PRESS REVIEW – Monday, October 12: Widespread protests in India are met with detentions judged "illegal" by the country's Supreme Court. But first: Lebanese papers report as Hezbollah prepares for a new regional flare-up.
Paris Fire Brigade images show flames ravaging the Marché Couvert des Enfants Rouges in the Marais district during the night between Sunday and Monday, October 12. Founded in 1615, the Enfants Rouges market is the oldest covered food market in Paris and is listed as a historic monument.
The historic Marché des Enfants-Rouges in central Paris was gutted by fire early on Monday. The market in the Marais neighbourhood is the oldest covered market in the French capital, dating back to 1615, and is also a listed building.
The Paris Motor Show opens its doors today, and with it come mounting economic and diplomatic issues. The European Union has just announced that it has secured a commitment from China to moderate the flow of hybrid vehicles into the block's market.
At least 139 migrants died, including 15 children and 84 went missing when an overcrowded boat sank on its way from Djibouti to Yemen on the night between October 8 and 9. The International Organization for Migration said most of the people were Ethiopian when the vessel capsized off north of the to…
Ukrainian power plants were hit by Russian strikes on Sunday, leading to power outages. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the attacks and expressed his surprise at the US President's post that stated that an “energy ceasefire” had been agreed upon between Ukraine and Russia.
With just six months to go to presidential polls in France, a coalition of centre left parties have chosen their candidate It's EU lawmaker, Raphael Glucksmann. The 46 year old tells voters he stands for a break with Macronism, a break with the far left of candidate Jean Luc Melenchon and that he's…
Student unions in France are hailing what they see as a major concession from the French government after more than two weeks of often violent nationwide student protests: the urgent deployment of some 3,000 supply teachers to schools with the greatest staffing needs.
The 2026 Nobel economics prize has been awarded to US economists Robert Hall and Michael Woodford, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.
In France, a primary organised by the opposition Socialists and their centre-left allies held this Sunday has resulted in a clear winner. He is Raphaël Glucksmann, a member of the European Parliament and founder of the “Place Publique” party.
Two teaching staff were shot and wounded at a school in Aubagne near Marseille Monday morning, French Education Minister Édouard Geffray said. A police source said that a 14-year-old boy had been arrested in connection to the incident, adding that there did not seem to be any link to the student pr…
A new attack hit Riyadh's international airport on Sunday, a day after another attack on the airport killed at least 12 people and injured over 300. This was the deadliest on Saudi soil in over a decade.
The US President Donald Trump sowed confusion on Sunday, announcing an "energy ceasefire" between Ukraine and Russia. Kyiv expressed astonishment, there was silence from Moscow. Ukrainian strikes have wreaked havoc on the Russian oil industry.
Saudi Arabia's civil aviation body extended the suspension of operations at Riyadh's international airport Monday following a series of deadly attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels over the weekend. The statement announcing the decision did not specify when operations would resume.
It was a must-win match for Marseille on Sunday in Troyes. In the relegation zone at kick-off, the French giants desperately needed a victory in the final match of Matchday 6 in Ligue 1.
A fire "completely destroyed" Paris's historic Marché Couvert des Enfants Rouges overnight Monday, authorities said. The cause of the fire that swept through the capital's oldest covered food market remains unknown.
Russia declined to say on Monday whether an agreement had been reached with Ukraine to halt attacks on energy infrastructure, a day after US President Donald Trump unilaterally announced an "energy ceasefire" that seemed to catch both Kyiv and Moscow off guard.
Indian opposition politicians and journalists alleged that police had been heavy-handed in cracking down in protests that swept New Delhi over the weekend in response to a nationwide voter roll revision that critics say disproportionately affects Muslim and other minority voters.
Abu Hamza, whose Melbourne-based Islamic community centre was linked by Emirati prosecutors to the suspect in the attempted hijacking of an Israel-bound passenger jet, publicly dismissed "false accusations" against him on Monday.
An intensifying El Nino pushed sea surface temperatures in a key Pacific monitoring region to a record 29.70C in September, the EU’s Copernicus climate service said Monday. Forecasters expect the weather pattern, which raises drought and flood risks and exacerbates global warming, to become the stro…
North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles off its east coast on Monday, South Korea’s military said, amid tensions over border landmine explosions that injured three South Korean soldiers last month.
A seventh man was arrested Tuesday over a major incident last month at a British military airbase used by the United States to launch strikes on Iran, police said. The arrest came a day after President Donald Trump said the United States had withdrawn all B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford because of "th…
One factor accelerating these student protest is social media, and its being boosted even more by artificial intelligence. Some French mayors have even called for social media platforms to be temporarily blocked for minors. Our colleauges at France 2 took a look at the impact
A former German spy chief was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of espionage and treason, an embarrassing case at a time when the country is seeking to broaden the powers of its intelligence agencies.
