News about Emmanuel Macron

A ten-fold increase in Vietnamese migrants has driven a surge in illegal Channel crossings this year, the Government has revealed. Some 6,265 people have arrived in Britain by dinghy since January, the Home Office said yesterday - a 24 per cent rise on the same period of 2023. And migrants from Vietnam made up one in five of the arrivals (1,266), up from just 3 per cent (125) a year earlier.

Speaking to BFM TV on Wednesday, Roselyne Bachelot, 77, spoke about her dream casting, as reported by the Telegraph. 'Right away, I thought of Ryan Gosling (second right), because I find there's a physical resemblance between Emmanuel Macron and Ryan Gosling,' she revealed. 'And I also thought of Julia Roberts.' According to Yahoo!, Roselyne also suggested French actors François Civil and Clémentine Célarié for the show. Left, Emmanuel Macron. Second to left, Brigitte Macron. Right, Julia Roberts.

Muhammad Taha was stabbed in the stomach as he tried to protect his friend during Joel Cauchi's deadly knife rampage on Saturday. While recovering in hospital, Mr Taha confirmed that the government would be granting him the opportunity to stay in the country he calls home.

A security guard who was stabbed in the stomach after bravely confronting crazed knifeman Joel Cauchi visa case will be looked in by the government.

Security preparations are being ramped up by Paris 2024 organisers ahead of the Olympic Games getting underway in the French capital as thousands prepare to attend the event. Organisers are already considering scrapping the original River Seine location selected for the opening ceremony with President Emmanuel Macron revealing security concerns must be addressed beforehand.

Muhammad Taha, who is originally from Pakistan , was patrolling the fourth floor of Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon when Cauchi began stabbing strangers at random. Mr Taha and his new colleague, Faraz Tahir, raced over to confront Cauchi, unaware he had was wielding a 30cm hunting blade. Mr Tahir, 30, who was on his first shift in the shopping centre, was stabbed to death, becoming Cauchi's only male victim. Meanwhile, Mr Taha was knifed in the stomach but managed to radio other security staff for help - becoming one of the first people to raise the alarm. 'Another individual, using a bollard, bravely attempted to stop the attacker and was subsequently offered residency by the Australian Prime Minister due to his courageous actions,' Mr Taha said.

EXCLUSIVE: Details of 31-year-old Damien Guerot's (left) ordeal were on Wednesday revealed by his father back at his home in France. Loic Guerot said: 'I've had a lot of trouble sleeping, it's incredible. I can't find the words, I'm extremely proud.' The family is from Saint-Jean-sur-Mayenne, in the Loire Valley, some 200 miles southwest of Paris. Damien left the town six years ago, and is now happily settled in Australia, where on Saturday he played the key role in halting the Westfield Bondi Junction massacre in Sydney. A now viral video (right) shows him bravely facing down knife-wielding murderer Joel Cauchi, 40, as he advanced menacingly up an escalator.

The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit in ancient Olympia in a traditional ceremony on Tuesday, marking the final stretch of the seven-year preparations for the Games' start on July 26. Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of high priestess, lit the torch using a backup flame instead of a parabolic mirror due to cloudy skies for the start of a relay in Greece and France.  It will culminate with the lighting of the Olympic flame in the French capital at the opening ceremony.

Damien Guerot earned the nickname 'Bollard Man' after a viral video showed him bravely confronting mass murderer Joel Cauchi on an escalator. The heroic actions of Mr Guerot and his his fellow Frenchman Silas Despreaux stopped the knifeman from reaching an area where many children had been playing in the shopping centre. Now the French President Emmanuel Macron has praised the bravery of his two countrymen, while sharing  his 'condolences' for the six victims of Saturday's attack.

French President Emmanuel Macron has admitted Paris 2024 could be forced to scrap its ambitious opening ceremony plans amid security concerns. Organisers have been planning to hold a city-centre opening ceremony, marking the first time the spectacle will take place outside of a stadium. Plans would see the near 10,500 athletes travel parade through the River Seine on boats.

Paris has lodged an official protest after the UK moved to ban 'bottom trawling' from parts of its territorial waters. That means fishing vessels cannot drag heavy nets along the sea bed, in response to fears that vulnerable habitats are being destroyed. However, France is claiming the move breaches the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, potentially opening the door to punitive measures against Britain.

In yesterday's Mail on Sunday extract from her political memoir, Liz Truss pointed the finger at a vengeful Bank of England governor and lily-livered Tory colleagues for the financial meltdown that torpedoed her premiership. Today, in the final instalment, she reveals her utter relief at leaving Downing Street after 49 tumultuous days… THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2022: I headed off to Prague for the first meeting of the European Political Community - set up by Emmanuel Macron as a forum for discussion after the invasion of Ukraine. Needless to say, Foreign Office officials were salivating over any sense that we were rebuilding our relationship with Europe. It seemed impossible to have a rational discussion without people wanting to relitigate the EU referendum .

Brigitte Macron has brought forward her libel trial against Natacha Rey, who made bizarre claims that the French First lady was born a man. The hearing has been moved from March 2025 to June 19, 2024, at the request of Macron's lawyer following Rey's claims that she was born under the name Jean-Michel Trogneux. Since the interview with Rey, 48, on a YouTube channel at the end of 2021, lawyer Jean Ennochi said the rumours surrounding French President Emmanuel Macron 's 70-year-old wife had continued to be fuelled. Ennochi therefore requested the hearing to be sped up, as concerns around how the rumours have spread beyond France and into the United States have arisen. He also said: 'In recent weeks, particularly internationally, via the Trumpist influencer Candace Owens , who relayed, I felt that the harm to my clients was increasing day by day'.

The UK state pension notoriously pays a meagre income that barely covers the basic cost of living in retirement. Even those who receive the full £11,500 a year face a shortfall of almost £3,000 on what is required for a 'minimum' standard of living, according to pension industry guidelines. But are British pensioners really any worse off than their counterparts in Europe and around the world? And just how generous are state pension schemes in other countries?

French spies are immune to honeytrap schemes as their wives already know that they are having affairs, the French counterpart to MI6 has revealed (stock photo). Russians realised that generating blackmail by entering into illicit relationships with French spies did not work, according to intelligence agents for the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE). 'Go ahead, my wife already knows,' was a standard reply according to an agent in a documentary the Making of Secret Agents which examined the French spy agency.

The UK state pension notoriously pays a meagre income that barely covers the basic cost of living in retirement.  Even those who receive the full £11,500 a year face a shortfall of almost £3,000 on what is required for a 'minimum' standard of living, according to pension industry guidelines.  But are British pensioners really any worse off than their counterparts in Europe and around the world? 

The Al Azaim Foundation, a media channel responsible for disseminating messages from the ISIS-K affiliate of the notorious terror group, shared a post threatening an attack on all four stadiums playing host to the fixtures in major European capitals. This includes the Emirates Stadium in London - which will host Arsenal v Bayern Munich, and the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid - where Manchester City will take on Real Madrid, both tonight. The post - captioned 'kill them all' - also named the Parc des Princes in Paris and the Metropolitano - also in Madrid - which are both hosting matches tomorrow. The threat comes less than three weeks after the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the deadliest attack inside Russia in 20 years, which saw gunmen open fire with automatic weapons at a concert hall near Moscow, killing at least 144 people. US intelligence sources have said Islamic State's Khorasan Province regional branch (also known as ISIS-K) was behind the deadly attack, which also saw more than 500 people injured and parts of the venue collapse due to incendiary devices.

The pollution levels in the River Seine have been found to be 'alarming' by a French water charity, just over a hundred days before it is to play host to a number of Olympic swimming events at the Paris Games. As well as hosting a portion of the Opening Ceremony, the river that flows through the centre of the French capital is set to stage the marathon swimming events and the triathalon. But the suitability of the venue has been called into question by the Surfrider Foundation, who have taken 14 samples from the Seine over the past six months and found the water to be potentially dangerous in all but one of their tests. 

On Monday, Duchess Sophie joined Prince Edward (pictured right) to celebrate Anglo-French relations at a service commemorating the Entente Cordiale's 120th anniversary. During the event highlighting ties between the two countries, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh investigated UK and French troops on Buckingham Palace's forecourt. The royal couple were in attendance at Buckingham Palace, not the King's, who is still recovering from his cancer treatment.

As two farewell functions were held to mark their departure, 1,475 silhouetted figures began their return to the shores where they had landed during the Second World War. The figures, which are just shy of 6ft 6in, represent each of the servicemen who died under British rule between June 6, 1944 to 1944. They are set to land in France by ferry this morning, where a team of 30 volunteers will spend two weeks putting them in the fields of the British Normandy Memorial, overlooking Gold Beach, one of the main D-Day landing points. Following a campaign by this newspaper, the memorial in Ver-sur-Mer opened in 2021 thanks in part to the contributions of Mail readers. On the 60th anniversary of D-Day's origins, it will be where the main British ceremony for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day will take place.

On Thursday, the French head of state, 46, made the chilling remarks at an event in Paris dedicated to the opening of the new Olympic Aquatics Center.

On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron said he had "no doubt" that tyrant Vladimir Putin would maliciously target the Paris Olympics this summer. In reaction to a reporter's query about whether Russia would attempt to threaten the Olympics, Macron said, "I have no doubt whatsoever, particularly in terms of facts." Every day, Russia feeds the belief that we shouldn't do this or that, that there is a risk, and that's why we must stand firm.' Democracies and major nations have a strong emphasis on character, self-confidence, and a strong link with the truth.'

As they opened the £154 million (€180 million) purpose-built stadium, French Olympian Alexis Jandard saw his feet leap out from under him as he fell on his backside under the massive crowd, including president Emmanuel Macron. As he lined up to somersault into the pool with two other celebrities as part of the festivities, the 26-year-old diver was wearing Speedos in the colours of the French flag. The athlete, who earned silver in the World Aquatics Championships with Jade Gillet, hopped up and down on his board before landing awkwardly on his right foot.

According to President Emmanuel Macron (left), France had been in touch with the Kremlin as Paris had 'useful details' to share about the attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue (right) that killed at least 144 people. According to a Russian defense ministry news, Russia warned France that it wished that the French clandestine services had not been involved in the latest attack (inset) on the concert hall in Moscow, which was claimed by Islamic State militants. The Russian side's remarks were odd and threatening,' the president said, adding that any allegations that France might have been involved in the deadly conflict were "ridiculous."