A well-known French father and son duo who both dated singer Carla Bruni before she married French President Nicholas Sarkozy have fallen out in a bitter public dispute over an autobiographical novel that sheds light on their private family life. Parisian publisher and author Jean-Paul Enthoven, 71, has publicly disowned his son, philosopher and TV … Read more
Harvey Weinstein ‘to be stripped of CBE’: Disgraced film producer, 68, is expected to lose the honour this week after his conviction for rape Weinstein, 68, was sentenced to 23 years in prison by a US court earlier this year He is expected to lose CBE when Honours Forfeiture Committee meets on Friday String of actresses … Read more
Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo with another massacre after French magazine republished cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed Said & Cherif Kouachi killed 12 people at Charlie Hebdo’s offices in Paris in 2015 Slayings were a response to publishing of cartoons of the prophet Mohammed Al-Qaeda today warned the magazine would be mistaken if they thought the … Read more
Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo with another massacre after French magazine republished cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed Said & Cherif Kouachi killed 12 people at Charlie Hebdo’s offices in Paris in 2015 Slayings were a response to publishing of cartoons of the prophet Mohammed Al-Qaeda today warned the magazine would be mistaken if they thought the … Read more
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is at the centre of a bitter racism row after he questioned if it was acceptable to call people monkeys. The 65-year-old conservative had initially caused outrage on the ‘Daily’ TV discussion programme when he said the word N***** should be allowed. He was particularly upset when appearing on the … Read more
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, his wife Carla Bruni and their daughter Giulia attended the wedding of their mayor friend on Saturday as France suffered a record number of new daily coronavirus infections. A group of over a hundred people gathered outside the town hall for more than half an hour, and applauded the ex-President and … Read more
Facebook said on Saturday that it would block a terminally ill Frenchman from livestreaming his death on the social media platform. The platform’s announcement followed Alain Cocq saying that he would livestream his death in protest after President Emmanuel Macron turned down his request for euthanasia in a right-to-die case. Earlier, the man announced that he will … Read more
France has seen its highest number of coronavirus cases in five months as Emmanuel Macron insisted the country was doing ‘everything to avoid another lockdown’. Some 7,379 people were found to have been infected with the virus across the Channel on Friday – just shy of the record 7,578 high set on March 31. The … Read more
France has vowed to retaliate after it was added to Britain’s quarantine list last night following a surge in coronavirus cases – with other countries set to be added if they cross the threshold of 20 cases per 100,000 people in a week. Emmanuel Macron‘s transport minister said France ‘regrets the UK’s decision’ and ‘will … Read more
Priti Patel will today demand French co-operation in a massive new ‘blockade’ of the Channel to crack down on the migrant crisis. The Home Secretary will refuse to hand over any more taxpayers’ money to fund operations on French soil unless Emmanuel Macron’s government steps up action on illegal crossings. The French will also be expected … Read more