The makeshift camp which was reportedly the temporary home of victims and survivors of a clandestine crossing by migrants in a dinghy which sank on Tuesday as it travelled from France to Britain, when at least 12 people lost their lives, was evacuated by French police on Wednesday.
The French culture ministry has enterted the zinc rooftops that dominate the Paris skyline, together with the roofers who maintain them, into the competition to figure on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage to be decided by the UN body in December.
At least 12 people have died, and another two are reported missing, after the floor of a dinghy reportedly carrying around 70, mostly Eritrean, migrants let in water shortly into their clandestine journey from France to the English coast.
Mayor Anne Hidalgo has prompted controversy over her decision that the giant Olympic rings fixed to the Eiffel Tower ahead of the summer Olympics and Paralympics in the capital will remain after the games end.
Dominique Pélicot is accused of regulalrly drugging his wife Gisèle to film her in an unconcious state being raped by men he contacted online, 50 of whom are standing trial alongside him in Avignon, southern France.
Organisers of the Paris Paralympics were forced to call off a triathlon event after monitoring tests found the quality of the water in the River Seine was below standards set by the World Triathlon federation, apparently due to spillage following recent heavy rainfall.
In an interview with British daily The Guardian, Lucie Castets, the candidate for prime minister chosen by France's broad leftwing alliance, the New Popular Front, the largest political group in the hung parliament, insists that if appointed, her government would be ready to compromise to get legislation through.
While the Paralympic village is praised by athletes for its thoughtful design details, the French capital in contrast largely remains an obstacle course for disabled people to navigate.
François Hollande, Emmanuel Macron's socialist predecessor, has said that the French president's refusal to appoint the candidate for prime minister from the leftwing 'popular front' alliance, which garnered the most seats in parliamentary elections in June, is an 'institutional failure'.
French President Emmanuel Macron began a two-day visit to Serbia on Thursday, when he and his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic are expected to ink a multi-billion contract for the supply of Dassault Rafale fighter jets, along with a raft of other commercial deals.
Amid mounting political deadlock arising from a hung parliament, the radical-left France Insoumise party and the Parti communiste français, members of the Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) coalition alongside the socialists and Greens, have called for demonstrations in September in protest at President Emmanuel Macron's refusal to appoint the NFP's candidate for prime minister.
After president rejects the Nouveau Front Populaire's candidate Lucie Castets, more talks are to take place on Tuesday as Macron continues to seek a prime minister who can command cross-party support
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