Antwerp’s jewellers are known across Europe as discreet buyers of stolen gold, watches and diamonds. The gang that robbed Kim Kardashian in Paris sold its booty in Antwerp - could the Louvre loot also end up in the Belgian port city? Story w/@JulietteJbk

Good story from my former Rio colleagues, @G_Slattery and @ffctt.

This week, the German intelligence community spoke remarkably openly about the threat posed by Russia. Here are the 10 most important findings from the German foreign intelligence service, domestic intelligence service, and military counterintelligence service: 1. Russia's

Ça devient leur principal business: de plus en plus de détectives privés sont embauchés par les entreprises pour traquer les fraudes aux arrêts maladie https://t.co/iHXvLW0xHp

I wrote about the private eyes tailing workers abusing France's generous sick leave protections. One sleuth had been hired to track a suspect who'd been off work for a decade, but who checked in with his employer once every 3 years to renew his company car

Tax the rich or fall: French PM faces budget ultimatum https://t.co/fi9t3srbaC

Generational angst is brewing in France, as cash-strapped millennials say mollycoddled boomers should do more to rein in the country's vast debt. The viral @NicolasQuiPaie X account has become a lightning rod for this nascent movement. By @MichelReuters

The far-right RN is betting on a snap legislative election, hoping a fine-tuned and fast-tracked recruitment drive will root out the antisemitic, Islamophobic and racist "black sheep" candidates who derailed its election hopes last year. By @elizapineau

Twenty years ago, a French Prime Minister was blamed for the chaotic rollout of a scrapped national holiday. Two weeks later, Jean-Pierre Raffarin had resigned. A cautionary tale for Bayrou, who wants to nix two public holidays to steady France's finances

France and Britain hope migrant 'taxi boat' plan will slow record Channel crossings

Exclusive: Le Pen's far-right French party rebuffed US offer of support, sources say https://t.co/3kMJXVtSb8

SCOOP: A State Dept delegation met RN officials in May, but their offer to publicly support Marine Le Pen after a court barred her from office was rebuffed by the far-right party who feared electoral blowback from a Trump endorsement. Story w/@elizapineau

Hardly surprising to see Brazil top the list of nations where people say they mainly get their news from social media, but France is rising sharply: https://t.co/MD3BF6rRfe

France grapples with how to define terrorism:

Bardella was profiled on "An Intimate Ambition," a primetime TV show full of personal vignettes that could broaden his appeal for 2027, when he may be the RN's presidential candidate at the expense of Marine Le Pen.

Italy's mafia abandoning rivalries to join forces, report says

The Dominican Republic shattered records in 2024, seizing 37.7 tons of cocaine up from 17.9 in 2023. The Port of Caucedo stood out as the country’s main trafficking hotspot. Read our latest Cocaine Seizure Round-Up to learn more about global cocaine trade. https://t.co/TQUSNXtmiz

France passes sweeping new drug law as cocaine surge drives crime wave

🇫🇷Crime and insecurity have deteriorated in #France, voters overwhelmed by #drugtrafficking. 👉@Reuters's @gabstargardter ➡️Full show: https://t.co/9fSdQDYkfr @France24_en

Take a look inside the mysterious Telegram group, set up the day before a wave of nationwide prison attacks, that police believe may hold clues to who is behind a spate of assaults being treated as terrorism.