Le Monde

• US drops Reflecting Pool case, admits damage due to botched renovation

• Far from its postcard image, Seychelles faces the scourge of hard drug addiction

  'Africa Under the Influence' (4/6). Heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl have flooded the Indian Ocean archipelago of 120,000 inhabitants. In the face of the crisis, the government finds itself overwhelmed.

• Russian strikes on Kyiv kill four, wound more than a dozen

  On Saturday, August 1, Russian ballistic missiles attacked Kyiv. Moscow has ramped up its long-range strikes on towns and cities across Ukraine.

• Infantino abandons plans to sell World Cup profits to private equity following massive worldwide pushback

  "It has become clear that the project has created divisions," said FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Friday, July 31, after his plan was quickly condemned and his senior adviser Carlos Cordeiro resigned.

• Trump tries to pressure Israel to accept deal tying Hamas disarmament to Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip

  A US-backed proposal would see Hamas surrender its weapons to a new Palestinian governing body as Israeli forces gradually withdraw from Gaza. The plan has already drawn fierce opposition from Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir.