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Brigitte Macron’s push has reverberated around the world. Why was it met with a shrug in France?

Whatever the explanation for the incident, the reaction points to backward French attitudes – including from the president himself, says French journalist Pauline Bock

The Guardian - UK

Ex-surgeon jailed over sex attacks on 299 victims in France’s largest child abuse trial

Joel Le Scouarnec was standing trial over three decades of violence against child patients, some of whom were unconscious at the time

The Independent UK

The health impact of nuclear tests in French Polynesia – archive, 1981

France spent €90,000 countering research into the effects of its Pacific nuclear tests in the 1960s and 70s. Learn how the Guardian reported early accounts of sickness and contamination

The Guardian - UK

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Survivors decry failures exposed in France’s biggest paedophilia trial

A French court is expected to deliver its verdict on Wednesday in the country’s biggest ever paedophilia case. Former surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec is accused of raping and sexually assaulting 299 children over more than two decades. He has admitted to all charges.

Radio France Internationale

France detains over 20 suspects in crypto kidnapping plots

France has arrested more than 20 people over two recent kidnapping plots targeting crypto traders in Paris and another attempt in western France, according to reports from French news agency AFP.

Radio France Internationale

'Scared of being pushed back into the closet': Europe's new LGBT+ retirement communities

New communities for senior LGBTQ+ people are cropping up across Europe. Their aim? To create safe spaces which fight against social marginalisation.

Euronews

French Court To Rule On Surgeon Who Abused Children For Decades

A French court is to give its verdict Wednesday in the trial of a surgeon who admitted to sexually abusing hundreds of patients over more than two decades, in one of the country's largest child sex abuse cases.

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Trump blames Europe as deadly impact of US cuts on Aids pandemic grows

Trump lashes out at France and Germany amid growing evidence that HIV patients are being denied life-saving drugs. Bel Trew reports

The Independent UK

The Alpine A390 Is France's Answer To The Porsche Macan EV

It features a sporty fastback design and a tri-motor setup with torque vectoring, which should provide plenty of tail-out fun.

InsideEVs

SUN: Keep calm, say cheese! French photo festival goes ‘so British’ this summer

For its 22nd edition, La Gacilly International Photo festival in western France is featuring 10 outdoor exhibitions in honour of big names in British photography including Martin Parr, Terry O’Neill and Don McCullin. Spread across the town’s picturesque parks, nine other exhibitions display environmental themes, with a special focus on…

Radio France Internationale

Jeremy Clarkson reveals gruesome reason he was arrested after 'wobbly' dinner in France

The former Top Gear host, 64, opened up about ending up in jail during an episode of Clarkson’s Farm

Evening Standard

Albanese says ‘we follow our own path’ after UK, France and Canada threaten Israel with sanctions over Gaza

Labor MP Ed Husic and former Labor foreign ministers Gareth Evans and Bob Carr reiterate support for targeted sanctions

The Guardian - AU

Azerbaijan pardons French street artist jailed for painting graffiti on metro

Théo Clerc was submitted to “discriminatory treatment," according to French authorities, who have advised citizens against traveling to Azerbaijan because of the risk of “arbitrary detention and unfair sentencing."

Euronews

French surgeon who abused children for decades sentenced to 20 years in prison

Biggest child abuse trial in French history reveals decades of failures in medical oversight

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French parliament adopts long-debated bill to legalise assisted dying

France’s lower house of parliament has passed a draft law that would allow adults with incurable illness to end their lives with medical help under strict conditions.

Euronews

No, Israel isn't planning to take over a French holy site

France owns four heritage sites in Jerusalem, under a treaty known as the Fischer-Chauvel agreement, in addition to other religious sites.

The Independent UK

Indonesian and French leaders meet for defense and trade talks

French President Emmanuel Macron has met with his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto in a visit aimed at boosting defense and trade cooperation, as part of Macron's tour of Southeast Asia focused on strengthening regional ties

The Independent UK

French court to deliver verdict in landmark child sex abuse case involving 299 victims

A verdict is expected in one of France's largest-ever child sex abuse cases

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International Business Times

Macron In Indonesia Seeks To Deepen Trade, Defence Ties

Emmanuel Macron will seek to deepen trade and defence ties on a visit to Indonesia Wednesday, the second leg of a three-country Southeast Asia tour promoting France as a balancing power between the US and China.

International Business Times

France Foils New Crypto Kidnapping Plot, Arrests Over 20: Source

France has foiled the latest in a spate of kidnapping plots targeting cryptocurrency entrepreneurs, and detained more than 20 people over that attempt and another against crypto boss Pierre Noizat's family, a police source said Tuesday.

Euronews

France's National Assembly adopts bill to legalise assisted dying on first reading

The bill, which received 305 votes in favour and 199 against, will be sent to the Senate for further debate but a definitive vote on the measure could take months.

Latin Times

French President Macron 'Concealed Anger' After Wife Publicly 'Shoveled' His Face: Body Language Expert

A body language expert alleged President Emmanuel Macron was angry after his wife "shoveled" his face right before the first couple disembarked the French Air Force jet ahead of their Southeast Asia tour over the weekend.

International Business Times

'No-kids' Holiday Venue? Think Again, Says France

The French government is mulling measures to clamp down on adult-only hotels and restaurants, with a top official warning that hospitality venues excluding children in a so-called "no kids" strategy were dividing society.

The Independent UK

French artist imprisoned in Azerbaijan due to graffiti is freed after 14 months

Authorities in France say that a French street artist who had been sentenced to three years in jail in Azerbaijan for painting a graffiti in the metro has been pardoned and freed

The Independent UK

Voices: Has Brigitte Macron got away with ‘le slap’?

COMMENT: France’s first lady should be judged as harshly for ‘shove-gate’ as her husband Emmanuel would be if he had done the same to her... but, says Rowan Pelling, here’s why she won’t be

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