Several people have been injured in a knife attack at a school in Antibes. The attack happened at the Campus Vert d’Azur horticultural school this afternoon. According to local mayor Jean Leonetti, three people were injured, one of them more seriously, but none of them are in critical condition. According to local reports, one of the injured was an English teacher and another was a teenage student. Students were placed in lockdown. The mayor said that the perpetrator was restrained thanks to “the remarkable composure of the head teacher and the teams present”.
Protests are being held across our region and across France today as part of the “Block Everything” movement. According to the Interior Ministry, as of late this morning, 29,000 people were involved in 430 demonstrations across the country. 295 arrests had been made by lunchtime. Locally, demonstrations have been taking place at many venues in the Alpes-Maritimes and Var. In Nice, protesters gathered around the entrance to Nice Cote d'Azur airport. About half of all scheduled flights from the airport between 6pm and midnight at Nice airport are cancelled. On the trains, employees at SudRail have been striking, with the SNCF saying that difficulties are being experienced, particularly on regional trains. About 7 out of 10 local TER trains are running today and no disruption is expected on the Lignes d'Azur bus network. Demonstrators also gathered in the Place Massena and Place Garibaldi as well as the exhibition center in Nice. Demonstrations have taken place in many of our region's towns, including some villages such as Breil-sur-Roya and Tende, where cyclists staged an operation to slow down traffic this afternoon. Protestors blocked the Provence roundabout in Antibes, just off junction 44 of the motorway and also the roundabout at Le Muy in the Var, both of which were often blocked during the yellow vest protests several years ago. About 8,000 protesters took to the streets in Marseille, according to official figures.
One person has been seriously injured after a violent collision which destroyed two cars at a crossroads in Nice last night. Deputy Mayor Anthony Borre said that CCTV will be used to identify the circumstances of the collision at the Digues de Francais junction.
New French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has been meeting with several political figures this afternoon. He met Gabriel Attal from the Renaissance party, Edouard Philippe from the Horizons party and Bruno Retailleau, President of the Republican party. President Macron has charged the new Prime Minister with finding agreement between the various political parties in France, which are seriously divided.
Two minors have been arrested in connection with the alleged planning of terrorist attacks. A 17 year old from the Sarthe department in north-west France had already been arrested in connection with possible attacks last Friday. Investigations are continuing.
BUSINESS
Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has announced it will cut 9,000 jobs weeks after warning that profits will fall. The redundancies make up 11% of the Danish company's workforce.
In the UK, the Financial Conduct Authority has said it wants to give card providers the flexibility to decide the right limit for contactless payments for them and their customers. If the proposals are approved, purchases of more than £100 could be made with a tap of a card. The move would bring cards in line with payments made through digital wallets on smartphones. The proposals are out for consultation by the FCA until 15 October.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump from sacking Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. The court said that President Trump has not “identified anything related to Cook's conduct or job performance as a board member that would indicate that she is harming the board or the public interest by executing her duties unfaithfully or ineffectively.”
SPORT
Cycling… Vuelta a Espana organizers have reiterated that they aim to finish the race in Madrid on Sunday as planned despite pro-Palestinian protests disrupting stage 16 yesterday. The stage, which was won by Colombia's Egan Bernal, was shortened by 8km because of protests aimed at the Israel-Premier Tech team.
Tennis… Lleyton Hewitt has received a ban and been fined 30,000 Australian dollars after being found guilty of pushing a doping control official. He denied the charge, which was brought by the International Tennis Integrity Agency and cited self-defense. Hewitt will be banned from taking part in "all tennis-related activities" from September 24 until October 7.
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