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Alex Batty, who is from Oldham, Greater Manchester, went missing while travelling with family members in Marbella, Spain when he was just 11 and hadn't been seen since

French actress Emmanuelle Debever played Louison in the 1982 film Danton alongside Hollywood's Gerard Depardieu, who she went on to accuse of sexually assaulting her

Samuel Paty showed his class cartoons of the prophet Mohammed during a debate on free expression in a class in France - but was later murdered outside the school

Police in France have arrested two men who allegedly preyed on vulnerable people amid the ongoing health panic, providing fake pest control service to get rid of bed bugs where it was not needed

A British person has been injured and another tourist killed in a hammer and knife attack in central Paris close to the Eiffel Tower before the assailant was arrested

Gregorian Bivolaru, 71, is charged with human trafficking, organised kidnapping, rape and organised abuse of weakness by members of a sect, according to French authorities.

Six teenagers in France are set to go on trial for their part in the death of teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded by an extremist in 2020 for showing a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad

The lorries were reported stolen near Reims, in the heart of France's Champagne wine region, on Saturday but officers were able to locate the vehicles as they had tracking devices

Scientists have previously suggested that certain colours might attract bed bugs more than others such as red being seen as highly attractive - here are the colours which they prefer less

Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand station in eastern Paris was evacuated amid rush hour as France, already on high alert following the fatal stabbing at a school this month, deals with the security incident

More than 60 Stars of Davids were painted on the walls of Jewish homes and businesses across France in a Kristallnacht-style attack as tensions over the Israel-Hamas war continue

A teacher died after a horror stabbing at Gambetta High School in Arras, northern France, and two other were left seriously injured - and since all schools in the nation have increased security

A police operation is now underway at a high school in the French Northern city of Arras, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said as one teacher is believed to have died

The UK tourism industry is reportedly bracing for the invasion of bed bugs from Paris, with a hotel chain quizzing guests on their travel history and airlines preparing to ground planes

A bedbug infestation has broken out in Paris and they creatures could infest luggage of passengers leaving the country - to the UK and elsewhere - so it's important to be alert

Nothing sums up the bravery of the West Indian soldiers more than what is found at a small cemetery in Belgium in Poperinge, near Ypres - the grave of two soldiers

A Ryanair flight which left Liverpool for Ibiza today was diverted to Bordeaux, France, with footage showing a man being frogmarched off the plane

Paris’s deputy mayor, Emmanuel Grégoire said "No one is safe" as infestations have continued to rise due to an uptick in travel and increasing resistance to pesticides

Four Vietnamese and two Iraqi women spent more than 10 hours in the cramped, freezing truck, before a BBC reporter helped intercept and rescue their lorry

Steve and Helen Robbins, originally from Oxford, own traditional English butchers at the local Thursday market and they operate the stall in English, as most of their customers are English

Divers from the local police force revealed they are inspecting a lake next to a public swimming pool in the tiny hamlet for the second time, in the search for Emile Soleil

Juliette de Causans used the feature to give herself a tan in publicity for parliamentary elections last year but this month took it a step further

The 37-year-old woman, who was staying in central Bordeaux, was attacked around midnight after she'd been supporting her home team, Ireland, face off against Romania in a world cup title bout on Saturday

The player's body was found on a beach in the Brittany region of France today, where the World Military Rugby Championship competition is being held

A fellow hiker, who met Aidan Roche on the day he vanished, has come forward to say what he was wearing and that he was in good spirits as his loved ones continue the search for him