All news on the topic: France

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Interpol campaign to identify remains of women in Europe expands to 46 cases
Police forces in France, Italy and Spain join cold-case initiative after launch last year of Operation Identify Me
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Marseille drug wars resurface as a 14-year-old boy is allegedly hired as a hitman
Teenager alleged to have been recruited by prisoner who later called police to report him over killing of taxi driver
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Four migrants including child die while trying to cross English Channel
French minister Bruno Retailleau said the child was ‘trampled to death in a boat’
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From Left to Right: Macron’s sudden move will sideline the left but boost Le Pen’s sway
France’s political crisis has reached such depths that it took Emmanuel Macron nearly two months after parliamentary elections just to choose a prime minister.
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From presidential ties to organized crime: France debates the case of Telegram founder Pavel Durov
The international press is closely watching Pavel Durov’s activities in Paris, where he remains due to a judicial ruling.
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Dominique Pélicot makes explosive admission as he testifies in disturbing French rape trial
Dominique Pélicot, 71, is on trial alongside 50 other men, all of them accused of the ‘aggravated rape’ of his wife Gisèle Péllicot, also 71 - and today admitted drugging her and allowing multiple strangers to attack her
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Four missing climbers discovered dead near the summit of Mont Blanc
Four climbers who disappeared in a storm on Mont Blanc in France have been found dead.
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Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, describes the arrest in France as "misguided"
Russian-born billionaire detained last month in France denies app is ‘anarchic paradise’
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Michel Barnier has been appointed as the new prime minister of France
Macron tasks former EU Brexit negotiator with forming a unifying government after months of political paralysis
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At least 12 people have died after a boat carrying dozens of migrants "ripped open" in the Channel, according to the mayor
Helicopters and boats are being used in the search for survivors after the vessel got into difficulties on Tuesday morning.
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Arrest of Telegram CEO could bolster his image as an "internet prophet"
Pavel Durov will probably use French legal disputes to position himself as a champion of free speech, say observers
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Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s multiple citizenships add to the mystery of his detention
Over more than a decade, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram has amassed various different citizenships, something that’s only added to the mystery surrounding his detention in France.
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Paris airport evacuated after ’bomb threat’ as holidaymakers flee terminals
Paris-Orly airport is being evacuated, reports say
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Telegram app founder Pavel Durov reportedly arrested at a French airport
Billionaire CEO, who was travelling aboard his private jet, was subject of arrest warrant, according to TV reports
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French film legend Alain Delon dies at 88
Alain Delon, the French film legend who became an international icon, has died at the age of 88.
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French customs officers thwart €1.3m sale of fake Leonardo da Vinci painting
Spanish police make arrest after being notified that export licence had expired and work was found to be a copy
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Two people die attempting to cross Channel in dinghy
Fifty-three people were rescued by helicopter on Sunday morning, French authorities have said
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A French general wants to slash red tape to move troops faster across Europe
A French general criticized the bureaucratic red tape involved in moving equipment and weapons to allied troops in Europe.
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Europe’s €10 trillion gamble
From Athens to Berlin, governments are coalescing around an idea to turbocharge the economy. If successful, it could be transformative ― but it’s a big if.
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King Charles’ €500K lobster dinner blows hole in French presidency’s budget
A state dinner with the U.K.’s king cost the French nearly €500,000.
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One dead and dozens rescued in latest attempt to cross Channel
French authorities say they received call for help from overcrowded dinghy in early hours of Sunday
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Samoa boxing coach dies in Olympic village in Paris as cause of death confirmed
Samoa boxing coach Lionel Elika Fatupaito has died aged 60 after suffering a cardiac arrest at the Olympic village in Paris, with the 60 year old passing away on Friday
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Three suspected IS members charged in Belgium over terrorism plot
Police searched houses across country on eve of Olympic opening ceremony in neighbouring France
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Coordinated arson attacks disrupt high-speed train network ahead of Paris Olympics
France’s rail network has been’paralysed’ by a series of co-ordinated arson attacks today, affecting nearly a million people travelling to the Olympic games.
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Russian chef arrested in Paris for alleged ’large scale’ plot targeting Olympic Games
A Russian chef who has lived in France for 14 years has been arrested on suspicion of plotting with a foreign power to stage “large scale” acts of “destabilisation” during the Olympic Games in Paris.