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bbc.com | Hugh Schofield
French MPs back law to allow assisted dyingHugh Schofieldrikirennes/Getty ImagesFrench MPs have voted to allow some people in the last stages of a terminal illness the right to assisted dying. The National Assembly approved the bill, which is backed by President Emmanuel Macron, by 305 votes to 199. It will now go to the upper house, the Senate, before a second reading in the National Assembly. Supporters hope it will become law by 2027.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Hugh Schofield
French report warns of Islamist 'entryism' as risk to national cohesionHugh SchofieldGetty ImagesPresident Macron asked for new proposals to be submitted to a security cabinet early next monthIslamists are infiltrating France's republican institutions and are a threat to national cohesion, according to a report presented to President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Hugh Schofield
French police launch prison hunt for mini Chinese-made phonesHugh SchofieldFRENCH PROSECUTOR'S OFFICEThe contraband phones are the size of a cigarette lighterFrench authorities have launched a nationwide hunt for thousands of tiny Chinese-made telephones used by convicts to continue criminal activities from inside prison. The telephones, no bigger than a cigarette-lighter, are almost entirely plastic, and have a reputation for being virtually invisible to metal detectors.
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3 weeks ago |
winnmediaskn.com | Hugh Schofield
by Hugh Schofield(BBC) – French film star Gérard Depardieu has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set at a trial in Paris and given a suspended jail term of 18 months. The 76-year-old actor was accused by the two women of groping them during work on a film in 2021. Depardieu had denied the allegations against him and his lawyer said he would appeal.
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3 weeks ago |
es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Hugh Schofield
El actor francés Gérard Depardieu fue declarado culpable de agredir sexualmente a dos mujeres en un rodaje y fue condenado a 18 meses de cárcel con suspensión de la pena. Las dos mujeres acusaron a Depardieu, de 76 años, de haberlas manoseado durante la filmación de una película en 2021. El actor había negado las acusaciones en su contra y su abogado afirmó que apelaría la sentencia.
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