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The girl had told investigators she had planned the killings, and that her boyfriend had 'agreed to take part'.

The Paris Appeals Court stated that its ruling was based on Tunisia's failure to respond to a request for guarantees of a trial by an independent and impartial court.

Emergency services, including a helicopter, were seen searching the area, and French maritime authorities recovered people from the water, with one person treated for hypothermia.

Anna, a 47-year-old Swede living on the French Riviera, expressed her fear, saying, 'I'm trembling. I'm so afraid I'll start smoking again. It feels terrible.'

Authorities in Congo-Brazzaville have applied to Interpol for an international arrest warrant against Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas after he was convicted of embezzling $1.1 million in FIFA funds. Mayolas, along with his wife and son, was sentenced to life imprisonment for their roles in the embezzlement scheme, which involved funds intended for Covid-19 relief.

Air France's departure from Orly airport concludes an 80-year relationship, driven by declining passenger demand and a shift towards train travel, particularly post-Covid.

Lavrov claimed Moscow was intent on defending 'international law' and rejected any notion of Russia breaking international law in Ukraine, asserting that its forces never targeted 'exclusively civilian' targets.

The investigations were opened over concerns that important information-such as warnings and precautions for cosmetics not intended for, or tested on, minors-may have been omitted or presented in a misleading manner.

The idea that this is a temporary crisis, and that the economic effects will fade away once the bombing stops, is unfortunately no longer relevant. This situation amounts to a new oil shock. And if this energy shock persists beyond a few weeks, the crisis could spread more widely throughout the economy and, in essence, take on a more systemic nature.

The first of 2026's biannual changing of the clocks takes place on the weekend of March 28th and 29th in France and across the whole of the European Union (plus the UK). Clocks officially go forward one hour at 2am (France time) on Sunday, March 29th, meaning that the hour between 2am and 3am disappears into the ether for the summer.

"Plaintiff and aggrieved employees frequently worked off the clock and were routinely subjected to periods wherein they were under the Defendants' control but not compensated for their time."

A Paris court has sentenced in absentia Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan to 18 years in prison for the rape of three women, marking his latest fall from grace.

For the first time, one or more French investigating judges will examine the conditions of the possible criminal liability of Fabrice Leggeri in the carnage that has resulted in thousands of deaths in the Mediterranean, particularly children and women.

The lawsuit alleges that the restaurant failed to pay overtime wages that were owed to her, and she was 'required to work off the clock, [and] work through meal and rest periods' without compensation.