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By Gavin Blackburn with AP Published on 09/06/2025 – 19:40 GMT+2•Updated 20:02Frederick Forsyth, the British author of “The Day of the Jackal” and other bestselling thrillers, has died at the age of 86 after a brief illness, his literary agent said on Monday.Jonathan Lloyd, his agent, said Forsyth died at home early Monday surrounded by his family.”We mourn the passing of one of the world’s greatest thriller writers,” Lloyd said.Born in Kent in 1938, Forsyth served as a Royal Air Force pilot before becoming a foreign correspondent.He covered the attempted assassination of French President Charles de Gaulle in 1962, which provided inspiration for…
Those who spoke took turns at the podium relaying their traditional talking points on everything from gender identity to clamping down on mass migration as the crowd chowed down on Peruvian fusion empanadas and the Maghrebi sausage variety, Merguez. Everyone brought the love for Le Pen, who is facing a possible ban on running for president in 2027 after being found guilty of embezzlement in March. The verdict was handed down just months after the death of her father and political mentor, Jean-Marie. “Each passing day brings you closer to Marine Le Pen being president,” Abascal, an MEP for Spain’s…
Selon un rapport de l’Unesco de 2024, la teneur des océans en oxygène diminue à l’échelle planétaire et le réchauffement des océans se produit à un rythme sans précédent et de plus en plus rapide. “L’océan est notre principal allié, que l’on vive en Europe ou n’importe où dans le monde”, a déclaré Ursula von der Leyen, présidente de la Commission européenne. “Toutefois, si nous négligeons l’océan, si nous le traitons de manière irrespectueuse, l’océan se retournera contre nous”, a-t-elle ajouté, évoquant les “tempêtes toujours plus violentes [qui] ravagent nos côtes”. Emmanuel Macron et Ursula von der Leyen se sont…
The Venice Film Festival has announced it will honour legendary Vertigo star Kim Novak with a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. Novak, 92, was the world’s top box office star during the late ‘50s and early ‘60s thanks to classics such as Joshua Logan’s Picnic (1955), Otto Preminger’s The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), and Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958) in which she played the dual role of suicidal blonde Madeleine Elster and brunette shop girl Judy Barton. In 2012, Vertigo was named the “greatest film of all time” by the British Film Institute’s Sight and Sound, dethroning Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane – which held…
“The ‘selfie yacht’ of the ‘celebrities’ is safely making its way to the shores of Israel. The passengers are expected to return to their home countries,” Israel’s foreign ministry said in a post on social media. “They were provided with sandwiches and water. The show is over.” Paris has requested consular protection for the six French nationals on board, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said in a statement. The French consulate has requested permission to see them and allow them to rapidly return to France, he added. “France calls on the Israeli government to allow immediate, massive, and unhindered access…
Published on 09/06/2025 – 16:37 GMT+2•Updated 16:39Ukraine and Russia have started a new prisoner of war exchange, following the agreement reached at the second round of direct talks in Istanbul last Monday.”Ukrainians are coming home from Russian captivity,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement. “Today the exchange began and will continue in several stages over the coming days. Among those being returned now are wounded and severely wounded prisoners, as well as those under 25,” Zelenskyy added.Russia’s Defence Ministry confirmed the return of the first group of Russian POWs as well, without providing details on the swapped soldiers.Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters…
Published on 09/06/2025 – 16:04 GMT+2L’Oréal has acquired a majority stake in the UK’s Medik8 as it seeks to expand its position in the skincare market, the French beauty giant confirmed on Monday.As part of the deal, private equity firm Inflexion will remain a minority shareholder, and the current management committee will also stay in their roles.The cost of the stake is officially undisclosed, although the Financial Times reported last week that the potential deal was worth around €1bn.L’Oréal’s share price was roughly unchanged on the news.“We are delighted to welcome Medik8 to the L’Oréal family,” said Cyril Chapuy, President…
Published on 09/06/2025 – 15:22 GMT+2•Updated 15:27Following UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcoming plans to air Netflix’s hit show Adolescence in secondary schools, France is following suit, with French Minister of Education Élisabeth Borne stating yesterday that the mini-series will be screened from secondary school level upwards.In an interview for LCI news channel, Borne explained that the producer of the series “gave us the rights” and that the Ministry of Education was therefore going to “offer five educational sequences for young people based on this series”. These extracts from Adolescence, which have already been shown in British schools to stimulate debate and try…
“The ocean is our greatest ally, whether you live here in Europe, or anywhere in the world,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. “But if we neglect the ocean, if we treat it without respect, it will turn against us,” she added, pointing to the “ever more violent storms [that] ravage our coasts.” Macron and von der Leyen spoke at the third United Nations Conference on the Oceans (UNOC) in Nice, France, where delegations from more than 120 countries, including more than 50 heads of state and government, are gathered in an attempt to resuscitate the world’s long-suffering…
By Euronews Published on 09/06/2025 – 15:54 GMT+2A court in the Czech Republic on Monday sentenced a Colombian national to eight years in prison for plotting an arson attack on public transport in Prague, which officials believe was in part orchestrated by Russia. Andrés Alfonso de la Hoz de la Cruz, who pleaded guilty, was also ordered to pay damages worth 115,000 Czech koruna (€4,639). The 26-year-old was arrested a year ago after setting three public buses ablaze at a public transport depot in Prague’s Klicov district. He recorded the incident and fled the scene as local workers brought the fire…