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October 7, 2025
After PM's resignation, Macron hints at snap elections
President Emmanuel Macron gave Sébastien Lecornu 48 hours to resolve the crisis, saying he will 'take his responsibilities' if efforts fail....
Le Monde
October 7, 2025
At the Jubillar trial, too much and too little in the first two weeks
Everything was on display even before the trial of Cédric Jubillar, who is accused of killing his wife, Delphine. Yet impatience is growing...
Le Monde
October 7, 2025
France's left more fragmented than ever after Lecornu's resignation
The Socialists are still looking to present themselves as a fallback option for governing the country, while the radical left La France Inso...
Le Monde
October 7, 2025
Macron ally Edouard Philippe calls for early presidential election
Philippe, who served as the first of Macron's seven prime ministers, called for an early presidential election after the adoption of the 202...
Le Monde
October 7, 2025
Israeli kibbutzim ravaged by October 7 attacks rebuild while honoring the past
Be'eri, Kfar Aza and Nir Oz were the communities hit the hardest by the attack carried out by Hamas two years ago. Since then, each has trie...
Le Monde
October 7, 2025
Political instability causes near stagnation in the French economy
Since the dissolution of the Assemblée Nationale in June 2024, French consumers have been hesitant to spend and businesses have been relucta...
Le Monde
October 7, 2025
Donald Trump's ineffective campaign to secure the Nobel Peace Prize
The American president's aggressive tactics have taken Norwegian experts by surprise. Yet in Oslo, the committee responsible for awarding th...
Le Monde
October 7, 2025
Egyptian Khaled El-Enany is elected to lead Unesco
The Egyptian candidate, who will succeed France's Audrey Azoulay, won the position of director general of the United Nations Educational, Sc...
Le Monde
October 7, 2025
Financial markets forced to adapt to French political uncertainty
French stocks and bonds have taken a hit after the fall of the Lecornu government. Investors are now factoring in political instability as a...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Antoni Lallican, a French photojournalist killed in Ukraine, was 'insatiably curious and truly interested in others'
In conflict zones or in France, Antoni Lallican, who contributed to Le Monde, bore witness to the world's wounds with empathy for the people...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
First day of Hamas-Israel talks in Egypt ends on 'positive' note, mediators say
The first day of indirect talks between Hamas and Israel concluded in Cairo on Monday 'amid a positive atmosphere,' with US President Donald...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Germany's Merz says EU should scrap 2035 combustion engine ban
In an interview, the Germany chancellor said he believes the ban is 'wrong', as Germany's auto giants struggle to stay competitive against C...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Madagascar president names army general as prime minister amid youth-led protests
Madagascar has been rocked by nearly two weeks of youth-led protests over crippling power cuts and economic hardship, posing the biggest cha...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Appellant says he 'never intended' to rape Gisèle Pelicot
Gisèle Pelicot, whose ex-husband orchestrated her sexual abuse by dozens of men, attended the appeal trial of the only man challenging his c...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Tony Blair's denial of Palestine
COLUMN. The close ties between former British prime minister Tony Blair and Benjamin Netanyahu have made him a key player in Donald Trump's...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Macron tasks outgoing PM with leading last-ditch talks
Hours after accepting his prime minister's resignation, French President Emmanuel Macron reversed course and gave Sébastien Lecornu two days...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Newly named French defense minister quits after backlash to appointment
Bruno Le Maire resigned Monday as France's defense minister just one day after his appointment, aiming to ease a political crisis sparked by...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Morocco's prime minister faces challenge from the streets
Aziz Akhannouch finds himself under pressure, as part of the country's youth calls on King Mohammed VI to remove him from office. The king i...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Brazil's Lula asks Trump to remove tariffs in 'friendly' phone call
Diplomatic ties have become increasingly strained between Washington and Brasilia in recent months, with Trump angered over the trial and co...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
At Paris Fashion Week, three historic fashion houses open a new chapter
Pierpaolo Piccioli for Balenciaga, Glenn Martens for Maison Margiela and Duran Lantink for Jean Paul Gaultier presented their first ready-to...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Retrial of jailed Moroccan feminist activist begins
Ibtissame Lachgar was sentenced to 30 months in prison last month after posting online a picture of herself wearing a T-shirt with the word...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
US Supreme Court declines to hear Ghislaine Maxwell appeal
The imprisoned former girlfriend of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was sentenced to 20 years in prison for recruiting underage girls for the n...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
ICC finds Sudan militia chief guilty of crimes against humanity
Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known by the nom de guerre Ali Kushayb, was convicted of multiple crimes including rape, murder and tor...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
What's next for France? Six questions to understand the consequences of Lecornu's resignation
The resignation of Prome Minister Sébastien Lecornu ushers in a new period of political instability, though the Constitution, the law and re...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
French prosecutors launch war crime investigation into photojournalist's death in Ukraine
French photojournalist Antoni Lallican, 37, was embedded with Ukraine's Fourth Armored Brigade near the front line in the Donbas region of e...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
'French politics has become baroque'
OP-ED. Political scientist Bruno Cautrès argues that France's current political instability stems from a failed strategy: each side chose to...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Did Lecornu ever truly believe in his promise of change?
COLUMN. Closely monitored by President Emmanuel Macron and constrained by France's financial situation, the prime minister, who resigned on...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Israel says it deported Greta Thunberg and 170 other Gaza flotilla activists
Israel's Foreign Ministry told Agence France-Presse that 138 activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla were still in Israeli custody.
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Jilly Cooper, known for her novels filled with sex, snobbery and fun, dies at 88
The British author's publishing house confirmed her passing in a statement on Monday. She was best known for a series of romantic novels kn...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Trump's Gaza plan: A glimmer of hope that needs support
EDITORIAL. Although many details remain to be clarified and some goals necessary for a two-state solution are still out of reach, an end to...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
French-German cyclist Lennart Monterlos freed by Iran after nearly four months
The 19-year-old was arrested in June during the 12-day war between Iran and Israel. Tehran continues to detain French citizens Cécile Kohler...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
UN launches probe into human rights violations in Afghanistan
The scope of the investigation notably includes violations and abuses against women and girls. It will also prepare files to facilitate inde...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Sébastien Lecornu led France's briefest government in over a century
The former defense minister spent just one-third as long in office as Michel Barnier in 2024. The last government that lasted so little was...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
France's markets suffer fallout from political crisis
After PM Lecornu announced his resignation on Monday morning, France's borrowing costs spiked, the stock market slipped and bank shares sank...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
French PM Lecornu's full speech after resigning
After submitting his resignation to Emmanuel Macron, Sébastien Lecornu, who served for 27 days as prime minister, delivered a speech on Mond...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Iran says no plans for nuclear talks with Europeans 'at this stage'
Western countries accuse Iran of pursuing nuclear weapons and define uranium enrichment as a red line. Iran categorically rejects the accusa...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Macron has back to the wall after PM's resignation
Weakened from within, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu submitted his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, just hours after fo...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Nobel Prize in medicine celebrates immune system research
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded with the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries about...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
French conservatives brought about PM's downfall hours after pledging support
Even though Les Républicains had agreed on Sunday to participate in the government, the appointment of two former members who joined Macron...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
French PM Lecornu resigns hours after naming government
The president's office announced that Sébastien Lecornu had tendered his resignation on Monday morning, hours after his new government had b...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Pelicot rape case returns to court for lone appellant's trial
One year after the marathon trial that resulted in the conviction of 51 men for rape, attempted rape or sexual assault against Gisèle Pelico...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Trump's Gaza plan puts Netanyahu in a bind
The Israeli prime minister is caught between pressure from the US president, who is determined to see his proposal through, and the intransi...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Haoues Seniguer: 'The lack of a political solution in the Israel-Palestine conflict has benefited a brutalized form of religion'
The professor analyzes how certain politicized movements within Judaism and Islam have sanctified violence in the name of God, since the Oct...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Sudanese militia chief awaits war crimes verdict
Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (also known as 'Ali Kushayb') faces 31 counts of crimes including rape, murder and torture, allegedly carried...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
French museums continue to court American donors amid uncertainty
Although French cultural institutions fear that Donald Trump might abolish a tax deduction enjoyed by American 'friends of' associations, th...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
Republicans warn of pain ahead as US shutdown faces its second week
Most federal operations remain shuttered, with no signs of ending, as Republicans and Democrats continue to disagree about expiring Obamacar...
Le Monde
October 6, 2025
The EAT-'Lancet' commission outlines a fairer global diet for feeding the planet sustainably
A study published on Friday in 'The Lancet' finds that food systems are a major driver of environmental degradation, rising chronic disease...
Le Monde
October 5, 2025
A tool for integration or identity politics? Sweden's new list of 'cultural values' sparks controversy
Pippi Longstocking, Ikea, Bergman… In early September, Sweden's conservative government unveiled a list aimed at defining a 'common frame of...
Le Monde
October 5, 2025
Hamas chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya arrives in Egypt ahead of talks
The meetings are set to take place on Monday in Sharm el-Sheikh, and will be Hayya's first since Israel targeted him and other Hamas leaders...
Le Monde
October 5, 2025