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Aujourd'hui, il s'agit d'une information importante.

Aujourd'hui, il s'agit d'une information importante.
Today, it is about important news.
From Lesson 285:The impersonal expression (il s'agit de)·French

Questions & Answers about Aujourd'hui, il s'agit d'une information importante.

Why does the sentence use il here instead of ça or c'?
The expression il s'agit de (it is about / it is a matter of) is an impersonal expression. Just like with il pleut (it is raining) or il faut (it is necessary), the il acts as a dummy subject. It never changes to ça, c', or elle, even though 'news' might feel like a specific thing.
Where does the d' in d'une come from?
The full expression is il s'agit de. Because the following word (une) begins with a vowel, the de must drop its e and contract to d'.
Why is information used with une here? In English, 'information' and 'news' are uncountable.
This is a major difference between French and English! In French, une information (often shortened to une info) is countable. It means 'a piece of information' or 'a news item'. If you are talking about 'the news' on TV, you use the plural: les informations.
Why does importante come after information, and why does it have an -e?
In French, most adjectives are placed directly after the noun they describe. We also add an -e to the end of important to make it feminine, so it agrees with the feminine noun une information.

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