The Latest Breaking News from Paris

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi part of audacious transfer plan by Saudi government

Cristiano Ronaldo is a free agent after leaving Manchester United while Lionel Messi is out of contract at Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the current campaign

Daily Mirror · Nov 25, 2022

France's Macron on McKinsey probe: my 2017 campaign accounts were checked and cleared

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said his 2017 campaign finances were checked and cleared by judges in his first public comments after financial prosecutors said they investigated his election campaign as part of a wider probe into consultancy firm McKinsey and its links to the president.

Reuters · Nov 25, 2022

EU ministers seek to resolve feud over illegal Mediterranean migrants

European interior ministers have held emergency talks on migration in the wake of a dispute between Paris and Rome over how to handle the thousands who continue to attempt to cross the Mediterranean.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 25, 2022

Factbox-Previous judicial investigations involving French leaders

France's financial prosecutor has opened a probe into suspected favouritism and alleged illegal financing of President Emmanuel Macron's 2017 campaign, in connection with contracts with McKinsey, Le Parisien newspaper said on Thursday.

Reuters · Nov 24, 2022

Musician Sona Jobarteh on becoming the world's first female kora player

British Gambian artist Sona Jobarteh plays the kora, a string instrument that has been the preserve of men since the 13th century, passed down from father to son in a special set of families in West Africa for hundreds of years. That was until she decided to change things. After…

France 24 · Nov 24, 2022

Russia and Ukraine each free 50 POWs in latest prisoner swap

Moscow and Kyiv carried out the latest in a series of prisoner of war exchanges on Thursday, with both sides handing over 50 POWs. It took place as Ukrainian energy workers raced to restore power after Russian missile strikes destroyed energy infrastructure across the country, leaving millions without power. US…

France 24 · Nov 24, 2022

Why certain types of music make our brains sing, and others don't

A few years ago, Spotify published an online interactive map of musical tastes, sorted by city. At the time, Jeanne Added prevailed in Paris and Nantes, and London was partial to local hip hop duo Krept and Kronan. It is well established that music tastes vary over time, by region…

The Conversation · Nov 24, 2022

Casque d’Or review – Jacques Becker’s gripping tragic drama of Parisian lowlife

Simone Signoret stars in a dark tale of love in the belle époque underworld that is a unmissable classic with a pitilessly grim finale

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2022

Jamie Oliver launches food delivery service Pasta Dreams in Bristol

The chef first started the delivery service in London and Paris this year

Bristol Post · Nov 24, 2022

COP27 roundup: what went wrong and what happens next

COP27, the latest UN climate change summit which was held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, has been condemned for failing to summon an adequate response to the escalating climate crisis. Negotiators did manage to preserve a commitment made in Paris in 2015 to limit global warming to 1.5°C. But emissions of…

The Conversation · Nov 23, 2022