A Paris judge authorized night-time doping tests for Tour de France leaders Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, conducted by the ITA. The tests, which occurred before stage 15, drew criticism from riders for disrupting sleep, but were defended by anti-doping advocates as effective against micro-dosing.
French prosecutors have opened an investigation into racist remarks made by Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla against footballer Kylian Mbappé. The French Football Federation filed a complaint after Amarilla posted abusive comments on social media following Paraguay's World Cup loss to France. The investigation considers charges of aggravated public insult or incitement to hatred or violence.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy gave Belarus one week to remove Russian military equipment used in attacks on Ukraine, threatening to do so himself. He also highlighted Belarus's role in supplying Russia's oil refining industry and the Russian army. Meanwhile, EU leaders discussed diplomatic channels with Russia, and Poland's president threatened to revoke an honor for Zelenskyy over renaming a military unit.
Le parquet de Paris a fait appel de la relaxe d'un animateur périscolaire accusé de harcèlement et agressions sexuelles sur mineurs. Le tribunal avait jugé le comportement inapproprié mais pas pénalement répréhensible, suscitant l'indignation des familles.
Paris prosecutors have launched an investigation into a cyberattack on Tchap, a secure messaging app for public officials. The attack, detected by France's cybersecurity agency, involved account hijacking and the alleged sale of public conversation data on the darknet.
French singer Patrick Bruel denies rape and sexual assault allegations, stating he has never forced anyone. Paris prosecutors are investigating four complaints, while Belgium has a separate inquiry. Bruel vows to continue his work despite calls for concert cancellations.
The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into a 15-year-old, suspected of having hacked the country’s ID agency and trying to sell the data of millions of French people on the dark web this month, it said on Thursday. The teenager, whose identity was not revealed, was detained on April 25 and held in police custody for questioning after he was suspected of hiding behind the nickname “breach3d”, a hacker who had put on sale on hacker forums between 12 million and 18 million...
Elon Musk did not appear on Monday for a voluntary interview with Paris prosecutors, who had summoned the American tech billionaire over a probe into his social media platform X and AI chatbot Grok. Prosecutors said they had “taken note of the absence of the first people summoned,” without mentioning Musk’s name. The billionaire had dubbed the French authorities “retards” weeks earlier in a French-language X post. “The presence or absence [of the people summoned] is not an obstacle to continuing...
The Paris prosecutor's office told the BBC it had "taken note of the absence of the people summoned".
American entrepreneur Elon Musk did not appear for questioning at the Paris prosecutor's office on April 20 regarding investigations into his social platform X. The probe, launched in January 2025, examines complaints about X's algorithm operations and the Grok chatbot's publication of Holocaust denial materials and artificially generated sexual images. Former X CEO Linda Yaccarino also failed to attend. French authorities previously searched X's France offices with Europol and French gendarmerie cooperation.
French authorities have summoned Elon Musk for a voluntary interview regarding the ongoing investigation into X (formerly Twitter). The probe, opened in 2025, examines suspected criminal offences including complicity in possession of child sexual abuse material, creation of non-consensual sexual deepfakes via the Grok chatbot, and fraudulent data extraction. Musk has previously labeled the investigation a "political attack" and failed to appear for a court-ordered SEC appearance in Los Angeles in September 2024.
Owner of X summoned along with former CEO Linda Yaccarino over investigation by cybercrime unitBusiness live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesElon Musk has been summoned to Paris, where investigators are looking into allegations of misconduct related to the social media platform X, including the spread of child sexual abuse material and deepfake content.The world’s richest man and Linda Yaccarino – the former chief executive of X – were on Monday summoned for “voluntary interviews”, while other employees of the platform were scheduled to be heard as witnesses throughout this week, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Continue reading...
