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A Saudi national suspected of playing a part in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been detained by French police, according to multiple reports. The man in custody is a former member of the Saudi Royal Guard. He was arrested based on a Turkish arrest warrant, according to AP.

Jimmy Fallon’s NBC competition series That’s My Jam has sold to France’s TF1, marking the show’s debut international adaptation outside of the U.S just a week after its first episode.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThierry Lachkar, the former boss of Shine France, has been named CEO of ITV Studios France, whose biggest hits include local adaptations of “The Voice” and “Four Weddings.” Lachkar will be taking the helm at the label with a focus on building and growing the company, whose shows air on France’s leading broadcasters and platforms.

Thierry Lachkar, the Founder of Shine France and MD of French indie Deeply Superficial, has been named CEO of ITV Studios France.

Tina Daheley has spoken out on the "racist, hateful" words said to her by a diner at an "expensive French restaurant" she went to with a pal last month.The BBC presenter took to her Instagram feed to share a letter she sent to the unnamed restaurant, explaining exactly what happened.The broadcaster, 40, said she felt "too upset" at the time to confront the diner and shared her hopes that the restaurant would "take action" as "there is no place" for this kind of behaviour in 2021.

Legendary Jazz Age performer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker made history today as the first Black woman to enter France’s hallowed Panthéon. Baker is also only the sixth woman to be honored in such a way.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentJosephine Baker, the trailblazing American-born entertainer and civil rights activist, is the first Black woman to be laid to rest at France’s Pantheon.The Parisian monument is dedicated to iconic figures that have left a decisive imprint on French history, including the writers Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Victor Hugo and Emile Zola, resistance hero Jean Moulin and politician Simone Weil.

Guy Lodge Film CriticA svelte, slinky figure in spotted silvery blond, the snow leopard is one of the great haughty glamazons of the animal kingdom — a status suitably acknowledged in the English-language title of “The Velvet Queen,” French docmaker Marie Amiguet’s lovely, unexpected screen ode to the little-seen feline.

One of the most anticipated films of the year was already seen earlier this year: “The Tragedy of Macbeth” by writer/director Joel Coen (going solo for the first time without Ethan Coen), made its world premiere at the New York Film Festival to much acclaim (read our review).

France has become the latest European nation to re-introduce restrictions in response to a new wave of Covid-19.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentIt’s mask time again in France. The country’s health minister has unveiled a set of familiar health measures as Europe faces a fifth wave of COVID-19 cases.

Home Secretary Priti Patel has argued that it is up to France to stop migrants crossing the Channel.

One of the most anticipated films of the year was already seen earlier this year: “The Tragedy of Macbeth” by writer/director Joel Coen (going solo for the first time without Ethan Coen), made its world premiere at the New York Film Festival to much acclaim.

Boris Johnson has called on France to agree to joint patrols across the Channel after a migrant boat capsized and 27 people died.

Boris Johnson has claimed that France must step up efforts to stem the number of migrants cross the Channel, after a boat capsized off the French coast with the loss of 31 lives.

Following on from the release of their first standalone album together, ‘Carnage’, earlier this year, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have got right back to their day job of writing film soundtracks. The film is ‘Les Panthère Des Neiges’.