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Russian actors behind smear campaign to frame Macron in the Epstein files

A large-scale disinformation campaign backed by Russian bots is using doctored French media reports to falsely link Emmanuel Macron to the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein.

Euronews

French journalist detained at pro-Kurdish rally in Istanbul released, lawyer says

Raphael Boukandoura, who works for French publications including Liberation and Courrier International, was detained on Monday at a protest against a military operation targeting Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.

Euronews

Remembering Bardot: ‘sex symbol', ‘crazy cat lady’ and far-right supporter

International and French media have paid tribute to Brigitte Bardot following her death on Sunday at the age of 91. While some highlighted her reputation as "the biggest sex symbol of French cinema", others drew attention to her role as a "controversial activist".

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Sarkozy Conviction Exposes Political Divide In Crisis-hit France

The dramatic decision to send former president Nicolas Sarkozy to prison for criminal conspiracy has laid bare France's stark political divisions, with the move cheered by the left but slammed by the ascendant right.

International Business Times

Did the liberation of Africa start in Manchester? The biting play about a pivotal, forgotten moment

It was a turning point in the push for African independence – and it took place in Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall. We meet the writer of a play about the fifth Pan-African Congress

The Guardian - UK

Hollywood Stars Condemn Gaza 'Genocide' On Eve Of Cannes Festival

More than 350 figures from the cinema world including Hollywood stars Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon condemned "genocide" in Gaza in an open letter published Monday on the eve of the Cannes Festival.

International Business Times

French YouTuber Hits Peak With Everest Documentary

The pitch is a classic: a young celebrity with no climbing experience and minimal training somehow scales Mount Everest, succeeding against some (if not all) odds.

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Russia bans 81 EU media outlets in tit-for-tat move

Moscow responds to a broadcasting ban on four Russian outlets that the EU accused of spreading Kremlin propaganda.

Al Jazeera

Second Actor Sues French Director Jacquot Over Rape Accusation

A second French actor has filed a legal complaint against arthouse film director Benoit Jacquot accusing him of rape, including when she was a minor, she and her lawyer said.

International Business Times

France's Macron Announces Bill For Assisted Dying

French President Emmanuel Macron will present a bill on assisted dying to go before parliament in May, he said in an interview published by French media on Sunday.

International Business Times

'If They Kill Me It Changes Nothing': Navalny In Unreleased 2020 Interview

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison last month, predicted in previously unpublished testimony in 2020 and released on Wednesday that his death would change "nothing" and other people would stand in his place.

International Business Times

France's New Education Minister Under Fire Over Swipe At Schools

France's new Education Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera is coming under increasing pressure over her decision to have her children attend a private school, a row overshadowing President Emmanuel Macron's attempt to relaunch his second term with a government reshuffle.

International Business Times

France's education minister slips up in public school faux pas

France's new Education Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castera is on the defensive over her decision to send her children to private school. The row threatens to overshadow President Emmanuel Macron's attempt to reboot his second term with a reshuffle that's already seen as a sharp tilt to the right.

Radio France Internationale

Chairman of pub and brewery firm The Liberation Group to step down

The Jersey-based parent company of West Country beer and hospitality brand Butcombe said Richard Grainger had led the group through a period of ‘significant growth’

Birmingham Post

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French army accused of failing to stop journalist's kidnapping in Mali

French forces tried to use a journalist's visit to northern Mali to track a jihadist leader but failed to prevent the reporter from being kidnapped by the militants, a joint investigation by RFI, newspapers Le Monde and Liberation and broadcaster TV5Monde has found.

Birmingham Post

Pub and brewery group Liberation Group says inflated energy, wage and food costs ‘beginning to calm’

The Jersey-based parent company of West Country beer and hospitality brand Butcombe has reported an ‘encouraging’ set of financial results

The Independent UK

Burkina Faso investigates alleged abuses by security forces

Burkina Faso’s government has opened investigations into allegations of human rights abuses by its security forces after a video surfaced that appeared to show the extrajudicial killing of seven children in the country’s north

Reuters

Burkina Faso expels two French journalists

Burkina Faso has expelled two French journalists working for newspapers Le Monde and Liberation, the two publications said on Sunday, accusing the authorities of seeking to stifle freedom of speech with an escalating crackdown on foreign media.

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French journalist Dubois freed in Mali - Liberation

French journalist Olivier Dubois, who has been held hostage in Mali for nearly two years, has been freed, newspaper Liberation' director told Reuters on Monday.

Al Jazeera

French journalist, US aid worker freed in West Africa

Reporter Olivier Dubois had been held by armed groups since 2021, while Jeffery Woodke was kidnapped in 2016.

The Independent UK

French newspaper that mocked Boris Johnson welcomes Sunak friendship

Rishi Sunak is pictured in an embrace with French president Emmanuel Macron on the newspaper Libération’s front page.

Birmingham Post

Pub group boss slams government and suppliers on energy ‘scandal’

The chief executive of The Liberation Group - the parent firm of brewery and pub brand Butcombe - warned this year could be 'one of the worst seen' for pub closures across the UK

Daily Mirror

Man has testicle amputated after being clubbed by truncheon-wielding riot cop

The man, identified as a 26-year-old French engineer named Ivan S., claims to have been taking photographs of running battles between protesters and police after riots broke out on Thursday over France's plans to increase the pension age

The Independent UK

Report: Man loses testicle after clubbing by Paris police

A French newspaper reports that doctors amputated the testicle of a young man who got clubbed in the groin by a police officer during a huge Paris demonstration

Birmingham Post

Pub firm Liberation Group adds to estate with Cirrus Inns deal

The Jersey-based parent company of West Country brewery and pub brand Butcombe now has a portfolio of pubs and inns that spans from the Channel Islands to London

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