General news articles from France, from a French perspective, covering France and Europe and the impact on life in France.
ANGER: Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Lille, but also Strasbourg, Tours or Poitiers… Many cities have been affected by damage and sporadic clashes between the police and young people Despite the mobilisation of 40,000 police and gendarmes, many neighbourhoods experienced sporadic violence throughout France overnight from Thursday to Friday. In total, more than 400 people, mainly minors, were […]
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INVESTIGATION: This 38-year-old police brigadier was indicted for intentional homicide and remanded in custody The policeman who shot the young Nahel on Tuesday during a traffic check in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) asked for forgiveness from the family of the teenager while in police custody, his lawyer reported on Thursday. , Me Laurent-Franck Liénard, on BFMTV. “The first words he spoke […]
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The police brigadier suspected of having killed Nahel, 17, on Tuesday in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), is presented as “an exemplary civil servant” who has distinguished himself several times during his career Judicial information was opened on Thursday against the policeman who fired the shot during a roadside check that led to the death of Nahel, in […]
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A 17-year-old motorist was killed on Tuesday morning in Nanterre by a police officer who fired his weapon after the minor refused to comply A 17-year-old motorist was killed Tuesday morning in Nanterre by a police officer who fired his weapon, after the minor refused to comply. The victim, Nahel M., died despite the intervention of […]
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The cloud of smoke loaded with fine particles, which arrived this Monday 26th June in France, would circulate too high in the atmosphere to affect air quality. Satellite images have been making the rounds on social media since this weekend. The smoke from the gigantic fires affecting Canada has been arriving in France since Monday 26th June 2023. These […]
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The boreal forest has been burning since the beginning of June in Quebec. The significant smoke released reached France this Monday 26th June 2023. France in the fog? After having embalmed New York and part of the United States, the smoke from the Canadian mega-fires is now reaching France. Since 2nd June 2023, Canada, and especially Quebec, has been burning. Hectares of […]
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This Monday 26th June, temperatures sometimes dropped by 10°C compared to Sunday, before the return (again!) of thunderstorms, from the middle of the week. Weather forecast. It was 29°C in Dinard (Ille-et-Vilaine) at midday on Sunday 25th June 2023. It was around 18°C at the same time on Monday 26th June. It was 33°C in […]
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470 forest fires are still active in Canada. On Sunday 25th June 2023, the air quality was rated as the worst in the world. Hundreds of firefighters arrive as reinforcements Acrid smoke covered Montreal on Sunday with a veil due to the still active forest fires in Canada, making the city the most polluted air in the world, according to a […]
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CURSED POLLEN: The stormy episodes of the last few days have caused an increase in emergency room visits for respiratory distress In recent days, violent storms have broken out in France, causing an increase in hospitalizations for cases of respiratory distress. Monday evening, 13 departments were still on orange alert, and the weather still looks unstable […]
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WEATHER REPORT: Roads cut, floods, damage, power cuts… Some French people have had to deal with the consequences of storms The violent storms which hit the west and the centre of France on Sunday afternoon particularly affected Seine-Maritime, notably causing floods and a “tornadic episode”, we learned from concordant sources. According to the Seine-Maritime prefecture, firefighters […]
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