A Paris administrative court has rueled against a legal case brought by campaign groups, including Greenpeace and Oxfam, to impose a penalty on the French state, alleging President Emmanuel Macron's government had not taken sufficient action to comply with an initial court order to lower emissions.
The Romanian-operated Airbus A340 was en route for Nicaragua from the United Arab Emirates with 303 Indian nationals aboard when it made a refuelling stop at Vatry airport, east of Paris, during which local authorities were told the aircraft was being used for human trafficking.
Feminists and leftwing politicians, including a former president, have slammed Emmanuel Macron for comments made in a TV interview when he said he admired actor Gérard Depardieu, placed under formal investigation for alleged rape and sexual assault and filmed making made obscene comments to women, and sexual comments about a child riding a horse, adding that he was the victim of a media campaign.
Official figures of the numbers of migrants making the dangerous clandestine crossings from France to Britain in 2023 are down by a third from 2022, but nevertheless there are still many who attempt the perilous journey by dinghy in wretched conditions.
The Parents of Joanna Parrish, a 20-year-old student raped and murdered by Michel Fourniret, have sharply criticised the competence of French police investigations into the late serial killer during a press conference they gave after returning home from the trial in Fance of Fourniret's ex-wife Monique Olivier, who was this week found guilty taking part in the murders of two women, including Joanna, and a nine-year-old girl.
Far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen claimed the parliamentary approval of the French government's new legislation cracking down on immigration, and which depended upon her party's support, was an "ideological victory" partly because for the first time an immigration law would recognise the principle of "national preference" which she has long called for.
At the end of a three-week trial, Monique Olivier, 75, was handed a life sentence for her part in the murders of British student Joanna Parrish, 20, Marie-Angele Domece, 18, and nine-year-old Estelle Mouzin by her late former husband and prolific serial killer Michel Fourniret.
Health minister Aurélien Rousseau announced his resignation after draft legislation on immigration, hardened by rightwing MPs and senators, was approved by a vote in parliament on Tuesday, thanks notably to the far-right.
The Grévin waxwork museum in Paris has removed a life-size representation of Gérard Depardieu, which had been on display since 1981, amid a growing scandal of sexual assault allegations against the 74-year-old French actor.
In a statement issued shortly before French foreign minister Catherine Colonna arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday for talks with her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen, her ministry announced she would call for a truce in the Israel-Hamas war and for 'a lasting ceasefire with the aim of releasing all hostages and delivering aid to Gaza'.
