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They’re moving: practical help to leave an abusive homeWith Une Voix Pour Elles, moving and storage become tools for protection. In France, this support is arranged with a social worker and complements emergency services.
Fake delivery drivers in Luxembourg: the parcel conceals a card theftPolice report card swaps during a purported delivery payment. What to do at the door, and where to turn if your card or PIN has been stolen.
Election images: ChatGPT’s filter, between illustration and photorealismThe filter reported by CNET turns some requests into stylised images. But two French tests described by Next produced different results: friction in image generation is not a check on the truth.
2026 is not 1789: what the word ‘revolution’ really measuresEmmanuel de Waresquiel compares the October demonstrations with 1789 while rejecting the equivalence. Institutions, sovereignty and presidential precedents provide a way to test the word ‘revolution’.
Paris, 24 October: from 142 arrests to judicial proceedingsAfter 142 arrests were announced in Paris, the public prosecutor’s office set out the initial outcomes. How to interpret figures published at different stages.
France: understanding immediate appearance proceedings after lootingSevere criminal law, rapid proceedings, sentences put into effect: three realities to distinguish before describing justice as lenient or rushed.
Trappes: police custody and criminal responsibility, two different questionsThe temporary suspension of questioning does not establish criminal irresponsibility. Medical fitness, capacity to distinguish right from wrong at the time of the events, and the terrorist classification are subject to separate assessments.
After Trappes: what can be established about hate speech and violenceIn the National Assembly, responsibility for words has become a political battleground. Yet the investigation has established no direct link with a political party: research urges us to distinguish collective influence from individual causation.
Protests: police fatigue looms ahead of 31 OctoberUN1TÉ warns of police exhaustion ahead of a new mobilisation. The figures for 24 October rose from 53 to 267 injured: here’s how to read them.
Racist terrorism: why the two classifications can apply togetherUnder French law, the terrorist purpose of an act and the racist aggravating circumstance address different questions. The investigation in Trappes and La Verrière shows how they can both be applied, without prejudging the court’s decision.
In Marseille, Macron admits a failure to anticipate events — without naming anyone responsibleOn 26 October, Emmanuel Macron admitted that there had not been enough police officers during the violence on 17 October. However, he defended the measures taken on the 24th and put off political responses and questions of accountability.
France: leave for victims of sexual violence remains under debateThe measure passed on 13 October distinguishes between employees and public-sector workers. It remains a proposal, while current obligations regarding harassment remain in force.