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Donald Trump said Thursday that he could miss the wedding of his son Donald Trump Jr., planned for this weekend in the Bahamas with Bettina Anderson. “I’m going to try to go there,” declared the American president, while believing that it was “not the right time” particularly because of the Iranian issue.

The Republican billionaire also made fun of the media reactions around his decision. “If I go there, I’ll get shot. If I don’t go, I’ll get shot. » Don Jr, 48, runs the Trump Organization with his brother Eric and actively supports his father’s political positions.

The United States announced that it was placing nine individuals on its list of people and entities under sanctions, accused of being close to or members of the leadership of Hezbollah and of “obstructing peace and disarmament” of the pro-Iranian Lebanese group.

Among the targets of the U.S. Treasury Department sanctions are Iran’s ambassador-designate to Lebanon, Lebanese intelligence officials, Hezbollah political allies and four group officials.

France on Thursday called on the Israeli government to reverse its decision to build a complex belonging to the Ministry of Defense on the same site as the headquarters of UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) in East Jerusalem which had been demolished in January.

It further calls on the Israeli authorities “to guarantee the protection and inviolability of United Nations premises, under the provisions of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations.”

The Iranian authorities summoned the editor-in-chief of the official IRNA news agency to explain himself after the publication of photos showing a woman without a veil, the judiciary and an NGO reported on Thursday.

Wearing the veil in public has been compulsory for women in Iran since the early years following the 1979 Islamic revolution, a measure long seen as an ideological pillar of religious power.

German justice announced Thursday that it was indicting two men accused of planning an attack against a fervent supporter of Israel and spying on the Jewish community in Germany on behalf of the Iranian secret services.

According to a press release from the federal prosecutor’s office, a Danish national, Ali S., and an Afghan national, Tawab M., are targeted.

Three minors were sentenced Thursday to placement in a closed center for an assassination plan targeting Arvin Khoshnood, an independent Iranian researcher, known for his support for opposition figure Reza Pahlavi, son of the last shah of Iran.

Arvin Khoshnood, who left his country in the 1980s and speaks regularly in the Swedish media, claims that this murder was ordered by a criminal network linked to the Iranian authorities.

Taxi drivers will benefit “from October 1” from purchasing assistance “of up to 5,500 euros for an electric vehicle,” announced the Minister of Transport Philippe Tabarot.

This aid, which will exist for a “duration of at least three months”, will be reserved for electric vehicles “assembled within the European economic area”, he specifies.

The maximum amount of fuel bonuses paid by employers to their employees, who are exempt from contributions and income tax, will be increased from 300 to 600 euros, announced the Minister of Commerce Serge Papin.

The aid, for which the government announced at the same time a simplification of access conditions, will be “generalized […]desocialized, defiscalized.

“We are going to increase travel costs […] between June 1 and December 31, with an increase which will represent the equivalent of approximately 0.20 euros per liter of fuel” for “public officials whose functions require regular travel in the field,” announced the Minister of Public Accounts.

He cited as an example “replacement teachers”, “AESH” (accompanying students with disabilities) or “hospital staff who are required to travel as part of their mission”.