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When police in western France searched surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec’s home after he raped his 6-year-old neighbour in 2017, they found a cache of sex dolls, wigs and child pornography.

Less than two months after more than 50 men were found guilty of the rape and abuse of Gisele Pelicot, at least six of them are already free.

The UK military is "so run down" it could not lead any future peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, the former head of the Army has said.

At least 12 people have been injured after a grenade was thrown into a bar in the southeast of France.

‘Choose Europe and France for AI,’ says president amid speculation US and UK playing hardball over declaration.

Technology secretary delivers veiled warning over China’s role ahead of Paris summit.

An 11-year-old girl who vanished on her way home from school was reportedly found dead in woodlands with ‘numerous’ stab wounds.

A former financial crime investigator found dead alongside his wife at their idyllic home in France bought chocolate and lottery tickets at his local newsagent hours before.

The body of Louise Lasalle was found in woodland near her school in France with police now having arrested a man, 23, as well as his partner amid a murder investigation.

Andrew Searle, retired fraud investigator, and wife, Dawn, found dead in their rural home in south-west France.

A former surgeon who is accused of abusing hundreds of young patients, often while they were under anaesthetic, is set to go on trial this month in the largest child abuse trial in French history.

Robert Hendy-Freegard, 53, a serial swindler who featured in Netflix documentary, allegedly injured officers in getaway attempt.

Billionaire philanthropist and spiritual leader Aga Khan has died at the age of 88, his charity the Aga Khan Development Network has announced.

Markets recover some losses after Trump agreed to delay new duties on Mexico goods, sparking hopes of a reprieve.

Christophe Ruggia given two years’ house arrest over abuse of Adèle Haenel when she was aged between 12 and 15.

Authorities confiscated real estate and cryptocurrency from the suspects.

Terror-style laws could see people smugglers jailed for up to five years — just for looking up the Channel weather forecast.

Four Norwegians and one Swiss person died in the Savoie and Haute-Savoie regions.

The search for a British sailor missing in the Bay of Biscay off the coast of France has been suspended.

French authorities have detained seven individuals following the violent abduction of David Balland, co-founder of cryptocurrency security firm Ledger.

France will open its first prison dedicated to isolating the country’s top 100 drug lords in July as part of efforts to stop inmates from running criminal networks from behind bars.