News about Jacques Chirac

Fish and chips, cheese toasties and mushy peas have long been scorned across the Channel, but a culinary thaw could be in sight after French critics declared 'British cuisine is not that vile'. After centuries of berating Bakewell Tarts, forgoing fish and chips and shunning Shepherd's Pie, British fayre is waging its very own French revolution, thanks in part to a newly-published cookbook that has piqued the attention of Gallic gastronomists. The British Cookbook is a hefty tome compiling 550 of the most quintessential recipes and includes everything from Welsh Rarebit, Scottish Crumpets and Victoria Sponge to Sherry Trifle, Tattie Scones and Sticky Toffee Pudding. When the title was published in France earlier this month as Le Livre de la Cuisine British, author Ben Mervis (left) steeled himself for the inevitable backlash - but quite the opposite has happened.

Pamela Churchill Harriman has been seen by history as a gold-digger who was merely 'an expert in rich men's ceilings'. But, as Ysenda Maxtone Graham discovers in Sonia Purnell's new biography, Pamela was in fact a shrewd political operator with the ear of Churchill.

Leonie Beck finished ninth in Thursday's women's marathon swimming event, which sees athletes fight the waters for 10 kilometres and over two hours. Around £1.2billion was spent clearing up a river that had seen a 100-year swimming ban ahead of the Games, but as recently as June it had 10 times the permitted E.coli bacteria levels.

The Stade de France has been transformed from a rugby stadium to the home of track and field events at the Paris Olympics and it features a significant symbol: the large victory bell at one end of the field, which is bound to see a lot of action over the next few days.

Belgian star Jolien Vermeylen was part of the contingent who swam 1.5 kilometres in the Seine on Wednesday as Brit Beth Potter brought home a bronze medal. The women's triathlon had been postponed on Tuesday after tests revealed the Seine was not clean enough to swim in.

The women's Olympic triathlon saw chaotic scenes with multiple crashes during the cycling section of the event in Paris. The build-up to the race had been dominated by concerns over water quality in the River Seine. Organisers gave both the men's and women's races the green light on Wednesday morning, avoiding the 'last resort' possibility for the events to become duathlons.

On the day of their 14-7 triumph over Romania on the weekend, the squad were forced to try and lift the vehicle on a narrow street. A post on social media claimed the parked car was blocking their Olympic bus, according to Greek City Times. Footage shows a group of the players bending down to pick up the black car, but they seem to only be able to move it a few inches. Meanwhile, the Greek team's coaching staff can be seen laughing and filming the ordeal in the background.

Olympic organiers confirmed the Paris 2024 triathlon could be changed into a duathlon as a 'last resort' should water quality fail to improve in the River Seine. The potential move follows the postponement of the men's triathlon event this morning. Both the men's and women's triathlon races are now scheduled to take place on Wednesday, with a further contingency day available on August 2.

Parisians are still hesitant to take a dip in the city's famous river despite the massive €1billion clean-up operation organised for the Olympics, MailOnline has learned. Locals said they still believed the river to be dirty and dismissed the idea of a swim as 'crazy s**t' when asked, amid concerns about the water quality in the capital. It came as the men's triathlon event was postponed due to poor water quality, after tests in the river 'did not provide sufficient guarantees' for the event to go ahead.

The men's triathlon at the Paris Olympics has been postponed because of concerns over water quality in the River Seine. Swimming training for the triathletes was cancelled on Sunday and Monday and the decision has been taken to move the men's race, which had been due to start at 8am local time on Tuesday, to Wednesday. It has been rescheduled to take place at 10.45am local time, after the women's race which is scheduled to take place at 8am.

MIKE KEEGAN: Triathletes - including GB's gold chasing Alex Yee - are set to go to bed on Monday night not knowing if their competition will take place in the morning. Continued water quality issues in the Seine saw the men's practice swimming session, scheduled for Sunday, cancelled, and early on Monday, the women's test run was also called off. Officials will make a call on whether the famous river, part of a £1bn clean-up, will be fit to enter at around 3.30am local time, four-and-a-half hours ahead of the planned 8am start.

Furious locals say they are being made ill and undergoing 'mental torture' from the nauseating reek of foul waste, which is reportedly being driven 110 miles to be dumped in a landfill site on their doorstep. The stench of gases rising from Aycliffe Quarry, near Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, is behind a spate of headaches, skin rashes and nausea which has seen some local people seek help from hospital A and E departments, according to villagers. For months the clinging smell of rotten eggs has been making their lives a misery, raising scores of complaints with the Environment Agency. Helpless victims of the stench accuse the agency of being a 'toothless tiger' which has failed to take decisive action to stop the quarry's operators from tackling the issue. Locals told MailOnline that the majority of the waste causing the smell, which is blighting lives in the neighbouring villages of Aycliffe and Brafferton, is being driven 110 miles north from Hull in lorries.

The mayor of the French town of Agde, the unofficial capital of swinger culture in Europe, is behind bars following a bizarre scandal which saw him accused of lavishing gifts on a local clairvoyant, at the taxpayer's expense. The town is located 30 miles south of Montpellier along France 's idyllic Mediterranean coastline. The fortune teller, Sophia Martinez, is accused of embezzlement while the town's mayor, a former MP, Gilles d'Ettore, 55, is accused of squandering local citizen's money on the self-proclaimed medium. The mayor has been in office since 2001.

Following the death of Ian Bailey, who was the prime suspect in her murder, Sophie Toscan du Plantier's family has said they will continue to search for the truth and justice. Following Sophie's death on Sunday, Sophie's son, Pierre-Louis Baudey-Vignaud, said his family would never be able to obtain a confession from Bailey. Bailey, 66, was found guilty in France, where he was arrested'in absentia' and sentenced to 25 years in prison. However, the High Court in Ireland has dismissed French authorities' proposal to extradite him. Despite being arrested twice in Ireland, Mr Baudey-Vignaud said his family is still searching for 'truth and justice' regarding his mother's murder. THey are pictured left together, Bailey is pictured right outside court

Ian Bailey, 66, was one of the first to publish an article about Sophie Toscan Du Plantier's death in 1996 outside her holiday home in a rural part of West Cork, Ireland. Despite being found guilty of murder, Bailey continued to live in the neighborhood that was shocked by Sophie's murder until his death last week. He was found guilty in France in 2019 and sentenced to 25 years in prison in absentia', but the High Court in Ireland (left with his partner outside of court) has dismissed French authorities' attempts to extradite him. Despite being arrested twice, Bailey, who was scheduled to turn 67 next week, collapsed and died in Bantry, West Cork last week, meaning he would never face prison time. He maintained his innocence, continued to live in West Cork and work as a writer, and, curiously, has a TikTok (right) following and produced his own true crime podcasts.

In Bantry, West Cork, Ian Bailey, who was found guilty of murdering the filmmaker in 1996, died. People rushed to assist the 66-year-old, who would have turned 67 on January 27. According to reports, one local first aider administered CPR for 20 minutes until the ambulance personnel arrived, but Mr Bailey was unresponsive and pronounced dead at the hospital. He had previously suffered up to three heart attacks and had been admitted to both Bantry Hospital and Cork University Hospital, the latter where he underwent heart surgery.

On Wednesday, Keke Palmer spent time in Paris on her baby boy Leodis, just days after being granted a temporary restraining order against her ex-boyfriend Darius Jackson amid abuse charges. When visiting the Eiffel Tower and the Musée du Quai Branly, the actress, 30, was all smiles as she kissed her son, nine months on the head. Jacques Chirac While a pal shielded the pair with an umbrella, Keke transformed into a chic figure in black mini dress, tights, and tan boots as she battled the rain.

From Queen Victoria's ground-breaking visit in 1855 to today, the Royal Family has had a long love affair with France. However, no senior citizens will have such strong personal feelings about its capital city as King Charles, who is due to be back in August 19 for a second time. For him, Paris is the scene of dramatic and tragic events: the final sad denouement of the Abdication Crisis in a Bois de Boulogne mansion and the tragic death of Diana, mother to his two children, in August 1997.

When King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive in France next week for their State Visit, it will be an enriching display of these two neighbors' unique friendship, which includes so much history as both allies and competitors. Despite the fact that the republic was established after the Revolution, the country is also able to put on a spectacular display for grand occasions. However, the host country's atmosphere will be both dramatic and apprehensive. It would be impossible to escape the reality of the madness that grips France as social unrest looms, political depositions, racial inequities, and economic stagnation persists.

According to a study issued by two of France's police unions, 'Today the police are in war because we are at war.' 'We will all be against resistance, and the government should be aware of this.' It comes as marauding gangs of rioters clashed with police last night, resulting in 1,300 arrests. When rioters were seen speeding in a bus and smashing a car into the front of a Lidl supermarket, footage showed the extreme chaos on French streets. At a traffic stop earlier this week, the Nahel friends and family were able to attend the funeral of the 17-year-old soldier who fired at point-blank range by an officer.

The shaven-headed man spits profanities into the camera. He launches a torrent of abuse against Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov and Minister of Defence Sergey Shoigu, thrusting his head forward and staring at the camera. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of a brutal Russian mercenary outfit called the Wagner Group, is in dire need of assistance, and he is desperate. On two fronts, Prigozhin is at war. On the frontline in Bakhmut, Ukraine, his troops are dying in ever greater numbers. He is facing the Russian elites he so dislikes on video and in print. In a recent video, he boosted his campaign to an unimaginable degree. We have a 'good Grandpa' as he snarling into the camera, according to him. 'But how do you win a war,' he asks sarcastically, 'if it turns out that this Grandpa is a complete d***head?'

Sophie, 39, who was married to celebrated French film producer Daniel Toscan du Plantier, a friend of former French President Jacques Chirac, was beaten to death two days before Christmas in 1996, when her body was discovered outside her tiny holiday cottage near the village of Schull in West Cork. In a French court, British journalist Ian Bailey was tried and found guilty in absentia of her assassination. However, following a three-day hearing in 2020, Ireland's High Court dismissed an attempt by French authorities to arrest him to serve his 25-year prison term. According to The Irish Sun, Jim Sheridan, 74, said he hopes his documentary will help solve the case, despite "new evidence" pointing to a largely 'unheard of German suspects. According to reports, the film will focus on musician Karl Heinz Wolney; he has a long tradition of violence and lived around 1.5 kilometers from Sophie's holiday home.

The shaven-headed man spits profanities into the camera. He launches a torrent of abuse against Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov and Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu, thrusting his head forward and glancing at the viewer. Yevgeny Prigozhin (pictured above), the leader of the Wagner Company, a brutal Russian mercenary outfit, is in dire need of assistance, and he is afraid. On two fronts, Prigozhin is at war. On the frontline in Bakhmut, Ukraine, his troops are dying in ever greater numbers. He is taking on the Russian elites, whom he so despises on film and in print.

As they posed for a picture ahead of a lavish banquet at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander, 55, wore matching sashes adorned with badges. Opting for a personal touch, the mother-of-three was also treated with a decorative brooch in the shape of a butterfly, with stunning pearl-drop detail. Maxima wore her tiara and a pearl necklace, while her husband, who posed a dapper figure in a tuxedo and white bowtie, displaying his military medals. Elsewhere Brigitte, 69, was effortlessly chic in an indigo maxi-dress that displayed silver and bronze designs. President Macron's wife, Anne Rieder, 45, sparked her blonde tresses in a revolution as her husband wore a suit and a blue and yellow sash, indicating that he was granted the Order of the Netherlands Lion, a traditional Dutch civil honour.