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October 19, 2025

Nicolas Sarkozy to enter prison for criminal conspiracy over Libyan funding

Former French president set to start five-year sentence for scheme to obtain campaign funds from Muammar Gaddafi’s regimeThe former French president,

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October 19, 2025

Louvre heist: hunt on for thieves after eight ‘priceless’ jewellery pieces stolen

Necklace given by Napoleon to his wife among items taken from Paris museum in highly professional daylight raidFrench police are hunting four thieves...

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October 14, 2025

Madagascar president says he fled country in fear for his life

Andry Rajoelina does not announce resignation in speech broadcast on social media after military rebellionMadagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina,...

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October 13, 2025

French political crisis continues as Lecornu unveils new government – Europe live

Marine Le Pen says she will seek to call a no-confidence motion as she urges Macron to dissolve the National AssemblyDonald Trump has warned that the...

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October 11, 2025

The Gaza effect: how a global pro-Palestine protest movement met repression and resistance

Across the west, solidarity marches are testing governments’ tolerance for dissent. From arrests to bans, free-speech boundaries are shiftingThe...

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October 10, 2025

Macron summons parties for crunch meeting in frantic effort to appoint PM

All parties except National Rally and La France Insoumise called on by president to show ‘collective responsibility’Emmanuel Macron has summoned the...

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October 08, 2025

Outgoing French PM says ‘there is desire’ to agree budget and talks down prospect of snap election – Europe live

Sébastien Lecornu speaks at the Matignon Palace and expresses optimism that parliament will not need to be dissolvedEmmanuel Macron’s second term is...

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October 07, 2025

Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband tells court man convicted of rape knew she was sedated

Dominique Pelicot says Husamettin Dogan’s attempt to overturn conviction in the mass rape case ‘is indecent’Dominique Pelicot, who drugged his...

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October 07, 2025

Macron should announce early election, says former PM as France’s political crisis deepens

Édouard Philippe, a contender to succeed Macron, says situation is ‘distressing’ amid last-ditch efforts to get cross-party support for cabinet

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October 03, 2025

Sarah Burton turns up the glamour volume at Givenchy in Paris

Spiritual home of Audrey Hepburn re-establishes itself as serious player in red carpet dressingOn the very same day as Taylor Swift,

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October 03, 2025

‘A paroxysm of disposability’: France’s distaste for Shein’s ultra-fast fashion

A petition to ban the brand has passed 270,000 names but French shoppers have not been immune to its inexorable riseA couple of hours before Shein...

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September 25, 2025

Sarkozy says he will ‘sleep in jail but with head held high’ after conviction

Former French president receives five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over pact with Gaddafi regimeThe former French president Nicolas...

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