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  • French presidential hopefuls share details of love lives ahead of race FRANCE 24
    With little more than a year to go before France elects its next president, at least two potential candidates have decided to open up about their love lives in a bid to win over French voters. While Emmanuel Macron’s former protégé and prime minister Gabriel Attal has told all in a new book, Jordan Bardella, the leader of the far-right National Rally, was recently “spotted” with his girlfriend on a beach in Corsica by glossy magazine Paris Match.  
     

French presidential hopefuls share details of love lives ahead of race

27 April 2026 at 16:58
With little more than a year to go before France elects its next president, at least two potential candidates have decided to open up about their love lives in a bid to win over French voters. While Emmanuel Macron’s former protégé and prime minister Gabriel Attal has told all in a new book, Jordan Bardella, the leader of the far-right National Rally, was recently “spotted” with his girlfriend on a beach in Corsica by glossy magazine Paris Match.  

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  • Les larmes du pardon (1914) Truus, Bob & Jan too!
    Truus, Bob & Jan too! posted a photo: Vintage Spanish collector's card. Reclam Films, Mallorca. Card 5 of 6. Scene from Les larmes du pardon (René Leprince; Ferdinand Zecca, Pathé Frères 1914), starring Gabriel Signoret (here on the left) and Gabrielle Robinne. Gabriel Signoret aka Signoret (1878 - 1937) was a French actor and director who played in some 85 films, mostly silent ones.
     

Les larmes du pardon (1914)

26 April 2026 at 19:44

Truus, Bob & Jan too! posted a photo:

Les larmes du pardon (1914)

Vintage Spanish collector's card. Reclam Films, Mallorca. Card 5 of 6. Scene from Les larmes du pardon (René Leprince; Ferdinand Zecca, Pathé Frères 1914), starring Gabriel Signoret (here on the left) and Gabrielle Robinne.

Gabriel Signoret aka Signoret (1878 - 1937) was a French actor and director who played in some 85 films, mostly silent ones.

'I’m the only person who can do it': Why 102-year-old Dachau survivor Jean Lafaurie tells his story

26 April 2026 at 04:39
A member of the French Resistance who was deported to Dachau concentration camp, 102-year-old Jean Lafaurie continues to share his story with generations of students – and warn them about the hard right’s return in Europe. Ahead of France’s National Day of Remembrance for Victims and Heroes of the Deportation, Lafaurie told FRANCE 24 about the solidarity that helped him and other prisoners survive the hell of Dachau.

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  • Macron says EU’s mutual defence clause ‘not just words’ Helena Smith
    French president cites joint military aid to Cyprus as proof of Europe’s ability to defend itself during trip to AthensEmmanuel Macron has spoken up for Europe’s ability to defend itself, saying a mutual assistance clause, enshrined in the EU treaty, was unambiguous and “not just words”.The French president said the pact had already been proved in action when several member states sent military aid to Cyprus after a drone attack against a British airbase on the island on 28 February. Continue re
     

Macron says EU’s mutual defence clause ‘not just words’

25 April 2026 at 19:10

French president cites joint military aid to Cyprus as proof of Europe’s ability to defend itself during trip to Athens

Emmanuel Macron has spoken up for Europe’s ability to defend itself, saying a mutual assistance clause, enshrined in the EU treaty, was unambiguous and “not just words”.

The French president said the pact had already been proved in action when several member states sent military aid to Cyprus after a drone attack against a British airbase on the island on 28 February.

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© Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

© Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Four delivery drivers' associations sue Uber and Deliveroo for human trafficking

25 April 2026 at 15:50
Associations that support food delivery workers here in France have filed a criminal complaint for "human trafficking" against the platforms Deliveroo and Uber Eats.  One of the attorneys accused the companies of making significant profits by exploiting their workers.

'I wasn't in politics before and I'm not going to be after': Macron to quit politics in 2027

24 April 2026 at 14:31
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that he will quit politics in 2027 as the final year in his second term approaches. He added that at this late stage in office, the "hardest thing" was to strike a balance between defending his record and acknowledging what "didn't work out".

UK prepared to deploy RAF Typhoons to keep strait of Hormuz open after Iran war

23 April 2026 at 18:08

Proposal at heart of offer made during a 30-country two-day meeting jointly organised by France

Britain is prepared to deploy a squadron of RAF Typhoons based in Qatar to patrol over the strait of Hormuz as part of a multinational mission to keep open the strategic waterway once the Iran war comes to an end.

The UK military also offered to deploy mine-hunting drones and specialist divers to help clear the strait mined by Iran – but no decision has been made on whether HMS Dragon or another warship would also be deployed.

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© Photograph: AS1 Joshua Whiting/MOD Crown Copyright 2026/PA

© Photograph: AS1 Joshua Whiting/MOD Crown Copyright 2026/PA

‘Hairdryer or lighter?’: French police look at claim of sensor tampering to win weather bets

23 April 2026 at 17:39

Forecasting service raises alarm over data from Paris airport used to settle Polymarket wagers on temperature

French police are investigating alleged tampering with national weather forecasting service equipment after a series of unusual temperature readings coincided with suspicious winning bets made on Polymarket.

Data from a Météo-France weather station at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport was used to settle bets between online gamblers on what the temperature would be in Paris for March and the first weeks of April.

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© Photograph: Éric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Éric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images

  • ✇Antiques and Vintage - flickr
  • L'Exode des fées (Pathé 1911) Truus, Bob & Jan too!
    Truus, Bob & Jan too! posted a photo: Vintage French collector's card. Scene from L'Exode des fées (Gaston Velle, Pathé Frères 1911). Velle also scripted the film. Plot: The fairies, having enchanted the childhoods of past generations, have turned their backs on today’s youth—positive and skeptical. Paul, who doesn’t believe in fairy tales, tries to destroy the enthusiastic faith of his little sister Jeanne, who loves to read them. The fairies, scorned, leave the earth; but they will n
     

L'Exode des fées (Pathé 1911)

22 April 2026 at 16:26

Truus, Bob & Jan too! posted a photo:

L'Exode des fées (Pathé 1911)

Vintage French collector's card. Scene from L'Exode des fées (Gaston Velle, Pathé Frères 1911). Velle also scripted the film.

Plot: The fairies, having enchanted the childhoods of past generations, have turned their backs on today’s youth—positive and skeptical. Paul, who doesn’t believe in fairy tales, tries to destroy the enthusiastic faith of his little sister Jeanne, who loves to read them. The fairies, scorned, leave the earth; but they will no longer send children their beautiful dreams of yesteryear, and Paul, plagued by terrible nightmares, recalls those he had spoken ill of. And Melusine, Morgane, Urgèle, Viviane, the White Lady, witches, sylphs, and wood spirits return to fill the peaceful nights and joyful evenings of little children with happy dreams.

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