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French police foil terror plot ‘targeting several sites simultaneously’
French police arrested seven men in the cities of Strasbourg and Marseille who were allegedly plotting a terror attack, French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said. The men were arrested in the northern city of Strasbourg and the southern city of Marseille, Cazeneuve told reporters, adding that the men were of French,...
Former Marine killed in French alps climbing tragedy had recently become engaged
A FORMER Royal Marine who had recently become engaged has been killed in a climbing accident in the French Alps. Ex-Servicman Duncan Potts died on Wednesday as he climbed the Dent du Geant mountain in the Mont Blanc range near Chamonix. He left the Royal Marines last month and recently became engaged to equine vet April Lawson,...
French religious leaders ask Hollande for increased security
French religious leaders ask Hollande for increased security Military presence to hit 10,000, with 4,000 soldiers in Paris French religious leaders met on Wednesday with President Hollande to ask for increased security in places of worship, following the attack in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray on Tuesday in which two armed teens...
Attack on Nice: French PM Valls booed at commemoration
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has been booed as he attended a minute's silence in Nice, where an attacker in a lorry killed 84 people on Thursday. Hecklers shouted out "murderer" and "resign" at him before the minute's silence, held across the nation. Earlier, centre-right opposition leader...
Boris Johnson is a liar with his back to the wall, says French FM
France's foreign minister has said his newly-appointed British counterpart, Boris Johnson, is a liar with "his back against the wall". In comments to Europe 1 radio, Jean-Marc Ayrault said Mr Johnson had lied to the British people during the recent EU referendum campaign and would now be under pressure "to...
Now French say Britain COULD have new deal on EU migration ahead of Brexit negotiations
EUROPEAN leaders could be ready to negotiate a new immigration deal with Britain after the Brexit vote. Leading politicians from across the Brussels club have said there should be no red lines as discussions over Britain's future outside the bloc get underway. Crucially, French finance minister Michel Sapin – who last...
Outrage after French minister claims Brexit would give Britain ‘significance of Guernsey’
BRITAIN would become an isolated trading post with the "significance of Guernsey" if it left the European Union, according to a French minister. Emmanuel Macron, the economy minister for France, claimed a vote for Brexit would isolate the UK from its trading partners on Europe's borders. But his comments —...
Furious Moscow condemns French police for arresting Russian hooligans after Euro violence
MOSCOW has condemned the “unacceptable” detention of 43 Russian hooligans by French police after a string of sickeningly violent clashes at Euro 2016. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov slammed the French police, claiming the host nation’s security forces are “discriminating against Russian...
French jihadist murders police couple at Magnanville
The murder of two French police officials by a man claiming allegiance to so-called Islamic State (IS) is "unquestionably a terrorist act", President Francois Hollande says. A police commander and his partner were stabbed to death at their home west of Paris. Their three-year-old survived. The attacker was killed in...
‘IS link’ to French policeman’s killer
A man claiming allegiance to so-called Islamic State (IS) stabbed a French policeman to death before being killed when police stormed a house, in what officials say was a "terrorist act". The attacker took the officer's partner and their son hostage in their home in Magnanville, near Paris. The partner was found...
French plan to make Britain PAY: France threatens BLOODY Brexit to avoid anti-EU surge
FRANCE will pay make Britain PAY if people vote to leave the European Union on June 23. The eurozone’s second largest economy is determined to leave the UK with a bloody nose if it chooses to Leave and will ensure a divorce is sealed swiftly. In a thinly veiled threat to voters, French officials have warned they...
UN whistleblower resigns over French peacekeeper ‘child abuse’
A UN whistleblower who alleged child sex abuse by French peacekeepers in the Central African Republic has resigned, citing the "complete impunity" of those responsible for the crimes. Anders Kompass told officials that the UN was failing to properly investigate allegations that French troops abused children as young...