Bust of a Woman in a Flowery Hat (Dora Maar), a 1943 portrait by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso of his muse and lover Dora Maar, was apparently bought from Picasso at his wartime Paris studio in 1944, and was never again seen in public until very recently.
After days of delays due to legal challenges, the first of migrants chosen, under a bilateral treaty established in August, to be sent back to France from where they arrived in clandestine crossings of the Channel, in return for an equal number entering the UK by a legal route, was deported on Thursday.
Newly appointed French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu faces his first major test on Thursday when a nationwide turnout of 800,000 is expected in protests warning against expected budget cuts, a movement involving all the major trades unions.
The first deportations of migrants to France from Britain under the so-called 'one in, one out' scheme agreed between London and Paris, whereby a rejected asylum seeker is returned to France in exchange for a candidate for asylum, were this week held up due to last-minute legal challenges.
A French parliamentary commission looking into the effects of TikTok content on youngsters has recommended that children under the age of 15 should not be allowed to access social media, while 15-18-year-olds should be subject to an overnight ban on using social media.
Police investigating who was behind the dumping of pig heads outside several mosques around the French capital overnight on Monday say they have identified a Serbian-registered vehicle and a Croation mobile phone they suspect were used by two individuals behind the provocation.
Many observers agree that Emmanuel Macron's latest appointment as prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, represents his last chance before being forced to again dissolve the hung parliament for fresh elections, in which case the far-right has high hopes of finding a majority among an electorate struggling financially and disillusioned by the French president's pandering to the wealthy.
Sébastien Lecornu, 39, who took over the post of prime minister on Wednesday, succeeding François Bayrou, 74, who was ousted by MPs in a confidence vote on Monday, has announced he will make a national address 'in the coming days' and pledged a different approach to government than his predecessors.
A nationwide day of action, dubbed 'let's block everything', launched online in protest at President Emmanuel Macron's policies and against the political establishment in general amid months of parliamentary paralysis, began on Wednesday morning, with roads blocked and clashes with police at key sites.
President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday appointed one of his most loyal political allies, Sébastien Lecornu, 39, who was previously serving as armed forces minister, as France's new prime minister, hours after François Bayrou, 74, handed in his resignation as PM after losing a confidence vote in the country's hung parliament.
