French NGO Surfrider Foundation says analyses of water samples from the River Seine, where swimming events in this year's summer Olympics are to be held, show levels often double and sometimes even three-times higher than the maximum permitted amounts of E. Coli and enterococci bacteria.
A 32-strong contingent of the French Garde Républicaine joined with 40 Scots Guards in a 'changing of the guard' ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London on Monday in an official celebration of the 'entente cordiale' established between the UK and France 120 years ago.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has announced details of draft legislation to tackle problems in the country's health services, including a five-euro fine for patients who fail to turn up to appointments with their GP.
The French president will today mark 80 years since Nazi forces raided a Jewish orphanage in France and sent almost all its occupants to extermination camps.
A teenage boy has died in hospital after a group of people "tried to massacre him" as he left school. It was the second serious attack on a school student in France this week and has prompted a nationwide outcry.
Forensic tests carried out on the bones showed they belonged to Émile, who was in the French Alps to spend the summer with his grandparents, and was last seen walking along a nearby street.
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Le journaliste Raphaël Boukandoura a été arrêté par la police turque lundi alors qu’il couvrait une manifestation à Istanbul. Mediapart, comme l’ensemble des médias pour lesquels il travaille, demande sa libération immédiate.
Le tribunal de Paris a relaxé Mediapart du procès en diffamation que lui avait intenté l’ancien élu Renaissance Emmanuel Pellerin. Il a même condamné l’ex-député, avocat de profession, au paiement de dommages et intérêts.
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Le journaliste français est mort vendredi 3 octobre en Ukraine, victime d’un tir de drone. Il couvrait cette guerre depuis le début de l’invasion russe et avait collaboré avec Mediapart à de nombreuses reprises.
