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October 14, 2019

French female jihadist gang sentenced to up to 30 years in jail

A French court on Monday sentenced five members of an all-female jihadist cell to between five and 30 years in prison over a failed bid to detonate a car bomb outside Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. The case is the first…

October 14, 2019

France’s Macron warns Trump of need to prevent IS resurgence

French President Emmanuel Macron made clear to Donald Trump on Monday “the absolute necessity to prevent a re-emergence” of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, after the US pulled its troops out of northern Syria. Macron warned, in a telephone…

October 14, 2019

Trump: Let ‘Napoleon Bonaparte’ rescue Kurds

Donald Trump suggested Monday that Syria’s formerly US-allied Kurds could look to 19th century French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte for protection after the US president ordered the departure of nearly 1,000 US troops from the country. Turkey was threatening to invade…

October 14, 2019

Save me from selfies, says drag star RuPaul

Television superstar RuPaul Charles gave his millions of fans a little piece of friendly advice Monday: don’t stop him in the street for a selfie. “I have shit to do and I am living my life. I have no time…

October 14, 2019

Two migrants found dead on northern French beach

The bodies of two young Iraqis were found washed up on a beach in northern France Monday, a first in a region where migrants are taking to boats in growing numbers to try reach Britain. On Monday morning, a passerby…

October 14, 2019

Iraqi migrant found dead on northern French beach

A 17-year-old Iraqi migrant was found dead Monday on a beach in northern France, local authorities said, as the number of migrants attempting to cross the Channel to Britain spirals. The body of the Iraqi Kurdish youth was discovered by…

October 14, 2019

Scottish police deny bungling check in French murder case

Scottish police on Monday rejected claims they had told their French counterparts that a man arrested at Glasgow airport at the weekend was one of the country’s most wanted. “Police Scotland never confirmed, either publicly or privately, that the man…

October 14, 2019

Streamer Tubi says the future is free as it moves into Europe

US streaming giant Tubi — which has been dubbed “the free Netflix” — is to launch a children’s network next week and expand its main service into Europe next year, it announced Monday. Tubi Kids will begin showing 1,200 hours…

October 14, 2019

Esther Duflo: French specialist in combatting poverty

Esther Duflo, one of three people awarded the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday, is a high-profile academic feted in the United States and her home country France for her hands-on approach to studying how people can escape the poverty trap….