NICOLAS GARRIGA

This courtroom sketch by Valentin Pasquier shows Gisèle Pelicot, left, and her ex-husband Dominique Pelicot, right, during his trial at the courthouse in Avignon, southern France, on Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Valentin Pasquier, File)
Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband, imprisoned for raping and drugging her, now caught up in other cases
The convicted rapist who horrified France by drugging his wife so other men could rape her is being linked to other cases.
 
People take part in a gathering in support of 71-year-old Gisele Pelicot who was allegedly drugged by her ex-husband and raped by dozens of men while unconscious, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024 in Paris. Placards left read, "3 billion euros to combat violence against women." (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Drugged and raped, Gisèle Pélicot has become France’s symbol of fight against sexual violence
The French woman who was allegedly drugged by her now ex-husband and raped by dozens of men while unconscious is becoming a symbol of the nation’s fight against sexual violence.
 
A boat thought to be with migrants is escorted by a vessel from the French Gendarmerie Nationale off the Wimereux beach, France, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. A boat carrying migrants ripped apart in the English Channel as they attempted to reach Britain from northern France on Tuesday, plunging dozens into the treacherous waterway and leaving 12 dead, authorities said. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)
A day after 12 deaths, other migrants risk their lives trying to cross the English Channel
The deaths of a dozen migrants on the English Channel hasn’t stopped more boats from attempting to cross from France to the U.K.
 
Former French President Francois Hollande looks up as he poses with newly elected parliament members of the Socialist party, at the National Assembly, Tuesday, July 9, 2024 in Paris. French voters have given a broad leftist coalition the most parliamentary seats in a pivotal legislative election that has kept the far right from power but has put France in the unprecedented position of having no dominant political bloc in parliament. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
France’s leftist coalition demands the right to form a government after fractured parliament vote
The leftist coalition that won the most seats in France’s National Assembly in surprise results is now demanding the immediate right to form a government, even though no grouping won a majority of seats.
 
Joel Stratte-McClure, 75, of the US, holds American flag after completing a short swim in the Seine river, Thursday, July 4, 2024 in Paris. The Seine River has been found unsafe according to test results published last Friday, less than a month before the Paris Olympics. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
An American swims in Paris’ Seine River before the Olympics despite contamination concerns
A 75-year-old American swimmer has taken a dip in the Seine River in Paris to celebrate the Fourth of July. He braved the murky waters to highlight the French government’s efforts to clean up the river for the Olympic Games. He had good timing.
 
Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat, French Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Stephane Sejourne, French President Emmanuel Macron, Jose Manuel Barroso, former President of the European Commission and former Prime Minister of Portugal, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi, and Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron and officials pose during the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator conference, Thursday, June 20, 2024 in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron is joining some African leaders to kick off a planned $1 billion project to accelerate the rollout of vaccines in Africa, after the coronavirus pandemic bared gaping inequalities in access to them. (Dylan Martinez/Pool via AP)
Macron and African leaders push for vaccines for Africa after COVID-19 exposed inequalities
French President Emmanuel Macron has joined African leaders to kick off a planned $1 billion project to accelerate the rollout of vaccines in Africa.
 
Jordan Bardella, president of the far-right National Front party, arrives at the Eurosatory Defense and security exhibition, Wednesday, June 19, 2024 in Villepinte, north of Paris. Jordan Bardella, the National Rally president hoping to become France's prime minister, appealed Tuesday to voters to hand his party a clear majority after French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement on June 9 that he was dissolving France's National Assembly, parliament's lower house.( AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Far-right leader Bardella backpedals on taking France out of NATO strategic military command
The far-right leader angling to become France’s prime minister after the country’s upcoming parliamentary election has backtracked on the party’s previous promise to pull out of NATO’s strategic military command.
 
From left to right, leaders of France left-wing coalition for the upcoming election Green Party Yannick Jadot, Communist Party national secretary Fabien Roussel, Socialist Party Secretary General Olivier Faure President of the Green Party Marine Tondelier and Far-left Manuel Bompard applause as they pose for a group photo after a media conference in Paris, Friday, June 14, 2024. Leaders of France's left-wing parties, allied in a coalition known as the New Popular Front on Friday outlined their plan to fend off the far-right from claiming power at the upcoming snap national election. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla) Socialist Party Secretary General Olivier Faure gestures a he speaks during a media conference for the upcoming election as far-left Manuel Bompard, Green Party Marine Tondelier, Green Party Yannick Jadot, and Communist Party national secretary Fabien Roussel
France’s leftist alliance leaders vow to ‘extinguish the flame’ of far right in upcoming elections
Leaders of France’s new leftist alliance have warned that the far right is “at the door of power.” Allied in a coalition known as the New Popular Front, they outlined their plan to prevent the surging far right from taking power in upcoming national legislative elections.
 
Police officers stand by a makeshift camp during an evacuation operation Tuesday, April 30, 2024 in Paris. Similar operations are carried out by the police authorities on a daily basis in the months leading to the Olympics. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Ahead of the Paris Olympics, police clear a migrant camp near City Hall
Paris police have evicted migrants from a makeshift tent camp next to City Hall, the latest clear-out that aid groups allege is a campaign of ’’social cleansing″ ahead of the Summer Olympics.
 
Activists help migrants to pack their belongings in a makeshift camp, early Tuesday, April 23, 2024 in Paris. French police officers have evicted migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris a few steps away from the Seine River, as similar operations have been carried out by authorities ahead of the Olympics. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)
Police clear out a migrant camp in central Paris. Activists say it’s a pre-Olympics sweep
French police have evicted migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris a few steps away from the Seine River. It’s the latest operation in what aid groups call a campaign of “social cleansing” ahead of the Summer Olympics.
 
Migrants stand in front of the Paris City Hall, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. French police has removed about 50 migrants, including families with young children, from the Paris City Hall plaza as the capital prepares to mark 100 days to the start of the Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)
Police remove migrants from central Paris square ahead of the Olympics
Police in Paris have removed about 50 migrants, including families with young children, from the Paris City Hall plaza as the capital prepares to mark 100 days to the start of the Olympic Games.
 
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal speaks during the Congress of both Houses of Parliament at the Palace of Versailles, west of Paris, Monday, March 4, 2024. French lawmakers gather at the Palace of Versailles for a historic vote that will make abortion a constitutional right. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee abortion as a constitutional right
French lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy..
 
Visitors stand at the closed gates leading to the Eiffel Tower, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024 in Paris. Visitors to the Eiffel Tower were turned away for the second consecutive day because of a strike over poor financial management at one of the world's most-visited sites. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Striking workers again close down the Eiffel Tower ahead of its starring role in the Paris Olympics
Striking workers have again closed down the Eiffel Tower. It’s the third day running that the landmark expected to be at the heart of celebrations for the Paris Olympics has been off-limits to visitors.
 
A board warns about a strike at the Eiffel Tower, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023 in Paris. The Eiffel Tower was shut down to visitors Wednesday because of a strike over contract negotiations, the day the Paris monument marks 100 years since the death of its creator, Gustave Eiffel. Tourists can still access the glass-enclosed esplanade beneath the tower, but access to the 300-meter (984-foot) landmark itself is closed until further notice, (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
The Eiffel Tower is closed while workers strike on the 100th anniversary of its founder’s death
The Eiffel Tower is closed to visitors Wednesday because of a strike over contract negotiations, timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the death of its creator, Gustave Eiffel.
 
Flowers lay at the building gate where four children between nine months and 10 years old and their mother were found killed, Tuesday, Dec.26, 2023 in Meaux, east of Paris. A woman and her four children, between nine months and 10 years old, were killed in their apartment east of Paris in what the local prosecutor called an exceptionally violent crime. Authorities said the children's father was arrested Tuesday and is the primary suspect. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)
4 young children and their mother were killed in their French home. The father is in custody
Four children between nine months and 10 years old and their mother have been killed in their apartment east of Paris in what the local prosecutor called an exceptionally violent crime.
 
Migrants wait on the City Hall plaza in Paris, Monday Dec.25, 2023 as migrant families meet on Christmas Day seeking somewhere to stay. About 50 families with children between three months and 10 years old gathered on City Hall plaza on Christmas evening, to meet members of aid groups who distribute food, blankets and diapers and help find temporary lodging. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)
Paris City Hall plaza draws holiday visitors and migrant families seeking shelter as Olympics nears
The forecourt of Paris City Hall sparkles with activity this holiday season, including a Christmas market and huge signs advertising the 2024 Olympics. It also hosts dozens of migrant families searching for a roof over their heads.
 
People pay tributes to French teacher Dominique Bernard during his funeral, in Arras, northern France, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. Bernard, 57, was stabbed to death at the school by a suspected Islamist extremist. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
French presidential couple attend funeral service of teacher slain in school attack
Loved ones and colleagues have mourned and celebrated the life of a French-language teacher stabbed to death in a school attack blamed on a suspected Islamic extremist.
 
Athletes dive and swim in the Seine river from the Alexander III bridge on the first leg of the women's triathlon test event for the Paris 2024 Olympics Games in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. In 2024. The bridge will be the setting for the finish line of the individual cycling time trials, swimming marathon, triathlon and para triathlon. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
‘What a special place to be in.’ Triathletes swim in the Seine ahead of Paris Olympics
The world’s top female triathletes rushed forward into the Seine in a key test event ahead of next year’s Paris Olympics. The famous river’s improved water quality allowed the race to take place.
 
People gather in front of the city hall Monday, July 3, 2023 in Lyon, central France, in a show of solidarity with the mayor of the Paris suburb of L'Hay-les-Roses after a burning car struck his home. Unrest across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old appeared to slow on its sixth night, but still public buildings, cars and municipal trash cans were targeted nationwide by fires and vandalism overnight into Monday. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
Crowds across France show solidarity at town halls targeted in rioting following police shooting
Crowds have gathered at town halls across France to show solidarity with local governments targeted in six nights of unrest touched off by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old.
 
A graffiti reading "Police scum from Saint-Soline to Nanterre - do not forget or forgive" on a monument commemorating Holocaust victims and members of the French resistance memorial, Sunday, July 2, 2023 in Paris suburb Nanterre. In Nanterre, a monument commemorating Holocaust victims and members of the French resistance during World War II was defaced with graffiti Sunday, after it has been vandalized Thursday on the margins of a silent march to pay tribute after the police killing of a teenager. (AP Photo/Cara Anna)
Grandmother of French teen shot dead by police officer pleads with rioters to stop the violence
The grandmother of a French teenager shot dead by police during a traffic stop has urged rioters to stop after five nights of unrest. But the violence appeared to be lessening on Sunday.
 
Dentists carefully reopen in France after 2-month lockdown
Anyone who suffered through France’s two-month lockdown with a toothache or other oral affliction of a non-emergency nature has a hope of licking the pain.
 
Toxic lead removed from Paris schools after Notre Dame fire
Workers in full protective gear have started decontaminating some Paris schools tested with unsafe levels of lead following the blaze at the Notre Dame Cathedral, as part of efforts to protect children from risks of lead poisoning.
 
Agitators, tear gas cloud May Day march in Paris
Clusters of anarchists and yellow vest protesters have disrupted May Day rallies in Paris by setting fires and antagonizing riot squads as tens of thousands of people marched through bursts of tear gas.
 
Paris evacuates nearly 2,800 migrants as arrivals surge
Paris authorities are evacuating nearly 2,800 migrants from makeshift street camps as Europe contends with an upsurge in new arrivals particularly from Libya.