A former professional boxer who was filmed allegedly attacking a police officer during gilets jaunes (yellow vests) demonstrations in Paris at the weekend is in custody after turning himself in to authorities. A separate investigation has been launched after a police chief was seen on video assaulting a protester in the southern city of Toulon.
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Archbishop of Lyon goes on trial accused of helping cover up abuse
Philippe Barbarin could face up to three years in jail if convicted of failing to report priest who abused Scouts
The highest-profile Catholic cleric to be caught up in a paedophile scandal in France is going on trial charged with failing to report a priest who abused Scouts in the 1980s and 90s.
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, the archbishop of Lyon, is accused along with five others from his diocese of helping cover up abuse in one of the parishes in the area.
Continue reading...Gilets jaunes protesters turn out in French cities for eighth week
Police estimate 25,000 people protested in Paris, Toulouse, Lyon and other cities
France’s gilets jaunes movement has continued its national action for an eighth successive weekend with demonstrations across the country.
In Paris, there were violent clashes between police and protesters attempting to reach the Assemblée Nationale, the lower house of parliament on Saturday. Riot police forced demonstrators back using teargas after coming under a hail of projectiles.
Continue reading...France steps up efforts to prevent Channel crossings
French authorities to improve cooperation with UK and increase coastal surveillance
The French authorities have set out plans to prevent people in small boats risking the dangerous Channel crossing to England.
Measures being taken include improved cooperation between law enforcement agencies and more surveillance and security on beaches along the northern French coastline.
Continue reading...Eight people airlifted from broken funfair ride in France
Helicopter scrambled after revellers spend New Year’s Eve stuck in mid-air in Rennes
Eight people were rescued from a funfair ride by helicopter after becoming stuck 50 metres high in the air on New Year’s Eve.
The group spent most of Monday night atop the 52-metre metal arm called BomberMaxxx after a new part broke and blocked the mechanics of the device in Rennes, in Brittany in north-west France.
Continue reading...Arc de Triomphe lights up for new year in Paris – video
The French capital welcomed 2019 with a laser show and fireworks watched by thousands of people on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
Continue reading...Macron: It’s Unclear Who in Iran Ordered French Bomb Plot
Supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran attend a rally in Villepinte, near Paris, France, June 30, 2018. A foiled attack had targeted the meeting.
France points finger at Iran over bomb plot, seizes assets
France said on Tuesday there was no doubt Iran's intelligence ministry was behind a June plot to attack an exiled opposition group's rally outside Paris and it seized assets belonging to Tehran's intelligence services and two Iranian nationals. The hardening of relations between Paris and Tehran could have far-reaching consequences for Iran as President Hassan Rouhani's government looks to European capitals to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal after the United States pulled out and reimposed tough sanctions on Iran.
Paris knife attack: Seven injured, four seriously
Sunday night there was a knife attack in Paris which left seven people injured, four of them seriously. The attacker, who had a knife and a metal bar, was interrupted by a group of people playing a French lawn-bowling game called petanque which uses hollow metal balls.
Watch Michelle Obama Dance to Jay-Z With Beyonce’s Mom
Michelle Obama danced joyously to Jay-Z 's "On to the Next One" on Sunday during the rapper's joint concert with Beyonc in Paris, France. The former First Lady joined Beyonc's mother, Tina Knowles Lawson, in the front row and even getting a quick onstage smile from Jay-Z.
Emmanuel Macron
The news last week was full of extraordinary items. I've selected just a few from a three-day period, adding a few comments.
How will Donald Trump behave when he meets the Queen?
He has been described as approaching a handshake like an arm wrestle, in which he clasps the hand and pulls sharply, leaving the recipient off-balance. He yanked French President Emmanuel Macron's hand at the Bastille Day celebration in July 2017, holding on to it for nearly 30 seconds.
France is a ticking time bomb Giulio Meotti
The writer, an Italian journalist with Il Foglio, writes a twice-weekly column for Arutz Sheva. He is the author of the book "A New Shoah", that researched the personal stories of Israel's terror victims, published by Encounter and of "J'Accuse: the Vatican Against Israel" published by Mantua Books..
Your Views Sunday, July 1
NewsOK Pro is a fast and easy way to build your own customized topic pages and add them to the existing NewsOK you've grown to love. In the winter of 1962-63, thanks to a Fulbright scholarship, I saw how another western democracy - France - dealt with an inundation of immigrants.
France Charges 10 White Nationalist Terrorists in Plot to Blow up Muslims
French authorities have charged 10 suspected far-right extremists in connection with an alleged plot to attack Muslims, a judicial source said Thursday. Police have linked the ten to a little-known group called Action des Forces Operationnelles , which urges French people to combat Muslims, or what it calls "the enemy within".
USS Harry S. Truman Arrives in Marseille, France
The Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman arrived in Marseille, France, for a regularly scheduled port visit, June 21. "We look forward to the opportunity to enhance U.S.-French relations during this visit," said Commander, Carrier Strike Group 8 Rear Adm. Gene Black.
France on Monday offered citizenship to an illegal immigrant from…
Mali immigrant rescues dangling child from balcony in Paris, France, in this May 26, 2018 still image obtained May 28, 2018 from social media video. Photo - Tarek Dandach/via Reuters Mali immigrant rescues dangling child from balcony in Paris, France, in this May 26, 2018 still image obtained May 28, 2018 from social media video.
France offers citizenship to Malian immigrant who scaled building to save child
France on Monday offered citizenship to an illegal immigrant from Mali who scaled the facade of a Paris apartment block to save a boy who was about to fall from a fourth-floor balcony, President Emmanuel Macron said. Video shows Mamoudou Gassama, 22, risking his life on Sunday as he climbed up the balconies to rescue the four-year-old who is clinging to a railing and glancing at the ground below, while horrified onlookers watched.
House passes defense bill authorizing pay raise for troops, new jets…
The National Defense Authorization Act, which passed 351-66, is a blueprint that merely authorizes spending on various programs and policies and doesn't actually provide any money for the military. The Senate is working on its own version of the defense authorization bill.
Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron arrive for a visit at George…
A sit-down between US president Donald Trump and French president Emmanuel Macron followed by a joint news conference will highlight the business portion of the French leader's second day in Washington. The pageantry of Mr Macron's official state visit, the first of the Trump presidency, comes on Tuesday night with a lavish state dinner at the White House.