French president François Hollande took the biggest gamble of his two-year-old presidency on Monday by ordering his reformist prime minister to form a new government which will exclude Socialist dissidents demanding an end to economic austerity policies dictated by Germany. Continue reading…
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Libyan capital under Islamist control after Tripoli airport seized
Libya has lurched ever closer to fragmentation and civil war this weekend after Islamist-led militias seized the airport in the capital, Tripoli, proclaimed their own government, and presented the world with yet another crisis. Continue reading…
Barry the manatee dies after getting stuck in pool shaft
A three-year-old manatee has drowned after getting stuck in a service shaft in its pool just a month after joining a zoo in Paris. Continue reading…
Toulouse drugs war: two die in two days as violence escalates
Toulouse risks becoming the new Marseilles, France’s murder capital, according to police, who are investigating two suspected revenge killings in as many days which have been linked to the city’s illegal drugs trade. Continue reading…
Postcard from…Paris
When Emmanuelle and Rachid Guedidi joined the TV reality show Bienvenue chez nous (welcome to our home) the couple thought they might get some free publicity for their bed and breakfast in the Dordogne. Continue reading…
Anne Penketh 