Live from the newsroom, we provide an overview of the world's newspaper headlines, from Monday to Friday at 9.20 am (and at 7.20 am for the French newspapers).
Sarkozy jokingly calls journalists "paedophiles": controversial or not?
FRENCH PAPERS, Wednesday, 24.11.2010: The Pope holds up a condom instead of the "Bread of Christ" on the front page of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo this morning. To complete the array of scandalous front pages, Sarkozy's off the record comment to journalists, "See you tomorrow, paedophile friends!" appears out of context on the front page of Libération.
Le Parisien reports on the increasing trend in France to give your child an “original” name. How about Z? Or Syrius? Dova perhaps? FRIDAY, 19th FEBRUARY, 2010
The fallout from the assassination of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mahbouh is still front page news in Britain and Israel. The Independent’s Robert Fisk suspects Britain and other European countries colluded with Mossad in al-Mahbouh’s killing. THURSDAY, 18th FEBRUARY, 2010
Food and wine receive extensive coverage in this morning’s French papers. How can small bistros be kept open? Should fast food chains sell halal burgers? How did French wine exporters get away with selling fake pinot noir to the American market? These and other stories in today’s French press review… THURSDAY, 18th FEBRUARY 2010
Six British passport holders named by Dubai police as assassins of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mahbouh have the same identities as immigrants to Israel.