France
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Airport reviews
This airport aims to have no one wait more than 10 minutes. It succeeds
Marseille in France has more than 10 million passengers a year, but its setup looks well-equipped to handle many more.
- by Justine Costigan
Latest
This quirky new luxury Paris hotel is way cooler than its name implies
Stylish and sophisticated yet relaxed and unpretentious, the boutique Hotel Norman could be a model for a cooler, more welcoming post-Olympics Paris.
- by Anthony Dennis
‘Let us stop gagging … and killing each other’: Assange breaks his silence
The 53-year-old WikiLeaks founder has spoken publicly for the first time since being freed from a UK prison after pleading guilty to US charges.
- by Rob Harris
Marine Le Pen and her party face court over fake EU jobs scandal
As well as a maximum 10-year prison term and $1.6 million fine, the misuse of public funds also carries a potential five-year ban from public office.
- by Henry Samuel
Away from the tourist hordes, this might be Europe’s best swimming spot
The Mediterranean has no shortage of beautiful locations, but this 20-kilometre coastline on France’s Cote Bleue is different.
- by Justine Costigan
France’s horrifying rape trial has a feminist hero
Many call her “Gisele” as if they know her personally. In her chic image, they see themselves, their mothers, their grandmothers.
- by Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic
Top chef Guillaume Brahimi’s secrets to finding great food in France
When in France, think local when it comes to food. But if you’ve got a taste for travel, venture further than a Parisian would.
- by Ben Groundwater
Opinion
Crime
Gisèle’s 80 rapists were monstrous, but not monsters. They were ordinary men
The victim, however, was extraordinary in her courage. She made her name public so the “shame” would rest with her abusers.
- by Julia Baird
Updated
Extreme weather
‘Climate breakdown’: State of calamity in Portugal as fires rage out of control
An anticyclone combined with high temperatures has created “a cocktail of dangerous conditions” north of Lisbon. More than 15,000 hectares have been scorched.
- by Pedro Nunes and Sergio Goncalves
‘Canny manipulator’: Pelicot blames mass rape of wife on addiction
The 71-year-old said he took full responsibility for his depraved crimes all meticulously filmed and stored on a computer hard drive under a file called “Abuse”.
- by Henry Samuel and Iona Cleave
Updated
Crime
‘I am a rapist’: Frenchman accused of wife’s mass rape confesses in court
Prosecutors say Dominique Pelicot offered sex with his wife, Gisele Pelicot, on a website and filmed the abuse over several years.
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