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Même s’il a dû mal à percer dans les sondages, David Lisnard, candidat à la présidentielle, a réussi à faire parler de lui ces derniers jours en surfant sur une campagne en ligne bien ficelée et en partie fabriquée. Voilà qui ne fait pas les affaires de Bruno Retailleau, le candidat des Républicains. Quelle est la réalité de cet engouement supposé pour le maire de Cannes ? Cela peut-il rebattre les cartes à droite ? Au-delà, comment la galaxie libérale s’organise pour peser sur l’élection ? Elisa Bertholomey et Paul de Villepin partagent leurs infos avec Anthony Lattier dans le…

Published on 14/10/2026 – 17:42 GMT+2 French investigators are searching for the hackers who took over refrigeration units at at least 350 supermarkets, forcing staff to throw away spoiled meat and frozen food. Stores belonging to Carrefour, Monoprix, Intermarché and Coopérative U were among those hit when attackers manually overrode fridge temperatures. The affected stores are a small fraction of France’s supermarkets. The lack of a ransom demand or claim of responsibility has puzzled investigators, according to a source with knowledge of the probe cited by Reuters. Criminal and hacktivist groups usually move quickly to profit from or publicise their…

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Published on 14/10/2026 – 17:08 GMT+2 OpenAI said it has alerted the FBI after it found a hidden recording device in an executive conference room in its San Francisco office, which led to the firing of an employee. The suspect was identified as employee Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national, who was arrested on October 9, about a week after OpenAI discovered the surveillance device. He made an initial appearance in a US court on Tuesday. He was charged with using or endeavouring to use an electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept oral communications. Alfozan joined OpenAI as an…

Published on 14/10/2026 – 14:18 GMT+2 Underwater excavations carried out off the island of Kekova in Antalya have brought to light amphorae dating back around 4,400–4,700 years. The finds, which are said to belong to a wreck from the Early Bronze Age, are expected to shed light on Anatolia’s maritime history and trade links in the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkey’s Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, in a post on his social media account, underlined the importance of the ancient vases recovered during the excavations, saying: “In our ‘Blue Homeland’, we are bringing to light traces of the world’s…

Oleksii Goncharenko, a Ukrainian lawmaker and founder of the Black Sea Security Forum, told POLITICO that a “serious diplomatic initiative” was needed, bringing together Ukraine, Russia and a third-party guarantor, such as Turkey, “to restore freedom of navigation in the Black Sea.” Grain routes under pressure The security risk is disrupting routes that carry Ukraine’s harvest to market, with consequences for EU transport links. Black Sea ports are Ukraine’s main export gateway, handling around 95 percent of the country’s grain exports, as well as significant volumes of iron ore. Shipping traffic has fallen as the security risk has grown. Some…

Published on 14/10/2026 – 17:06 GMT+2 Croatia has warned that a series of unresolved disputes with neighbouring Montenegro, including wartime abuses, property claims and contested borders, could stand in the way of the country’s ambition to join the European Union by 2028. In a document sent to other EU governments on Monday and seen by Euronews, Zagreb set out eight demands it wants Montenegro to address before completing its accession to the bloc. Montenegro is widely regarded as the frontrunner among countries seeking EU membership, with hopes of becoming the bloc’s 28th member by 2028. But its long-running disputes with…

Financial crime investigators searched the building, forcing a temporary suspension of broadcasts. Prosecutors accused the channel’s chairman, Cafer Mahiroglu, of bid rigging, bribery and money laundering. Of the 17 people sought by investigators, 11 were detained. Mahiroglu, who lives abroad, rejected the allegations, calling the takeover politically motivated. Outside the building, supporters gathered to defend the channel’s journalists, while opposition politicians and press freedom organisations condemned the intervention. The case has raised fresh concerns about media freedom in Turkey, where independent news outlets face longstanding political pressure. Halk TV is known for its critical coverage of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s…

Diesel markets will remain tight well into 2027, and wholesale diesel prices in Europe could rise again in the coming weeks, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned on Wednesday. In its monthly report, the Paris-based energy watchdog said recovering Gulf oil supplies had failed to resolve the fuel squeeze, with global output still falling short of consumption. Supply rose by 2.5 million barrels a day (mb/d) to 102.3 mb/d in September on a Saudi-led jump in Gulf crude exports to more than three-quarters of pre-war levels, but remains slightly below global demand of around 103.5 mb/d, the IEA estimated. The…

Published on 14/10/2026 – 15:46 GMT+2 An AI agent reportedly deleted an entire edited season of a Swedish reality show just five weeks before its planned premiere, forcing the broadcaster to postpone its release until next year. Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, citing unnamed sources, reported that the production company behind a reality show named The Challenge Sverige had given an AI agent access to its server, where it deleted the completed season. The project could not be restored, wiping out hundreds of days of work, according to the report. Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 confirmed to Aftonbladet that a “technical failure” had…