Karim Benzema and Real Madrid again European champions, Joe Biden in Uvalde, and Volodymyr Zelensky in Kharkiv

Cannes Film Festival, war in Ukraine, Roland-Garros, Champions League… Every day, find all the news through the work of photojournalists who travel the world. Thanks to the press agencies, always on the front line to cover major events, and to the journalists of the editorial staff of 20 Minutes, from Lille to Marseille, via Bordeaux and Strasbourg, here is another look, in pictures, at the news of the last 24 hours.

Achievement : Olivier JUSZCZAK

• Joe and Jill Biden laid a bouquet in front of crosses bearing the names of the victims, almost submerged in flowers, with a stuffed animal here and there, in front of the school where nineteen children and two teachers fell under the bullets of Salvador Ramos on Tuesday , 18, of Uvalde, Texas.

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• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled on Sunday for the first time since the Russian invasion in the east of the country, in the Kharkiv region, from where Moscow has withdrawn its troops in recent weeks to concentrate them on other foreheads. He said he had sacked the head of Kharkiv’s security services, who had “not worked in defense of the city” since the start of the Russian invasion.

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• Swedish Ruben Östlund won a second Palme d’Or at Cannes on Saturday with the comedy Without filteracid satire of the ultra-rich and class relations in Western societies.

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• From one old port to another, more than 35,000 Stade Rochelais supporters celebrated their rugby players parading on Sunday evening aboard a double-decker bus on the quays of La Rochelle, the day after the European title won in Marseille against Leinster.

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• A fatal penalty shootout, an invasion of the field with fire from smoke bombs and scuffles outside its Geoffroy-Guichard stadium, Saint-Étienne, beaten 1 to 1 (5-4 pens) by Auxerre on Sunday, made its mark. farewell to Ligue 1 in the greatest chaos. As soon as the last successful shot on goal by the Auxerrois Birama Touré, synonymous with victory for the Burgundians who returned to Ligue 1 after ten years of absence, the field was invaded by thousands of angry supporters.

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• Eternal and unsinkable, Real Madrid maintained its European legend on Saturday by winning its fourteenth Champions League at the expense of Liverpool (1-0), dominating but defeated at the Stade de France, after a final disrupted by major problems. logistics. Real Madrid centre-forward Karim Benzema, the Champions League top scorer, is now the big favorite for the Ballon d’Or.

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• Anticipated since the draw, the blockbuster between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will take place in the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros on Tuesday, but the king of ocher was pushed to the fifth set, for the first time in nine years, Porte d’Auteuil on Sunday. The Spaniard with a record 21 Grand Slam trophies since his coronation at the Australian Open in January had to fight for 4h21 min to get out of the trap Félix Auger-Aliassime (9th) 3-6, 6-3, 6- 2, 3-6, 6-3 in the round of 16.

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• Gilles Simon, 158th in the world, said goodbye to Roland-Garros on Saturday’s elimination in the 3rd round by the Croatian Marin Cilic (23rd) 6-0, 6-3, 6-2, appearing very emotional after the match point while the public chanted “Gilou”. The 37-year-old Frenchman announced on May 7 that he would end his career at the end of the season.

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