France
🇫🇷 France deploys 4,000 police officers for heightened security at the France-Israel Nations League soccer match, following recent violent clashes between Israeli fans and locals in Amsterdam. Despite tensions high due to the Israel-Gaza conflict, Macron will attend.
🇮🇱 Israel seeks the right to strike Lebanon even post-ceasefire as part of any truce with Hezbollah, says France. Israeli officials emphasize ongoing military readiness, while France and the U.S. work on diplomatic solutions amidst complex Lebanese dynamics.
🇫🇷 French prosecutor seeks a five-year prison term and public office ban for far-right leader Marine Le Pen over alleged EU fund embezzlement. The trial, affecting 24 others linked to Le Pen’s party, could damage her 2027 presidential ambitions as she faces a 300,000-euro fine.
🇫🇷 Eight people, including the father of a student, face trial in France over the 2020 murder of teacher Samuel Paty, who was killed after showing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in class. Prosecutors argue that social media posts by the defendants fueled a chain of events leading to the attack.
🇫🇷 France’s lower house approved the “billionaires tax,” a 2% levy targeting fortunes over €1 billion, aimed at raising €13 billion. Though backed by leftist lawmakers, the amendment faces hurdles in the Senate. The broader 2025 budget plan also proposes tax hikes on high earners and corporations.
🇫🇷 A horrifying betrayal unfolds in a French court as Gisèle Pelicot bravely confronts her ex-husband, who drugged her and let strangers assault her. Her testimony is a powerful call to rethink how society views sexual violence, revealing how even deep trust can conceal unimaginable cruelty.