2 h. ago ‘The French people want to save us’: help pours in for glassmaker Duralex

The brand, which evokes nostalgia and pride, hit its €5m fundraising target within hours and orders have soaredDrop a Duralex glass and it will most likely bounce, not break. The French company itself has tumbled several times in the past two decades and always bounced back, but never quite as spectacularly as when, earlier this month, it asked the public for money.An appeal for €5m (£4.4m) of emergency funding to secure the immediate future of the glassworks took just five hours and 40 minutes to reach its target. Within 48 hours, the total amount pledged had topped €19m. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Cop30 conference centre evacuated as fire breaks out – as it happened

UN secretary-general António Guterres earlier used speech at Belem summit to urge countries to find compromises in final hours of negotiationsInside the halls of Cop30 you see people from all around the world, and it can be easy to forget that there are many people who remain unrepresented.On Thursday morning, Magne Tony was standing with compatriots from French Guiana outside the entrance to the conference centre, trying to push pieces of paper into the hands of arriving delegates and observers headed: “Our Amazon is dying”.The main problem is that France are in 9,000 kilometres from Amazonia, from South America, and they’re taking decisions. [But] they don’t really know what is the problem really. They’re taking the decisions from their own mind and the problem is that they’re far from reality.That’s why we decided to alert the people in the world about [our] problems: water coming up, getting enough to eat, more heat – in some parts of French Guiana, people don’t have water.These...

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46 h. ago Cop30 live: current climate pathway ‘a death sentence for many’, says UN secretary

António Guterres uses speech at Belem summit to urge countries to find compromises in final hours of negotiationsInside the halls of Cop30 you see people from all around the world, and it can be easy to forget that there are many people who remain unrepresented.On Thursday morning, Magne Tony was standing with compatriots from French Guiana outside the entrance to the conference centre, trying to push pieces of paper into the hands of arriving delegates and observers headed: “Our Amazon is dying”.The main problem is that France are in 9,000 kilometres from Amazonia, from South America, and they’re taking decisions. [But] they don’t really know what is the problem really. They’re taking the decisions from their own mind and the problem is that they’re far from reality.That’s why we decided to alert the people in the world about [our] problems: water coming up, getting enough to eat, more heat – in some parts of French Guiana, people don’t have water.These crises, a consequence of Wes...

Society

5 d. ago Brits say they would choose to be French if they had to swap nationalities

Despite centuries of fierce rivalry across the Channel, more than half of people quizzed admitted they want to hail from France. They believe French people have the sexiest accents

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6 d. ago French chef urges people cooking steak to ditch ingredient that 'kills flavour'

There are many ways to cook a steak, but the chef said this method has "always given me amazing results".

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2 w. ago French coastguard rescues 94 people from water after small boat breaks apart

The incident occurred four nautical miles off Dunkirk on Thursday morning.

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2 w. ago Man who rammed his car into a crowd and screamed 'Allahu Akbar' is suspected of 'self

A driver ploughed into pedestrians on a French holiday island on Wednesday morning, leaving at least five people injured - two of whom are still in critical condition.

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2 w. ago Driver ploughs in to pedestrians 'trying to hit everyone he encountered' on French holiday island leaving five injured before screaming 'Allahu Akbar' as he is arrested

The car veered towards pedestrians at about 8.45am today as the attacker attempted to hit 'everyone he encountered' on the island of Oléron off the West coast of France , officials say.

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2 w. ago Driver ploughs in to pedestrians 'trying to hit everyone he encountered' on French holiday island leaving ten injured before screaming 'Allahu Akbar' as he is arrested

The car veered towards pedestrians at about 8.45am today as the attacker attempted to hit 'everyone he encountered' on the island of Oléron off the West coast of France , officials say.

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2 w. ago Two people in intensive care after car driven into pedestrians on French island – Europe live

Suspect is in custody after car ‘deliberately’ rammed into pedestrians and cyclists on Île d’Oléron; aide to far-right National Rally MP among the injuredAt least nine people were injured, the mayor of Dolus-d’Oleron, Thibault Brechkoff, said in a post on Facebook.He stressed the “deliberate” nature of the incident, and said that local authorities were setting up a crisis centre to coordinate their response. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Five injured after man ‘deliberately’ drives car into people on French island

At least two people in intensive care and suspect arrested after pedestrians and cyclists hit on Île d’OléronFive people have been injured, two of them seriously, after a driver rammed into pedestrians and cyclists on Île d’Oléron, a popular tourist destination off France’s Atlantic coast, authorities have said.The driver has been arrested and an investigation opened into attempted murder, the La Rochelle public prosecutor, Arnaud Laraize, said on Wednesday. France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said it was observing the case but was not so far involved. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Driver screaming 'Allahu Akbar' ploughs in to pedestrians 'trying to hit everyone he encountered' on French holiday island leaving ten injured

Arresting police officers, who had to use tasers, found gas cannisters in the boot of the thirty-five-year-old suspect's car as he tried to set it on fire.

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2 w. ago Driver screaming 'Allahu Akbar' ploughs in to pedestrians and cyclists on French holiday island injuring 10 as gas canisters are found in his car

It took place at around 8.45 a.m. on Wednesday between the villages of Dolus-d'Oléron and Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron in the Charente-Maritime region.

Sport

2 w. ago Camouflage clothing may be having a moment – but in our violent world, is that wise? | Ellie Violet Bramley

Some say it’s just ‘a stylish alternative to denim’, but the politics of who gets to wear military-adjacent garb is increasingly fraughtOn a recent visit to Gaza, Steve Witkoff, the real estate mogul and Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, wore a “camouflage” top. I write “camouflage” in inverted commas because it was blue and, amid the dusty devastation of Gaza, there was nothing about it – or the bumbag he wore with it – that helped Witkoff blend in.It’s an odd paradox that a pattern designed to melt military personnel into their surroundings – the word is derived from the French camoufler, “to disguise” – when worn by certain people, in certain ways, does the opposite. Witkoff being a glaring example.Ellie Violet Bramley is a freelance writer Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Louvre robbery: Mystery of missing £78m treasure goes on despite 5 more arrests

Five more people have been arrested following the broad daylight theft of French crown jewels from the Louvre Museum - but police are still yet to find the stolen items

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3 w. ago False claims online damaged Brigitte Macron’s quality of life, daughter tells court

Tiphaine Auzière spoke at trial of 10 people accused of harassment by posting claims that French first lady was born a manBrigitte Macron’s daughter has told a Paris court that false claims online that the French first lady was born a man had damaged her mother’s quality of life, leaving her worrying every day about the clothes she wears and how she stands.Tiphaine Auzière, 41, a lawyer, was called as a witness at the trial of 10 people accused of online harassment of Brigitte Macron by creating or reposting social media posts falsely claiming she was a man. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ten people go on trial in Paris accused of online harassment of Brigitte Macron

Trial is latest phase in legal battle against false claim that French first lady is a man named Jean-Michel TrogneuxTen people have gone on trial in Paris charged with online harassment of Brigitte Macron – the latest phase of a legal battle on both sides of the Atlantic against the false claim that the French first lady is a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux.The president, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife filed a defamation lawsuit in the US at the end of July, in connection with a rumour amplified and repeated online that Brigitte Macron was born a man. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ten people go on trial in Paris for online harassment of Brigitte Macron

Trial is latest phase in legal battle against false claim that French first lady is a man named Jean-Michel TrogneuxTen people are to go on trial in Paris on Monday for online harassment of Brigitte Macron – the latest phase in a legal battle on both sides of the Atlantic against the false claim that the French first lady is a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux.The French trial comes after the president, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife filed a defamation lawsuit in the US at the end of July, in connection with a rumour amplified and repeated online that Brigitte Macron was born a man. Continue reading...

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