French media continued its intensive coverage of the escalating narcotrafic crisis in Marseille throughout the day. The morning saw calls for national mobilization and a minute of silence for Mehdi Kessaci, whose assassination from the previous day remained a central focus. By midday, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez and Gérald Darmanin visited Marseille, with Darmanin notably equating the narcotrafic threat to terrorism, a statement widely reported across major outlets. Nuñez pledged monthly visits to the city. Concurrently, reports emerged concerning secret US-Russia negotiations on a Ukraine peace plan, allegedly favoring Russian demands, drawing European caution. In the evening, law enforcement efforts to combat drug trafficking, as well as the controversial statements by the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces on accepting potential losses in future conflicts, also drew media attention.
