British man 'admits' killing his two children in France
A British father has admitted slitting the throats of his two young children in France following a difficult divorce, sources said.
Thieves make off with jewels from Cannes
French police say thieves raided the hotel room of a representative of Swiss jeweller Chopard and made off with jewels.
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Mystery surrounds how Cannes jewels were stolen
A Cannes police source said authorities were investigating whether a second incident of vanishing jewels was a theft, a problem of inventory or a loss, a source said.
Another Swiss jeweller, Chopard, had gems worth $1.4 million stolen in the first week of the 12-day festival on the French Riviera.
Police said the Chopard jewellery had been in the safe at Suite Novotel hotel in central Cannes, which had been rented by an employee of the jeweller.
The entire safe was removed from the wall and taken during the night of 16 May.
Someone entered without forcing the door, a police source said.
A spokesman for Chopard, a sponsor of the Cannes festival, later played down the report, saying values had been exaggerated.
Jewellers and fashion houses use the world's largest film festival at Cannes as a promotional showcase, lending gowns and accessories to celebrities who are photographed.
Cannes Film Festival hit by second jewellery heist
The Cannes Film Festival was hit by a second suspected jewellery heist when a diamond necklace worth 2 million euros (£1.6 million) vanished during a star-studded party, according to upmarket jeweller De Grisogono.
Fawaz Gruosi, the founder of the Swiss firm, said the necklace was part of the company's 20th anniversary collection paraded by 20 models at the glitzy event at the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes outside Cannes on Tuesday night.
Sharon Stone and Paris Hilton were among the guests.
Mr Gruosi said 80 bodyguards, local police, hotel security, and De Grisogono staff had been on duty but when a check was made at the end of the night the diamond necklace was missing.
"We don't know exactly what happened ... it was one of the most beautiful items we had," Gruosi told said
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Briton arrested for fraud 'found hanged in French prison'
A Briton who was arrested on suspicion of organised fraud has been found hanged in a French prison.
John Steele, 38, was found by guards hanging in his cell on Tuesday, four days after he was remanded in custody, according to the BBC.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are aware of the death of a British national in France on 21 May and we stand ready to provide consular assistance."
Le Pen praises Dominque Venner after his suicide
Far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen, who scored nearly a fifth of the first-round vote in the 2012 presidential election, has paid tribute to Dominique Venner on Twitter, saying his suicide was a political gesture aimed at "waking up the French people".
Venner - a 78-year-old French far-right activist - committed suicide at the altar of the Notre Dame cathedral today, three days after a law legalising same-sex marriage came into effect.
Police evacuated the cathedral, one of Paris' biggest tourist draws, after Venner - a historian known for his hard-right political essays and a fierce opponent of gay marriage - shot himself, sending tourists fleeing in panic.
Man dead at Notre Dame was former far-right activist
A man who is understood to have committed suicide by shooting himself at the altar of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has been named by a police source as a well-known former far-right activist.
Dominique Venner, 78, was a historian known in France for his far-right political essays. He carried a letter on him but made no declaration before shooting himself dead, the source said.The cathedral has been evacuated.
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Letter found near man's body in Notre Dame Cathedral
The newspaper Le Parisien reports a man was shot in the head behind the first altar of Notre Dame Cathedral. They say the man was a 78-year-old "writer and essayist" and a sealed letter was found near his body. The cathedral remains closed.
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Report: Notre Dame Cathedral evacuated after suicide
Paris police say Notre Dame Cathedral has been evacuated after a suicide inside the famed church, reports Associated Press.
British father alleged to have killed his children is named
A British father is due to appear in court in France today, where he is expected to be formally charged with slitting the throats of his two young children.
Julian Stevenson, 47, is alleged to have killed his daughter, five, and son, 10.
He was entrusted with them for the first time since separating from his French wife.
It is thought she discovered the bloody scene when she arrived at his flat on Saturday afternoon and found her former husband standing on the stairway in blood-stained clothes
Reports suggested she had gone to his home, in Saint-Priest, to the south-east of Lyon, after he failed to return the children following the visit.
Stevenson was held after witnesses reportedly spotted him fleeing the area on roller skates and taken into custody on Saturday evening.
British man 'admits' killing his two children in France
A British father has admitted slitting the throats of his two young children in France following a difficult divorce, sources said.
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A British father has admitted slitting the throats of his two young children in France following a difficult divorce, sources said.
It is understood that the man, who has not yet been named, was recently divorced and was looking after his children for the first time since separating from his wife.
ITV News Correspondent Harry Smith reports:
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