the public authority…a déclaré M. Barrot.

Rugby: the Union Bordeaux-Bègles (UBB) beats Leinster in the final of the Champions Cup. “Another prosperous year for Bordeaux, another bitter defeat in the final for Leinsterâ€sigh The Guardian. Union Bordeaux-Bègles (UBB) won its second rugby Champions Cup in a row on Saturday in Bilbao by crushing the Irish Leinster (41-19). “On that hot, unforgiving afternoon in Bilbao, there was never the slightest doubt as to the identity of the team that would lift the trophy, under that cloudless Basque sky, so evident was the superiority of the reigning championsâ€recognizes the British daily.