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Far-right leader Marine Le Pen poses prior to an interview on the evening news broadcast of French TV channel TF1, after the court decision.

French hard-right leader Le Pen banned from presidential run following conviction

In a ruling that potentially reshapes the European political landscape, a court has convicted the National Rally leader of embezzling European Union funds.

  • Rob Harris

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Gerard Depardieu, left, arrives at his trial this week for the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set in 2021, with his lawyer Jeremie Assous.

Gerard Depardieu is standing trial for sexual assault. He says he doesn’t know what that means

The French actor, 76, told a court that placing a hand on someone’s buttocks isn’t sexual assault and that the #MeToo movement is “a form of hysteria”.

  • Juliette Jabkhiro
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive it in a makeshift tent camp inside a landfill in central Gaza Strip on Friday.

Israeli airstrike destroys Gaza’s only cancer hospital, ceasefire ‘bridges’ on the table

Meanwhile, E3 countries say they are “appalled” by the violence in Gaza and called for an immediate stop to strikes.

  • Brahim Hazboun, Sam Mednick and Nidal al-Mughrabi
Maison Empereur in Marseille is a hardware store turned general store that has been operating for close to 200 years. Now you can stay there as well as shop there.

The beautiful, 200-year-old French store where you can stay the night

If you love this traditional and beloved store’s aesthetic and philosophy, an apartment stay is the ultimate immersion.

  • Justine Costigan
Tony Wright’s granddaughter, Charlie, plays in a fall of leaves in Fitzroy Gardens, East Melbourne.

An enchanted garden reminds us how civilisations are built on taxes

Only 3000 people lived in Melbourne when Charles La Trobe became superintendent, but he envisioned a great city, and reserved vast areas for today’s gardens.

  • Tony Wright
It’s not a great feeling when a waiter responds to your attempt to order in the local language by talking to you in English.

I made a fool of myself attempting the local language overseas

Nothing is worse than possessing a dangerous arsenal of foreign language fragments and an over-enthusiasm for deploying them.

  • Julietta Jameson
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Super spread... a wide selection of butter brands and flavours at La Grande Epicerie de Paris.

When friends found out I was going to Paris, they all wanted one thing

Butter is the hero of innumerable dishes in France, where its quality is strictly enforced by law. The big problem is getting it home to Australia.

  • Shaney Hudson
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with other world leaders during a video conference at 10 Downing Street on Saturday.

Australians ‘stand up to bullies’, PM says as Starmer challenges Putin

After a meeting of some 30 world leaders, Britain said planning for a future peacekeeping effort in Ukraine was entering an “operational phase”.

Ukraine peace could more help from the EU and nuclear protection by France.

‘None have prepared for it’: Trump forces Europe to rethink its own nuclear ‘umbrella’

When Emmanuel Macron beamed into living rooms across France on Wednesday night, it was an astonishing development - one Russia immediately declared a threat.

  • Rob Harris
Located just south of the Dordogne region, the Lot is named after the river that slashes it from east to west.

Think you know the south of France? There’s a lot you don’t know

Despite its credentials – good looks, warmth, vivacity, natural charm – the Lot is a haven of Frenchness that remains unmolested by foreigners.

  • Michael Gebicki

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