Senegal seeks answers 80 years after French colonial massacre of soldiers
Commemoration prompts renewed calls for investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944.
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Mbappe needs ‘love and support’ after Real Madrid’s loss to Liverpool
The French striker missed a penalty as Madrid’s loss brought them to the brink of elimination from the Champions League.
French prosecutors seek maximum 20-year sentence for man in mass rape case
Dominique Pelicot drugged his wife and invited dozens of strangers to their home to rape her over a nine-year period.
Prosecutors demand 20-year jail term for Dominique Pelicot
Pelicot has admitted drugging and raping his wife, Gisèle, and inviting at least 70 strangers to rape and abuse her…
Ukraine war briefing: No ‘red lines’ when it comes to support for Ukraine, says French foreign minister
Jean-Noël Barrot tells the BBC Ukraine could fire French long-range missiles into Russia ‘in the logics of self defence’, but…
No ‘red lines’ in Ukraine support, French foreign minister tells BBC
Jean-Noël Barrot speaks to Laura Kuenssberg after a week of escalation in Ukraine.
Pelicot rape trial: ‘It is Gisèle’s name that will be remembered’
Woman who has become a feminist hero says she is ‘determined to change society’, as trial approaches its end More…
Gisèle Pelicot condemns rape accused and says French society must change
She has waived her right to anonymity so the entire trial can be heard in public.
Gisèle Pelicot says ‘macho’ society must change attitude on rape
French woman repeatedly drugged and allegedly raped by dozens of men makes final statement to court in Avignon Gisèle Pelicot,…