https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French politicians paid tribute Saturday to Charlie Hebdo staff and other victims of the January 2015 Islamist attacks, days after the satirical weekly's latest edition sparked outrage in Iran. https://www.thelocal.fr/20230108/charlie-hebdo-attack-victims-honoured-amidst-iranian-outrage-over-new-cartoons Sun, 08 Jan 2023 10:06:20 +0100 charlie-hebdo-attack-victims-honoured-amidst-iranian-outrage-over-new-cartoons A Paris court on Wednesday handed jail terms ranging from four years to life to more than a dozen people convicted of helping Islamist gunmen who attacked satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and customers at a Jewish supermarket in January 2015. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201216/french-judges-to-issue-verdict-in-charlie-hebdo-terror-attacks-trial Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:53:53 +0100 french-judges-to-issue-verdict-in-charlie-hebdo-terror-attacks-trial The trial of 20 people charged over the November 13, 2015 jihadist attacks in Paris that were France's deadliest peacetime atrocity will get underway in late 2021, sources close to the case and prosecutors said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201212/paris-attacker-trial-to-begin-late-2021-prosecutors Sat, 12 Dec 2020 08:15:47 +0100 paris-attacker-trial-to-begin-late-2021-prosecutors France on Friday marked five years since a squad of jihadist attackers went on a killing rampage in Paris in its worst peacetime atrocity, with the psychological wounds still raw and the country shaken by a string of new attacks https://www.thelocal.fr/20201114/it-comes-back-survivors-remember-paris-attacks Sat, 14 Nov 2020 09:57:48 +0100 it-comes-back-survivors-remember-paris-attacks The French cartoonist who was forced by the attackers of the Charlie Hebdo weekly to let them into its offices said Tuesday that she had been traumatised by feelings of guilt as she recalled the horror of the January 2015 massacre. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200908/im-not-the-guilty-one-charlie-hebdo-survivor-recalls-horror-of-attacks Wed, 09 Sep 2020 00:04:39 +0200 im-not-the-guilty-one-charlie-hebdo-survivor-recalls-horror-of-attacks French prosecutors are calling for 14 people to be tried in connection with the January 2015 jihadist attacks including the massacre at satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, judicial sources said Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181222/french-prosecutors-want-14-tried-over-charlie-hebdo-attacks-sources Sat, 22 Dec 2018 11:58:55 +0100 french-prosecutors-want-14-tried-over-charlie-hebdo-attacks-sources French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo said Monday it was pressing charges after receiving fresh death threats over a cartoon of the Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan who faces rape allegations. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171106/charlie-hebdo-gets-fresh-death-threats-over-cartoon-of-islamic-scholar-accused-of-rape Mon, 06 Nov 2017 14:00:52 +0100 charlie-hebdo-gets-fresh-death-threats-over-cartoon-of-islamic-scholar-accused-of-rape French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is in hot water yet again after publishing a cartoon showing Hurricane Harvey victims as neo-Nazis. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170901/charlie-hebdo-shocks-once-again-over-cover-portraying-hurricane-harvey-victims-as-neo-nazis Fri, 01 Sep 2017 13:29:36 +0200 charlie-hebdo-shocks-once-again-over-cover-portraying-hurricane-harvey-victims-as-neo-nazis Emmanuel Macron's wife Brigitte, has come in for sexist and ageist abuse in recent weeks and Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine has been accused of adding fuel to the fire. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170511/charlie-hebdo-in-hot-water-over-sexist-picture-of-a-pregnant-mrs-macron Thu, 11 May 2017 12:18:38 +0200 charlie-hebdo-in-hot-water-over-sexist-picture-of-a-pregnant-mrs-macron Three people have been charged with supplying arms to jihadists who staged deadly attacks in 2015 on a Jewish supermarket in Paris and the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly, a judicial source said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170429/three-charged-over-2015-paris-attacks-judicial-source Sat, 29 Apr 2017 11:43:35 +0200 three-charged-over-2015-paris-attacks-judicial-source A former French jihadist responsible for indoctrinating the gunman who attacked the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris has admitted that he is partly to blame for the violence two years ago. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170106/im-partly-to-blame-for-charlie-hebdo-attack-ex-french-jihadist Fri, 06 Jan 2017 10:20:58 +0100 im-partly-to-blame-for-charlie-hebdo-attack-ex-french-jihadist Charlie Hebdo has marked the second anniversary of the jihadist massacre that almost wiped out its staff with a piece of typically defiant graveyard humour. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170103/charlie-hebdo-marks-massacre-anniversary-with-black-humour Tue, 03 Jan 2017 18:55:46 +0100 charlie-hebdo-marks-massacre-anniversary-with-black-humour Charlie Hebdo staff have been threatened with a new attack following the publication of their latest edition, the cover of which features a cartoon naked Muslims at a beach, with the words "Muslims loosen up". https://www.thelocal.fr/20160812/new-charlie-hebdo-cover-sparks-more-attack-threats Fri, 12 Aug 2016 11:45:24 +0200 new-charlie-hebdo-cover-sparks-more-attack-threats According to reports in France an investigation has been launched after a series of death threats were sent to Charlie Hebdo magazine, which was hit by an Islamist terrorist attack last year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160629/france-probes-new-death-threats-against-charlie-hebdo Wed, 29 Jun 2016 13:46:02 +0200 france-probes-new-death-threats-against-charlie-hebdo The French government has banned public demonstrations in Calais days before the anti-Islam group Pegida had planned to march through the town. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160203/france-bans-pegida-march-planned-for-calais Wed, 03 Feb 2016 16:07:36 +0100 france-bans-pegida-march-planned-for-calais A caricature in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo of Aylan Kurdi, the little Syrian boy whose drowned body washed up in September on a Turkish beach, has caused a row online. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160115/disgust-as-charlie-hebdo-depicts-drowned-syrian-boy-as-pervert Fri, 15 Jan 2016 08:43:37 +0100 disgust-as-charlie-hebdo-depicts-drowned-syrian-boy-as-pervert Thousands gathered in Paris at the Place de la Republique on Sunday to mark a year since a million and a half citizens marched in unity following jihadist attacks on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160111/in-pictures-france-remembers-january-attacks Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:36:39 +0100 in-pictures-france-remembers-january-attacks It's been exactly one year since France, and indeed the world, were rocked by a series of terror attacks in Paris, targeting staff at Charlie Hebdo, police officers and the Jewish community. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160108/how-france-has-changed-since-januarys-attack Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:56:27 +0100 how-france-has-changed-since-januarys-attack France will on Thursday hold official ceremonies marking a year since a jihadist attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo, with the French satirical magazine defiantly reasserting its provocative spirit. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160107/france-charlie-hebdo-anniversary Thu, 07 Jan 2016 13:17:11 +0100 france-charlie-hebdo-anniversary At around 11:30am on the morning of January 7th 2015 gunmen burst into the offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine and sent shockwaves around the world and changed France forever. Here's what happened in real time as The Local reported the attack on that fateful day. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160107/as-it-happened-charlie-hebdo-attack-blog Thu, 07 Jan 2016 10:07:43 +0100 as-it-happened-charlie-hebdo-attack-blog