- 4d ago
Macron visits Fontainebleau as fire ravages 2,000 hectares; volunteer firefighter among suspects
The fire, which started Sunday, has consumed about 10% of the UNESCO-listed forest. Two 18-year-olds, including a volunteer firefighter, have been detained.
- 6d ago
France lifts red heat alert as storms bring hail, lightning and 100 km/h gusts to 16 departments
All 26 departments under the highest heat warning were downgraded to orange on 15 July as a cold front from the west triggered thunderstorms, hail and wind gusts exceeding 100 km/h.
- Jul 10
France beats Morocco 2-0 to become first team into World Cup semifinals
Kylian Mbappé scored and assisted after missing a first-half penalty as France defeated Morocco 2-0 in Boston to reach the last four of the 2026 World Cup.
- Jul 9
Interpol arrests 5,811, seizes $293 million in global social engineering fraud bust
A four-month Interpol operation across 97 countries has resulted in 5,811 arrests and the seizure of $293 million in illicit assets, targeting social engineering scams that defrauded over 142,000 victims worldwide.
- Jul 8
Portugal to spend 3.1% of GDP on defence and dual-use infrastructure in 2026, PM says at NATO summit
Prime Minister Luís Montenegro announced the figure at the NATO summit in Ankara, combining 2.1% direct military spending with 1% for dual-use projects like energy and telecoms.
- Jul 8
Two-time Ballon d'Or winner Alexia Putellas joins London City Lionesses on free transfer
The Spanish midfielder, 32, leaves Barcelona after 14 trophy-laden years to sign a three-year deal with the ambitious Women's Super League club owned by Michele Kang.
- Jul 5
Wildfire in Gard burns 540 hectares, A9 motorway partially closed amid heatwave
A wildfire that started near a karting circuit in Lédenon on Sunday afternoon burned through 540 hectares, forced the partial closure of the A9 motorway, and led to 70 evacuations as southern France sweltered under an orange heatwave alert.
- Jul 2
France swelters under severe heatwave: 67 departments on orange alert, temperatures hit 42°C
Météo-France has placed 67 departments under orange heatwave alert as a 'severe and lasting' episode pushes temperatures to 42°C, with wildfires forcing thousands to evacuate.
- Jul 1
Bayern Munich sign Morocco's World Cup star Ismael Saibari from PSV for up to €55 million
Bayern Munich have officially signed Morocco international Ismael Saibari from PSV Eindhoven on a contract until 2031, with the fee reported at up to 55 million euros.
- Jul 1
Suspect in Monaco bomb attack on Ukrainian oligarch found shot dead near Kyiv, two arrested including intelligence officer
Anastasiia Berezovska, the Ukrainian woman suspected in the Monaco bomb attack that injured businessman Vadym Yermolaiev, was found shot dead near Kyiv. Police detained a Ukrainian intelligence officer and a former law enforcement officer in connection with her killing and the original bombing.
- Jul 1
Thunderstorms lash Switzerland, stranding thousands, cancelling 70 flights and shutting roads
Severe thunderstorms across Switzerland on Tuesday night triggered over 700 emergency responses in Zurich, forced the cancellation of 70 flights and disrupted a Linkin Park concert before causing road and rail blocks in mountain regions.
- Jun 30
French appeal court confirms suspended sentence for police commissioner who ordered charge injuring 73-year-old Yellow Vest protester
An appeals court in Lyon upheld a six-month suspended prison term for Rabah Souchi, the police commander who ordered a charge that gravely injured Geneviève Legay during a 2019 Yellow Vest protest in Nice.
- Jun 27
Trump names Oklahoma ex-trooper Lance Schroyer to lead ICE, demands swift confirmation
The president announced his pick Saturday evening, touting Schroyer's nearly 30 years in Oklahoma law enforcement and his experience with the agency's local partnerships. The Senate has not confirmed an ICE director since 2014.
- Jun 27
Milan Pride delays start to 5 p.m. as heatwave grips Italy; Paris cancels its parade entirely
Organisers pushed the Milan Pride parade back by 90 minutes to 5 p.m. on Saturday and deployed medical checkpoints along the route, while Paris cancelled its own Pride event over extreme heat.
- Jun 25
Europe reels under historic June heatwave: records shattered, hundreds dead, schools shut as mercury climbs past 43°C
France, Spain, the UK, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands are enduring a catastrophic early-summer heatwave that has killed at least 212 in Spain, closed over 13,500 French schools, and pushed temperatures to 43.8°C (111°F) in western France.
- Jun 24
Heatwave eases but Paris death toll hits 109 in 24 hours as drownings surge across France
French authorities reported a dramatic spike in mortality on 26 June, with 109 deaths recorded by emergency services in Paris in a single day, compared to a seasonal average of 7, while 74 drownings have been logged nationwide since the heatwave began on 18 June.
- Jun 24
Germany breaks heat record for second day with 41.5°C, triggering transport chaos and evacuations
Germany recorded 41.5°C on Saturday in Drewitz, Saxony-Anhalt, surpassing Friday's 41.3°C and prompting rail shutdowns, motorway closures and the evacuation of care homes as extreme heat pushed eastward.
- Jun 24
Record-breaking European heatwave kills dozens, forces hospital alerts as heat dome advances east
A historic June heatwave has shattered temperature records across Western Europe, killing at least 55 people in France and overwhelming health services, with the heat dome now pushing east towards Germany, Poland and the Balkans.
- Jun 24
French footballer Kenzo Kies, 21, in brain death after Rhône drowning amid extreme heatwave
Kenzo Kies, a 21-year-old En Avant Guingamp player, was pulled from the Rhône in cardiac arrest on Monday and is now brain dead. The drowning is one of around 40 in France since a severe heatwave began on 18 June.
- Jun 23
Historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch enters the Panthéon 82 years after his execution by the Nazis
France honours the co-founder of the Annales school, tortured and shot by the Gestapo in 1944, with a ceremony at the national mausoleum.
