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 prosecutors said Friday they had charged 88 people over a spate of kidnappings related to cryptocurrency, including more than 10 minors. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260425/france-charges-88-over-crypto-kidnappings Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:33:20 +0200 france-charges-88-over-crypto-kidnappings France has charged a policeman suspected of fracturing the skull of a 19-year-old woman during a 2018 beating, in a landmark case of alleged police brutality, prosecutors said Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260425/france-charges-policeman-suspected-of-breaking-womans-skull Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:20:05 +0200 france-charges-policeman-suspected-of-breaking-womans-skull French prosecutors said Friday they had requested a new murder trial for serial killer Francis Heaulme over a killing committed in 1989. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260425/french-prosecutors-ask-to-try-serial-killer-in-1989-cold-case Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:26:07 +0200 french-prosecutors-ask-to-try-serial-killer-in-1989-cold-case A French court on Friday sentenced a former high school student to 15 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of his Spanish teacher in 2023. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260425/french-teen-gets-15-year-jail-term-for-killing-teacher Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:55:28 +0200 french-teen-gets-15-year-jail-term-for-killing-teacher French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday banded US President Donald Trump together with Russia's Vladmir Putin and China's Xi Jinping as world leaders who are "dead against" Europe. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260425/macron-bands-trump-with-putin-xi-as-dead-against-europe Sat, 25 Apr 2026 09:12:01 +0200 macron-bands-trump-with-putin-xi-as-dead-against-europe The Talking France podcast returns this week, covering Elon Musk’s missed meeting with French prosecutors, the potential consequences of scrapping the country’s low-emission zones, and the risk of flight cancellations this summer linked to the war in the Middle East. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260423/podcast-france-takes-on-musk-and-will-french-airports-run-out-of-jet-fuel Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:01:28 +0200 podcast-france-takes-on-musk-and-will-french-airports-run-out-of-jet-fuel Preschoolers watch attentively as French actor Lucie Langlais Vignon, 41, holds up stuffed toys to tell the story of the bear cub who scolds the duckling for reaching up her skirt. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260424/hands-off-teddy-bear-tale-teaches-french-preschoolers-consent Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:21:32 +0200 hands-off-teddy-bear-tale-teaches-french-preschoolers-consent With just one year left in his second five-year term, French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will quit politics in 2027 - leaving observers and supporters guessing about his next moves. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260424/macron-leaves-future-open-as-political-curtain-nears Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:02:21 +0200 macron-leaves-future-open-as-political-curtain-nears French authorities have arrested a 15-year-old boy who was planning to carry out a "violent act" targeting the Jewish or LGBTQ communities, anti-terror prosecutors told AFP on Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260424/france-arrests-teen-over-alleged-plot-to-target-jewish-and-lgbtq-communities Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:50:33 +0200 france-arrests-teen-over-alleged-plot-to-target-jewish-and-lgbtq-communities France’s first indie TGV operator is set to serve four destinations in the west and south-west of the country by the second half of 2028. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260424/train-indie-tgv-velvet-unveils-plans-for-west-france-rail-services Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:05:02 +0200 train-indie-tgv-velvet-unveils-plans-for-west-france-rail-services Unusually high temperatures recorded by a weather station in Paris have prompted a criminal investigation, amid suspicions that the data was illegally manipulated by gamblers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260424/did-gamblers-fix-paris-weather-station-data-for-profit-on-us-betting-site Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:50:50 +0200 did-gamblers-fix-paris-weather-station-data-for-profit-on-us-betting-site From glitchy websites to extra admin burdens on préfectures and ministerial orders, waiting times to get or renew a French residency permit have seen a steep increase over the last two years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260424/prefectures-cant-keep-up-why-carte-de-sejour-waiting-times-are-getting-longer-in-france Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:35:50 +0200 prefectures-cant-keep-up-why-carte-de-sejour-waiting-times-are-getting-longer-in-france A meeting of G7 nations on the environment begins in Paris on Thursday but climate change has been left off the agenda to avoid a row with the United States. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260423/france-scraps-g7-climate-focus-to-accommodate-us Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:31:22 +0200 france-scraps-g7-climate-focus-to-accommodate-us Britain and France have agreed a new three-year deal to stop undocumented migrants making the risky journey across the Channel in small boats, the two sides announced. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260423/uk-and-france-agree-to-three-year-deal-to-stop-migrant-crossings Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:17:41 +0200 uk-and-france-agree-to-three-year-deal-to-stop-migrant-crossings The French prime minister, the man charged with sorting out the country's financial woes, is €559 overdrawn at his bank, the latest register of ministers' interests shows. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260422/overdrafts-second-homes-and-cars-how-rich-are-the-french-government Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:13:37 +0200 overdrafts-second-homes-and-cars-how-rich-are-the-french-government France has been named the host country for the 2031 men's Basketball World Cup, the international federation announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260422/france-to-host-basketball-world-cup Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:52:06 +0200 france-to-host-basketball-world-cup A marathon, parks, footpaths and cycle lanes - Paris’s famously traffic-snarled périphérique could look very different in the future if the new mayor has his way. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260422/is-the-paris-mayor-really-going-to-turn-the-ring-road-into-a-park Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:26:00 +0200 is-the-paris-mayor-really-going-to-turn-the-ring-road-into-a-park Uber has said that it would take a stake in a French hydrogen taxi company with a goal of having 2,000 models on its reservation platform for business clients within five years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260422/uber-takes-stake-in-french-hydrogen-taxi-start-up Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:22:40 +0200 uber-takes-stake-in-french-hydrogen-taxi-start-up A French campaign group is suing companies selling nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, using what the activists alleged was “deceptive” marketing targeting young people, despite the health impacts. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260422/french-activists-sue-deceptive-laughing-gas-suppliers Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:18:47 +0200 french-activists-sue-deceptive-laughing-gas-suppliers The EU has moved to tighten rules on pet passports, closing a loophole that has been used by many British second-home owners since Brexit. https://www.thelocal.fr/20260422/eu-tightens-rules-for-brits-travelling-to-europe-with-pets Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:29:35 +0200 eu-tightens-rules-for-brits-travelling-to-europe-with-pets