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French prosecutor in New Caledonia says authorities are investigating suspects behind deadly unrest

The French prosecutor in New Caledonia says authorities have opened an investigation into deadly unrest that has left seven people dead and significant destruction in the Pacific archipelago with decades of tensions between those seeking independence and those loyal to France

The Independent UK

France to lift state of emergency in efforts to allow political dialogue in riot-hit New Caledonia

French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to lift the state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia

The Independent UK

Violent Unrest Erupts In New Caledonia, Curfew Imposed

Authorities in New Caledonia implement curfew and gathering ban amid violent unrest over voting reforms. Tensions between pro-independence Kanaks and Europ...

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Napoleon: ignore the griping over historical details, Ridley Scott's film is a meditation on the madness of power

While Ridley Scott’s Napoleon has been causing consternation among some historians, they are overlooking the fact that the historical record does actually support the film’s narrative in terms of one man taking power and shaping a new order during times of revolution and chaos.

The Conversation

Is Southport the 'Paris of the North' after Coronation Street claims

Once crowned Emperor Napoleon III, it is rumoured that he ordered his architect to replicate the boulevard in industrial Parisian streets. Thus, the connection between the two areas was born

Liverpool Echo

The masterpieces kept in royal palaces out of sight of British public

Questions raised over status of royal collection –the last European royal art collection still mostly in hands of sovereign

The Guardian - UK

Seven weird facts about Southport - from buried streets to Nazi bombers

The town is full of history - both interesting and bizarre

Liverpool Echo

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How 'romantic' Paris park became site of horror after woman's decapitated head found

Investigators discovered a woman's dismembered pelvis area before finding her head in a bag near a disused railway line in the southern area of the Buttes-Chaumont Park in the 19th Arrondisement of Paris in France

Daily Mirror

Book Review: ‘To Kidnap A Pope’ Recounts How Napoleon Normalized Religious Freedom

Napoleon’s argument for religious freedom would outlast his empire and become a norm across Europe.

Zenger

Podcast: Senegalese riflemen, cryptocurrency woes, Napoleon III

Long-awaited recognition for France's colonial infantry corps. Who are the French victims of the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange? Napoleon III's transformation of France.

Radio France Internationale

Six things you only know if you grew up in Southport

From THAT rumour to marking big nights in the calendar

Liverpool Echo

‘The beginning of a conversation’: the Met examines a complex history of emancipation art

In a new exhibition, the popularity of antislavery art is revisited with a critical eye on what is being shown and why it’s being celebrated

The Guardian - US

Hidden France: why I fell in love with peaceful, scenic Auvergne

From volcanoes to Vichy springs, this slice of dramatic rolling countryside below Burgundy is a revelation, complete with medieval villages and Michelin stars

The Guardian - UK

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