France

‘They look like homes for rich people’: why Britain should look to Europe for its council housing revolution

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[wpcc-element _tag=”source” srcset=”https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d7b84794f493d4c3b0df7471bfaed90375b1ee15/0_0_2800_1854/master/2800.jpg?width=1300&dpr=2&s=none&crop=none” media=”(min-width: 1300px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 1300px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)” _close=”0″] ‘Speaks of calm and care, not desperation and last resorts’: Vivas Arquitectos’s residential centre for homeless women in Barcelona. Photograph: José Hevia ‘Speaks of calm and care, not desperation and last resorts’: Vivas Arquitectos’s residential centre for homeless women in Barcelona. … Read more

French parents whose children took own lives sue TikTok over harmful content

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[wpcc-element _tag=”source” srcset=”https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/11fb83c58b5321794a8e4b25060ab9e077922093/0_252_7561_4537/master/7561.jpg?width=620&dpr=2&s=none&crop=none” media=”(min-width: 980px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 980px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)” _close=”0″] Seven French families have launched the lawsuit in a Paris court against TikTok in the first such grouped case in Europe. Photograph: Morgan Hancock/AAP Seven French families have launched the lawsuit in a Paris court against TikTok in the first such … Read more

Eight go on trial over beheading of teacher Samuel Paty in Paris

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[wpcc-element _tag=”source” srcset=”https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ee248bb7e526623f0b0896e0dd7187e914a53c06/0_106_1648_988/master/1648.jpg?width=620&dpr=2&s=none&crop=none” media=”(min-width: 980px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 980px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)” _close=”0″] A woman wears a picture of Samuel Paty in Lille as part of a nationwide rally in solidarity with the killed teacher in October 2020. Photograph: François Lo Presti/AFP/Getty Images A woman wears a picture of Samuel Paty in Lille as … Read more

Four wounded after axe used in fight on Paris suburban train

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[wpcc-element _tag=”source” srcset=”https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b4ae10442a42befabbb1025047dda4d04a5782f7/0_255_5659_3396/master/5659.jpg?width=620&dpr=2&s=none&crop=none” media=”(min-width: 980px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 980px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)” _close=”0″] A Paris RER train. The incident happened at 8am on Monday while the train was stopped. Photograph: Kiran Ridley/Getty Images A Paris RER train. The incident happened at 8am on Monday while the train was stopped. Photograph: Kiran Ridley/Getty Images Paris … Read more

French minister cancels holy site visit after Israeli police arrest gendarmes

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[wpcc-element _tag=”source” srcset=”https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3fbc203ad4551ea04b484c634b8d9572e52f16cc/0_234_8192_4914/master/8192.jpg?width=620&dpr=2&s=none&crop=none” media=”(min-width: 980px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 980px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)” _close=”0″] Jean-Noel Barrot, French minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, has abandoned his visit to the Eleona domain. Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images Jean-Noel Barrot, French minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, has abandoned his visit to the Eleona domain. Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty … Read more

Inside the Paris attacks trial: ‘A man stood up and said: “Stop it, what are you doing?” One of the killers shot him’

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Illustration: Alex Mellon/Guardian; AP/Reuters TV/Reuters/EPA/Getty Images On 13 November 2015, 130 people were murdered by Islamist extremists. Six years later, the trial began. I attended court every day to try to understand the killers’ motivations and hear from those whose lives had been irrevocably changed By Emmanuel Carrère Thu 7 Nov 2024 00.00 EST Last … Read more

‘Was I drugged and raped? I’ll never know’: partners of accused share fears at Pelicot trial

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[wpcc-element _tag=”source” srcset=”https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/fe1d44361837110e7c3264b208ba33bf792309ba/0_184_5459_3276/master/5459.jpg?width=620&dpr=2&s=none&crop=none” media=”(min-width: 980px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 980px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)” _close=”0″] Gisèle Pelicot has become a feminist hero after insisting that the rape trial of her ex-husband and 50 other men be held in public to raise awareness of the use of drugs and sedation to rape women. Photograph: Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images … Read more

‘Did he drug me too?’: how daughter of Gisèle Pelicot feared she had also been a victim of her father

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[wpcc-element _tag=”source” srcset=”https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f57a9d0cd1a45e6b001e0052bb7c7a34e74ae048/0_56_5417_3250/master/5417.jpg?width=620&dpr=2&s=none&crop=none” media=”(min-width: 980px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 980px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)” _close=”0″] Caroline Darian, left, with her mother Gisèle Pelicot, outside the court in Avignon. Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA Caroline Darian, left, with her mother Gisèle Pelicot, outside the court in Avignon. Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA The ObserverGisèle Pelicot rape trial ‘Did he drug me … Read more