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French wartime resistance heroine Solange Alexandre dies aged 104

Site Pôle Jean MoulinHugh SchofieldParis10 November 2026One of France's last Resistance heroes from World War Two has died at the age of 104. Solange Alexandre was also a rare woman who, with her...

French wartime resistance heroine Solange Alexandre dies aged 104

Site Pôle Jean MoulinHugh Schofieldin Paris5 minutes agoOne of France's last Resistance heroes from World War Two has died at the age of 104. Solange Alexandre was also a rare woman who, with her...

Brigitte Bardot inheritance row deepens after private letter to partner leaked

Getty ImagesHugh Schofieldin Paris4 November 2026A row over the inheritance of late screen legend Brigitte Bardot has intensified after a private letter was made public which appears to show her...

Brigitte Bardot inheritance row deepens after private letter to partner leaked

Getty ImagesHugh Schofieldin Paris20 minutes agoA row over the inheritance of late screen legend Brigitte Bardot has intensified after a private letter was made public which appears to show her...

Are the French riots a warning of an intense election to come?

Cities and towns across France have seen rioting, looting and vandalism over the weekend as protesters took to the streets. It follows disorder last month when students began protesting over school...

Fridges in French supermarkets hit by cyber attack

AFP via Getty ImagesIan Aikman and Hugh Schofield, Paris correspondent12 October 2026Hundreds of French supermarkets have been hit by a cyber attack that caused their fridges and...

France promises 3,000 extra teachers in first step to calm student protests

NurPhoto via Getty ImagesHugh Schofieldin Paris9 October 2026The French government has made its first sign of giving ground to teenage protesters, with a promise of 3,000 extra supply teachers in the...

France promises 3,000 extra teachers in first step to calm student protests

NurPhoto via Getty ImagesHugh Schofieldin Paris25 minutes agoThe French government has made its first sign of giving ground to teenage protesters, with a promise of 3,000 extra supply teachers in the...

What is pneumonic plague and how does it spread?

Getty ImagesDominic HughesHealth correspondent6 October 2026The World Health Organization has asked Russia for more information on the death of a worker at a Siberian plague research laboratory. It...

Tear gas in Paris and Marseille as school protests grow across France

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedPaul Kirby, Europe digital editor, Hugh Schofield, in Paris, Nick Beake, in...

Tear gas in Paris and Marseille as school protests grow across France

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedPaul Kirby, Europe digital editor, Hugh Schofield, in Paris, Nick Beake, in...

School protests send shivers down French government's spine

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedHugh SchofieldParis correspondent1 hour agoIt is a piece of wisdom that all French leaders take care to...

School protests send shivers down French government's spine

AFP via Getty ImagesHugh SchofieldParis correspondent17 minutes agoIt is a piece of wisdom that all French leaders take care to heed: young people on the street equals trouble.Since the student...

Six smugglers jailed for manslaughter over worst Channel small boats disaster

AFP via Getty ImagesHugh Schofieldin Paris30 September 2026Six people traffickers have been found guilty in France of causing the deaths of 31 migrants in the worst ever small-boat accident in the...

French hard-right leader accuses opponents of 'total war' after claims of antisemitism

Anadolu via Getty ImagesHugh Schofieldin Paris29 September 2026The president of France's hard-right National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, has said he will sue for libel after a report published...