Police in Paris are hunting a gunman after he attacked the offices of the French newspaper Libération and then opened fire at the offices of bank Société Génerale in the La Defense business district.
1.3 tonnes of cocaine has been seized at Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris, with the drugs found in 30 suitcases carried onto an Air France passenger plane.
Nearly 300 people were arrested in Paris after far-right groups clashed with riot police at a protest against gay marriage.
In the years following the riots in the Paris in 2005, which began after the deaths of two French teenagers of North African descent were killed by electrocution whilst running from police in an electricity substation – the simmering crisis in the suburbs has slipped from the public’s mind, but the situation has not changed.