https://filoudactu.fr/en/Every weekday morning, the essential news from France, Paris and the world, sorted and then told.en-GBFri, 30 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMT https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-30/in-on-monday-dead-on-tuesday/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-30/in-on-monday-dead-on-tuesday/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTFranceOn Monday, Mauricio K., 44, was taken into custody at the Saint-Ouen police station. On Tuesday he came out dead. Prosecutors speak of a cardiac arrest, his father has filed a complaint, an investigating judge has been appointed. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-30/bobigny-sleeps-on-the-floor/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-30/bobigny-sleeps-on-the-floor/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTJusticeColuche died forty years ago. This week, the Senate voted to make rape of minors imprescriptible, and children slept on the floor in the holding cells of the Bobigny courthouse. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-30/libya-gets-its-sky-back/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-30/libya-gets-its-sky-back/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTAfricaThe International Civil Aviation Organization lifts the restrictions that have weighed on Libya since 2015. Tanzania finds gas, Nigeria has no more Ebola cases. Three pieces of good news, no conditional tense. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-30/7-4-billion-in-three-months/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-30/7-4-billion-in-three-months/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTEconomyTotalEnergies made 7.4 billion euros in three months, more than double last year. On Wednesday, the National Assembly rejected eight windfall taxes. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-30/one-hundred-and-eleven-and-we-knew/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-30/one-hundred-and-eleven-and-we-knew/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTSociety111 women killed by their partner or ex in 2025. A third had already been beaten, most had said so. We knew. This paper does not want to write that figure again next year. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-29/urda-8-54-am/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-29/urda-8-54-am/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTWorldOn Wednesday morning, an AVE and an Iryo train collided outside a village in Castilla-La Mancha, 150 km south of Madrid. Before the firefighters, it was the neighbours who ran to the track. At least 68 dead. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-29/at-eight-one-in-three/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-29/at-eight-one-in-three/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTFranceThey are between 8 and 11. 11,200 of them answered the education ministry: one primary pupil in three says they have suffered at least one form of sexual violence at school. The youngest are the most affected. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-29/artists-speak-out/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-29/artists-speak-out/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTCultureA rapper in Bordeaux, a hundred signatures in Politis, a standing chamber. Since Pengo Bossio Wangi, 26, was killed in Trappes, the French scene refuses to stay silent. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-29/what-2-50-changes-at-home/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-29/what-2-50-changes-at-home/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTEconomyThe European Central Bank announces its decision this Thursday at 2.15 pm. Behind the deposit rate lie the loans of those who buy, the savings of those who wait, and two euros more on a parcel. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-29/italy-too/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-29/italy-too/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTWorldThey are sixteen, seventeen, twenty. Since 16 October, Italian pupils and students have been marching against the Meloni government. Five hundred soldiers in Milan, 330 detentions, a general strike on Friday. Few are talking about it. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-28/china-drops-mbappe/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-28/china-drops-mbappe/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTSportA joke about a meme comparing him to Mao Zedong costs Kylian Mbappé three Chinese contracts and the broadcast of his matches on Tuesday. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-28/the-sun-joins-the-holidays/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-28/the-sun-joins-the-holidays/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTFranceAfter storm Austen and its 150 km/h gusts, high pressure settles over France. Up to 24 °C on Tuesday, and a Wednesday forecast just the same for the second week of the autumn break. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-28/corsica-waits/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-28/corsica-waits/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTEditorialThe Senate rejected Corsican autonomy in the night from Monday to Tuesday, 181 votes to 134. I lived in Moltifao, I met the Corsicans, I lived in Corte and in Casanova. The island changed me. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-28/google-invents-worlds/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-28/google-invents-worlds/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTTechnologyDeepMind unveils Genie 4 on Tuesday, a model that builds a playable world from a sentence and changes it while you walk through it. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-28/fifteen-young-people-against-canada/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-28/fifteen-young-people-against-canada/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTWorldBefore the Federal Court in Vancouver, fifteen young people aged 17 to 24 have been asking since Monday that Ottawa answer for its climate inaction. A first in Canada. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-27/students-bring-down-vucic/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-27/students-bring-down-vucic/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTWorldTwo years after the Novi Sad station collapse, the Student List wins an outright majority in Serbia’s parliament on Sunday. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-27/parcoursup-will-disappear-in-2028/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-27/parcoursup-will-disappear-in-2028/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTFranceClasses of 28 in the first year of lycée, 15,000 more university places, a new platform in 2028: the government gave way on Monday, the youth unions keep up the pressure. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-27/artists-take-sides/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-27/artists-take-sides/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTEditorialSCH this weekend, Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl, Eminem against Trump: voices that fill stadiums are choosing not to stay silent. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-27/terry-speaks-again-by-thought/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-27/terry-speaks-again-by-thought/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTTechnologySilenced by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, an American speaks again in his own voice thanks to a Neuralink implant. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-27/a-rig-sinks-off-gabon/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-27/a-rig-sinks-off-gabon/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTAfricaThe Prospector 5 capsized on Saturday night off Mayumba; 110 people rescued, one dead and several missing, 280,000 litres of diesel in the wreck. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-26/lula-re-elected-bolsonaro-s-son-refuses/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-26/lula-re-elected-bolsonaro-s-son-refuses/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTGeopoliticsIn São Paulo, Lula celebrates a fourth term; Flávio Bolsonaro refuses to accept the result. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-26/less-damage-more-arrests/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-26/less-damage-more-arrests/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTFranceBetween 410,000 and 800,000 people marched on Saturday against the cost of living, under bans and imposed routes. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-26/in-orleans-marine-le-pen-launches-her-campaign/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-26/in-orleans-marine-le-pen-launches-her-campaign/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTFranceJordan Bardella re-elected with 98.98% of the vote, an anti-fascist demonstration and a rally of “renaissance”. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-26/in-madrid-lung-cancer-loses-ground/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-26/in-madrid-lung-cancer-loses-ground/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMTPharma & healthAt Europe’s cancer congress, Amgen and Roche cut the risk of death by half, or nearly. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-23/saturday-under-heavy-guard/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-23/saturday-under-heavy-guard/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMTFranceOnly union marches allowed on Saturday? The right to protest, a constitutional right? https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-23/in-brazil-meta-gatecrashes-the-run-off/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-23/in-brazil-meta-gatecrashes-the-run-off/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMTGeopoliticsLula’s camp accuses Meta of favouring Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of Sunday’s run-off. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-23/the-vaccine-against-melanoma/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-23/the-vaccine-against-melanoma/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMTPharma & healthModerna and Merck’s personalised vaccine cuts the risk of relapse by 42%; the share price drops 25%. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-22/justice-at-a-run/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-22/justice-at-a-run/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMTFranceFour courtrooms, dozens of cases, a police report as the only evidence. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-22/nine-hours-without-a-signal/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-22/nine-hours-without-a-signal/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMTFranceOrange and Sosh cut off on Wednesday from 11:20 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-22/7-6-tonnes-in-the-sugar/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-22/7-6-tonnes-in-the-sugar/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMTGeopoliticsThe biggest cocaine seizure in ten years in the port of Cartagena. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-22/three-letters-that-switched-off-the-web/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-22/three-letters-that-switched-off-the-web/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMTTechnologyTwo twenty-year-old flaws in PHP, found by an AI. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-21/zelensky-and-witkoff-hand-in-hand/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-21/zelensky-and-witkoff-hand-in-hand/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMTGeopoliticsReceived in Oslo by Trump’s envoy, Zelensky asks for missiles, intelligence and satellites. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-21/another-night-under-curfew/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-21/another-night-under-curfew/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMTFranceOn Tuesday evening the shutters came down before dark. Parts of Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux and Nice spent another night under curfew, and the ban on demonstrations in some Paris districts runs until 6… https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-21/spacex-4-4-billion/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-21/spacex-4-4-billion/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMTTechnologyOn Tuesday evening, Elon Musk played spectator to his own company. The boards of SpaceX and Tesla have formed committees of independent directors to study a merger; he, with a conflict of interest… https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-20/looters-and-shopkeepers/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-20/looters-and-shopkeepers/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMTFranceFrom Nice to Paris, shop owners are counting their losses after the weekend of 17 October; the public is opening its wallet, and so are the insurers. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-20/the-world-looks-at-france-and-reads-its-own-thesis/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-20/the-world-looks-at-france-and-reads-its-own-thesis/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMTGeopoliticsFrom Washington to Tehran, the violence of 17 October makes the front pages. Every capital finds proof of what it already thought, and the markets present the bill. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-20/when-the-stock-market-takes-refuge-in-the-drugmakers/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-20/when-the-stock-market-takes-refuge-in-the-drugmakers/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMTPharma & healthFrom 12 to 16 October, US inflation rattled the markets. The big laboratories rose, the small biotechs sank. The week explained without jargon. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-19/the-freedom-to-protest-breaks-nothing/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-19/the-freedom-to-protest-breaks-nothing/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMTFrance on the moveOn Saturday, France marched against the cost of living and for its schools. In the evening, others smashed things. They are not the same people, and it is not the same story. The story is the freedom to protest. https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-19/the-freedom-to-protest-breaks-nothing-continued/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-19/the-freedom-to-protest-breaks-nothing-continued/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMTFrance on the moveDepending on what you watch, this Saturday is not the same. In the images shared by La France insoumise and the left, peaceful marches. On CNews or in the communications of the Rassemblement… https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-19/brazil-lula-stakes-it-all-on-sunday-against-bolsonaro-s-son/https://filoudactu.fr/en/numeros/2026-10-19/brazil-lula-stakes-it-all-on-sunday-against-bolsonaro-s-son/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMTThe world at a glanceOn 4 October, Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the former far-right president, finished two points ahead of Lula. The runoff is on Sunday 25 October, between the forest, workers’ rights and social media.