France in a spiral of violence
40,000 gendarmes and police officers, the RAID, the BRI and the GIGN were unable to prevent rioters from ransacking numerous French towns for the third night running. The executive has reached an impasse.
Month: June 2023
Nanterre : scenes of rioting after Nahel’s death
Third day of violence after the death of a 17-year-old boy, killed by a police shot after refusing to obey.
Fires in Canada : Smoke reaches Europe
The gigantic fires that have been devouring Canada’s forests for months now are producing gigantic plumes of smoke that are degrading air quality. The cloud now covers part of France.
The global corruption scandal known as 1MDB : what is the justice system doing?
José-Louis Calama, the Madrid court’s investigating magistrate, is still awaiting replies from the judicial authorities in three European countries: France, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.