11 h. ago What we know about the prison where former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will serve time

It remains unclear whether Sarkozy will be placed in isolation or within the “VIP quarters”

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15 h. ago ‘A Cartier store is better protected’: Louvre heist puts spotlight on security

Securing historic public-facing buildings has never been easy, and is even less so in times of economic constraintTo break into the world’s most-visited museum in broad daylight, grab eight pieces of priceless Napoleonic jewellery and vanish into the Paris traffic on humble scooters may seem like the most audacious of crimes, carried out for international notoriety and ensuing Hollywood film treatments.Experts who observe trends in international art crime, however, see Sunday morning’s heist at the Louvre as something more prosaic: the latest in a series of smash-and-grab thefts focused more on the material value of precious stones or metals than the artifacts’ significance, continuing a pattern that has emerged over the last decade in Germany, Britain and the US. The location, they suggest, would have been of secondary concern to the criminals. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago ‘Smash, grab, melt it down’: how material value likely motivated the Louvre heist

Experts say thieves would struggle to find a buyer if the stolen goods remained intactTo break into the world’s most-visited museum in broad daylight, grab eight pieces of priceless Napoleonic jewellery and vanish into the Paris traffic on humble scooters may seem like the most audacious of crimes, carried out for international notoriety and ensuing Hollywood film treatments.Experts who observe trends in international art crime, however, see Sunday morning’s heist at the Louvre as something more prosaic: the latest in a series of smash-and-grab thefts focused more on the material value of precious stones or metals than the artifacts’ significance, continuing a pattern that has emerged over the last decade in Germany, Britain and the US. The location, they suggest, would have been of secondary concern to the criminals. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Carla Bruni doesn't appear to have a trouble in the world as she is pictured scooting around Paris the day before her husband Nicolas Sarkozy begins five

Wearing dark oversized sunglasses and a sturdy helmet, the 56-year-old former First Lady looked calm as she made her way along a cobbled Parisian street today.

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29 h. ago Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he is 'not afraid' of jail as he prepares to be locked up in a matter of hours

The former French president is due to be incarcerated at Paris's Sante prison on Tuesday after he was convicted of attempting to raise campaign funds from Libya in 2007.

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38 h. ago Nicolas Sarkozy to enter prison for criminal conspiracy over Libyan funding

Former French president set to start five-year sentence for scheme to obtain campaign funds from Muammar Gaddafi’s regimeThe former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will go to prison on Tuesday after a court sentenced him to five years for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Sarkozy, who was the rightwing president of France between 2007 and 2012, will become the first former head of an EU country to serve time in prison, and the first French postwar leader to be jailed. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Sculpture by the Sea 2025: from troubled waters to Bondi beach – in pictures

The world’s largest free-to-the-public sculpture exhibition is on again along Sydney’s Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk after surviving a funding shortfall Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Midwife scrawled heart rates on incontinence pad before home birth tragedy that killed mum and baby

Jennifer Cahill, 34, died in hospital the day after giving birth at the property she shared with her husband in Prestwich, Greater Manchester.

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7 d. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy ordered to go to jail next week

Sarkozy must go to La Santé prison in Paris after conviction over scheme to obtain election funds from Gaddafi regimeThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been ordered to go to jail in Paris next week after a court last month sentenced him to five months in prison for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Sarkozy, who was the rightwing president of France between 2007 and 2012, was summoned to meet state prosecutors on Monday. They told him he must present himself at the entrance of La Santé prison in the south of Paris on 21 October to begin his sentence. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Ivanka Trump embraces her father as he arrives in Israel to witness historic hostage release

was pictured greeting Donald Trump as he stepped off Air Force One at Ben Gurion Airport this morning, kissing him on the cheek and hugging him.

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9 d. ago Sarkozy prison date to be set. Here's why the former French president will serve time despite appeal

Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, has been summoned by the National Financial Prosecutor’s office to set a date for his incarceration

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1 week ago Couple win £125k after 'incompetent' man forgets to cancel lottery ticket

Saving for a wedding day involves many sacrifices for the wife and husband-to-be such as avoiding eating out or not booking that summer getaway to the Mediterranean.

Economics

2 w. ago Kate Ferdinand shows off her incredible figure in a white bikini as she gears up for a lavish pool day in Dubai with husband Rio

The former TOWIE star, 34, shared a 'get ready with me video' on her Instagram stories ahead of her relaxing outing over the weekend.

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2 w. ago ‘I’m only here because of my daughter – losing my husband was horrific,’ says Tina Malone

Shameless legend Tina Malone opens up on the “horrific” loss of her husband as she revealed she stays strong every day for her daughter while struggling to cope with grief

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2 w. ago Paul O'Grady's husband misses him 'dearly every day' in 'grateful' update after TV presenter's death

Paul passed away af the age of 67 after suffering a sudden cardiac arrhythmia

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2 w. ago ‘Dior is drama’: Jonathan Anderson goes for the jugular at Paris fashion week

All eyes were on the Northern Irish designer’s debut – not just to reinvent Dior, but to jolt fashion itself out of its slumpIt was the biggest Paris fashion week moment in years. There were two best actress Oscar winners in the audience (Mikey Madison, Charlize Theron) and the daughter of a third (Sunday Rose Kidman Urban) on the catwalk. There were so many K-pop stars that the teenagers of Paris had packed out the Tuileries gardens from dawn.The French first ladies Brigitte Macron and Carla Bruni, both embroiled in news-making storylines of their own, chatted in the front row. The film-maker Luca Guadagnino designed the stage set around an upside-down glass pyramid directly invoking the Louvre, that shimmering icon of modern Paris. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Carla Bruni parties like she hasn't got a care in the world at Paris fashion show just days after Nicolas Sarkozy gets five

The former First Lady was photographed smiling and chatting with guests at the Saint Laurent event while her husband, 70, prepares to appeal against his conviction.

Culture

3 w. ago Kate Moss in nothing but Le Smoking jacket, Madonna kissing Lourdes and Carla Bruni's brave face

No expense was spared at the Yves Saint Laurent show in Paris last night, which featured the Eiffel Tower as a dramatic backdrop and the YSL logo traced out in banks of white hydrangeas.

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3 w. ago Investigation into Nicolas Sarkozy not due to ‘hatred’, his prosecutor says

Jean-François Bohnert rejects claim by ex-French president, who has been sentenced to five years in jail for election funding conspiracyThe French prosecutor whose office led the case against the former president Nicolas Sarkozy over campaign funding from Libya has denied the investigation was motivated by hatred.In a rare public comment, Jean-François Bohnert, France’s top prosecutor for financial crimes, told RTL radio on Monday: “We have no hatred to express Our compass is the law, it is the rule of law.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'Fiercely loyal' Carla Bruni 'will visit her husband France's ex

Carla Bruni will 'visit her husband Nicolas Sarkozy every day' throughout his five-year prison sentence, according to her biographer writing in the Times.

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