Diverse reports: Gender separation in Israel, firefighting plane in France, Putin's declining influence

This collection of briefs from Le Figaro touches upon disparate global events. In Israel, the city of Bnei Brak announced plans to implement gender segregation on its streets, involving the installation of directional signs and barriers to physically separate pedestrian flows on sidewalks.

Meanwhile, France is deploying a transformed military A400M aircraft to combat wildfires in the Gironde. Equipped with a firefighting kit, the plane can support existing aerial resources mobilized by the civil security services and was scheduled for deployment on Saturday afternoon.

In a separate analysis, the article suggests that Vladimir Putin is gradually losing his grip on the empire he sought to recreate. Diplomatic exchanges, particularly those from Kazakh leader Tokayev to his Russian ally, reportedly reveal a growing rift between Putin's Russia and its allies, who are increasingly fearful of the aggressive resurgence of Russian imperial ambitions.