2026 Paris Motor Show: Western carmakers face steep competition from Chinese rivals

A devastating blaze destroyed the French capital’s oldest covered food market in the early hours of Monday, stripping Paris of a cherished venue popular with locals and tourists alike. Traders and residents said the destruction of the Enfants Rouges market, named after a 16th-century orphanage, had left them feeling “orphaned” themselves.

Trump considers joining Saudi attacks on Iran's Houthi allies in Yemen after a week of Houthi strikes kills 20 people, including an American, at Riyadh's airport.

Opposition parties and supporters of the so-called "cockroach" youth movement marched towards the country's Supreme Court on Monday, in the latest show of outrage against the recent removal of millions of names from voters lists. Critics say the move is likely to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party – and are demanding India's election chief step down over what they describe as misconduct. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in New Delhi, Navodita Kumari.

South Africa's deputy police chief has resigned three weeks after he was charged with sexual offences. A lawyer representing Lt Gen Shadrack Sibiya submitted his resignation letter at his disciplinary hearing on Monday, a police spokesperson said. Sibiya, 59, is also accused of having links to organised crime bosses - allegations which led to him being suspended last year.