France: Residents in shock after mini tornado hits north of Paris

• 11:03 AM

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A sudden mini #tornado struck towns north of #Paris on October 20, causing #damage, injuries, and leaving residents in shock.

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'Unprecedented': Sarkozy imprisonment sets powerful 'precedent on need for probity in public office'

• 10:48 AM

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at the gates of the notorious La Santé prison where he will now serve his 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya. He is the first post-WWII lea

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France: Former president Nicolas Sarkozy imprisoned

• 10:44 AM

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Former French president Nicolas #Sarkozy arrived at a #prison in Paris on October 21 to begin serving a 5-year sentence for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from #Libya.

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Epstein and Prince Andrew: The villains in Giuffre's sex abuse memoir

• 10:28 AM

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PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, October 21: French papers react to former president Nicolas Sarkozy's imprisonment. Also, the posthumous memoir of Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein's victims, is out. Next, a scientific breakthrough helps blind people see again. F

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Nicolas Sarkozy greeted by his supporters before his incarceration

• 10:01 AM

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🔴 🇫🇷 Former French president Nicolas #Sarkozy left his home in Paris, hand-in-hand with his wife Carla Bruni, to head to the capital's La Sante prison to start a five-year prison term

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Hazardous smog blankets New Delhi after Diwali fireworks

• 9:56 AM

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Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on October 20, 2025, as the country marked the Hindu festival symbolising the victory of light over darkness. People ate festive meals, exchanged gifts and set off colourful fireworks across the country. But in a cou

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Nicolas Sarkozy serving prison sentence is 'completely unprecedented'

• 9:54 AM

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has gone to the Paris prison where he will be serving a 5-year prison sentence. He was found guilty of seeking to acquire funding from Muammar Kadhafi's Libya for the campaign that saw him elected. He is only the t

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Memoir by Prince Andrew's and Epstein's accuser reignites UK royal scandal

• 9:48 AM

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A new book is out on October 21, 2025 written by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims and it makes explosive accusations against Prince Andrew. The author, Virginia Giuffre (pronounced Jew-fray) died by suicide back in April 2025. Before her death, she reach

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Louvre heist latest in string of French museum robberies

• 9:42 AM

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The robbery at the Louvre on October 19, 2025, was the fourth in France in the space of just two months. In some cases, it is thought gangs may be operating for very rich art collectors. In 2024, police advised that museums increase their level of securi

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Possibility of Trump-Putin summit in Hungary raises concerns among EU leaders

• 9:39 AM

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Some EU leaders are raising concerns about the possibility of a summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Budapest, as the Russian president is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes. Many are uneasy about the prospect of him v

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Slain Nepali hostage's body repatriated after release by Hamas

• 9:29 AM

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The body of Nepali student Bipin Joshi, one of the hostages taken by Hamas who died in captivity, was returned to his home country October 20, 2025. Joshi was among 17 Nepali students studying agriculture in southern Israel during the October 7 attack th

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US Vice-President JD Vance visits Israel as Gaza ceasefire falters

• 8:54 AM

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US Vice-President JD Vance visits Israel amid concerns that the US-brokered peace deal between the country and Hamas will not hold. The Trump administration has redoubled its efforts to cement the fragile Gaza peace agreement after Israel accused Hamas o

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Japan gets its first female prime minister, ending three-month political vacuum

• 8:50 AM

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Japan's parliament has voted to elect the country's first woman prime minister. Ultraconservative San-eye Taka-ichi is among Japanese politicians who have stonewalled measures for women’s advancement. She supports the imperial family’s male-only successi

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Political pressure expected to increase on Nicolas Sarkozy case as parole request lodged

• 8:47 AM

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy starts serving his 5-year sentence today October 21, 2025. As his legal team says the appeal's court will decide on his parole within a month, political pressure is expected to increase. FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman a

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Parole requested for former president Nicolas Sarkozy as prison sentence starts

• 8:32 AM

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Nicolas Sarkozy's lawyers speak in front of the Paris prison of La Santé after the former French president entered it to start serving his 5-year sentence for campaign finance conspiracy. His legal team has lodged a request for parole, with their mission

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Former French President arrives at Paris prison to serve sentence

• 8:07 AM

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the Paris prison to serve his 5-year sentence, set to start today October 21, 2025. Crowds have gathered to support him in front of the building. FRANCE 24's Clovis Casali reports from the scene and tell

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Nicolas Sarkzoy leaves home for prison in front of family and supporters

• 8:03 AM

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves his home ahead of his 5-year prison sentence set to start this October 21, 2025 for campaign finance conspiracy, under the cries of supporters and surrounded by his family. The crowd gathered in front of his

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Crowd gathers to support former French President's Nicolas Sarkozy ahead of prison sentence

• 7:53 AM

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is set to begin his 5- year prison sentence for campaign finance conspiracy this October 21, 2025. In front of his residence in Paris, a crowd of supporters has rallied at the call of the president's son, Louis Sar

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Live: Former French president Sarkozy arrives at Paris prison to begin five-year sentence

• 7:43 AM

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Prince Murat: The royal jewels represent the 'heritage of the French monarchy, the nation of France'

• 7:25 AM

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As French police, including 60 investigators, step up the hunt for the perpetrators behind the unprecedented theft of the Louvre museum's priceless royal jewels, François Picard welcomes Prince Joachim Charles Napoléon Murat, descendant of Caroline Bonap

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Sarkozy faces 'tough time', solitary confinement in Paris prison

• 6:58 AM

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Sarkozy will be facing a "tough time" in Paris's La Santé prison, FRANCE 24 reporter Clovis Casali said. The former president is likely to be held in a nine square metre cell within the solitary confinement wing of the prison, staff told AFP, to avoid Sa

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Sarkozy conviction 'has not made him a pariah' among French right

• 6:33 AM

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One of Sarkozy’s sons, Louis, called for a rally on Tuesday morning in support of his father in the high-end Paris neighbourhood where the former French president lives. “There are more police and journalists here than people [rallying] in support of Sar

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Japan's hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi elected first female prime minister

• 6:27 AM

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Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right.

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Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir shines new light on Epstein ordeal

• 5:53 AM

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A much-anticipated memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein's main accusers – whose accusations have already led to the fall from grace of Britain's Prince Andrew – was released on Tuesday. The book is likely to keep Epstein's ties to Donald Trump in the spotlig

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Live: Vance arrives in Israel to shore up Gaza truce deal in talks with Netanyahu

• 5:51 AM

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US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Israel on Tuesday to bolster the fragile Gaza truce. He is set to hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said they would be discussing regional "security challenges" and "diplomatic opportunit

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Marquinhos and Dembélé return as PSG face Leverkusen in Champions League

• 5:18 AM

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Paris Saint-Germain face Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League. Ousmane Dembélé and Marquinhos are back in the squad after missing more than a month.

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France's ex-president Sarkozy says an 'innocent man is being locked up' as he enters prison

• 5:13 AM

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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at the La Santé prison in Paris on Tuesday to start his five-year sentence for conspiring to raise campaign funds from Libyan dictator Muammer Gaddafi. Read our liveblog to see how the morning's events unfo

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French police intensify search for thieves behind Louvre's royal jewel heist

• 3:42 AM

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French police intensified their search Tuesday for thieves who stole priceless royal jewels from the Louvre in a daring daylight heist on Sunday. Sixty investigators are probing whether an organised crime group was behind the raid, during which nine piec

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France's former president Sarkozy begins five-year prison term after proclaiming his innocence

• 3:31 AM

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France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy began a five-year sentence on Tuesday for conspiring to raise campaign funds from Libya, arriving at La Santé prison in Paris in a stunning downfall for a man who led his country between 2007 and 2012.

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UK under pressure to strip Prince Andrew of titles, home after new Epstein revelations

• 2:58 AM

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Buckingham Palace and the UK government faced calls Monday to strip Prince Andrew of his titles and home after new details emerged about his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew, after discussions with King Charles III, agreed Friday to

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Trump threatens to ‘eradicate’ Hamas if group violates Gaza truce agreement

• 1:32 AM

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US President Donald Trump warned Monday that Hamas would be “eradicated” if it violates the Gaza deal with Israel but said the group would be given a chance to uphold the truce. Vice President JD Vance flew to Israel soon after, joining US envoys after w

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