The Latest Breaking News from Paris

Watch Again: Bill Gates talks about climate and growth during Paris summit

Watch when Bill Gates spoke at a UN summit on climate and growth in Paris, on Tuesday 5 December 2023.

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2023

Plane forced to make emergency landing in Paris garden

Small plane crash-lands into garden and hits apartment building wall after suffering engine failure

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2023

🔴 Live: Israeli forces launch ground assault of Khan Younis in south Gaza, hospitals overwhelmed

Israel said Tuesday that its forces had entered “the heart” of Gaza’s second-largest city as intensified bombardment sent streams of ambulances and cars racing to hospitals with wounded and dead Palestinians. Military officials said they were engaged in the “most intense day” of battles since the ground offensive began more…

France 24 · Dec 5, 2023

The rule change that saved Olympic hopeful Kate Shortman from artistic swimming retirement

The Brit was transformed from the brink of quitting the sport to a World Championship medallist with Paris 2024 on the horizon

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2023

'Failure' In Psychiatric Care Of Paris Attacker: Minister

There was a clear failure in the psychiatric care of the radicalised Islamist suffering from mental troubles who stabbed a German tourist to death in central Paris at the weekend before being arrested, France's interior minister said Monday.

International Business Times · Dec 4, 2023

Protest in Paris against immigration law as parliamentary debate continues

A thousand people demonstrated peacefully in Paris on Sunday against the government's immigration law, at the call of several groups, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the "march against racism" of 1983.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 4, 2023

Psychiatric 'failure' blamed for Paris knife attack: interior ministry

France's interior minister Gérald Darmanin said there were clear failures in the psychiatric care of a radicalised Islamist who stabbed a German tourist to death in central Paris at the weekend. The attacker and members of his family remain in custody as an investigation gets underway.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 4, 2023

MeToo, for Israeli victims too: Gaza war drives wedge between French feminists

French feminist groups have come under fire for purportedly turning a blind eye to the sexual violence unleashed on Israeli women during the October 7 attacks by Hamas, echoing the anger levelled at rights organisations elsewhere. The accusation is indicative of the competing narratives and loyalties elicited by the devastating…

France 24 · Dec 4, 2023

Israel advances ground offensive, intensifies air strikes in southern Gaza

Israel's military called for more evacuations in southern Gaza on Monday as it widened its air and ground offensive and said its military was taking "aggressive" action near the city of Khan Younis. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Israel on Monday to avoid exacerbating the “already catastrophic humanitarian situation…

France 24 · Dec 4, 2023

Paris knife attacker 'swore allegiance to IS' terrorist group, suffered from mental issues

The man who stabbed a tourist to death near the Eiffel Tower in Paris swore allegiance to the Islamic State group in a video posted to social media, French anti-terrorist prosecutors said Sunday.

France 24 · Dec 3, 2023