Paris: 'Priceless' Jewelry Stolen from Louvre in Paris | DW News

Oct 19, 2025 | The Louvre museum in Paris has closed after a robbery. Authorites said experienced thieves used a crane and power tools to break in taking just a few minutes to smash display cases and flee with priceless jewels.

The heist took place half an hour after the museum had opened its doors to the public on Sunday. Visitors were evacuated after the incident. Police are still searching for the suspects. No injuries have been reported.


Louvre heist: hunt on for thieves after eight ‘priceless’ jewellery pieces stolen: Necklace given by Napoleon to his wife among items taken from Paris museum in highly professional daylight raid »

Trump Ends Aid to Colombia and Calls Country's Leader a 'Drug Leader'

BBC: President Donald Trump said the US will no longer offer subsidies to Colombia, one of the country's closest South American allies.

The US president announced the decision in a Truth Social post on Sunday, labelling Colombia's President Gustavo Petro as "an illegal drug leader" who has "strongly encouraging the massive production of drugs, in big and small fields, all over Colombia".

His comments come after Petro accused the US of committing "murder" when it carried out a military strike on a boat in Colombian territorial waters in September.

The move is the latest in a string of escalating tensions between the US and countries in Latin America, as the US military continues to strike ships in the Caribbean Sea it alleges carry drugs. » | Ana Faguy and Kathryn Armstrong | Saturday, October 18, 2025

Virginia Giuffre’s Allegations against Prince Andrew, Explained | The Royals

Oct 19, 2025 | Virginia Giuffre's memoir - 'Nobody's Girl' - claims Prince Andrew felt ‘sex with me was his birthright’. He has denied all allegations that he had sex with the then 17 year old, but do the Epstein links again threaten the wider reputation of the monarchy? Andrew has already been stripped of any meaningful official role. He no longer receives public funds, and holds no royal patronages. He has had to relinquish his honorary military titles. But what do the British public think about this ongoing and ever more upsetting saga?

Recorded live in front of an audience at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on 16th October 2025.

Trump Regime Defames Americans

Oct 19, 2025 | Following yesterday's No Kings rallies across the country, Steve Schmidt shares some further reflections about this moment in American history, including the wise words of Thomas Paine.

CALLEkocht: Leckerer Rosenkohl mal anders – „Dieses Rezept musst du probieren!“

Oct 19, 2025 | Vergiss alles, was du über Rosenkohl wusstest – heute zeige ich dir, wie du ein Timbale vom Rosenkohl in feiner Liaison zauberst! Dieses Rezept musst du probieren, denn es ist unglaublich lecker und einfach in der Zubereitung.

Dieses Timbale ist das perfekte Gericht, um auch Gemüsemuffel zu begeistern! Der Rosenkohl wird in einer feinen Liaison (einer cremigen Bindung, aus Eiern und Sahne) gebacken. Das macht ihn butterzart, mild im Geschmack und gibt ihm eine wunderbar elegante Konsistenz. Es ist eine raffinierte Art, das gesunde Gemüse zuzubereiten.

Die Vorteile eines Timbale sind unschlagbar, vor allem, weil du es perfekt vorbereiten kannst! Du gießt die Masse einfach in die Förmchen und bäckst sie, was dir am Tag des Essens enorme Zeit spart. ⏱️ Die hübsche Form ist zudem ein echter Hingucker auf jedem Teller und wertet jede Beilage auf. So gelingt dir mühelos ein Gericht, das beeindruckt, aber keinen Stress verursacht. ...


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Afghanistan

Women banned from talking to each other.

Look At Trump's USA to Visualise a Farage Government

This is why Farage should be kept well away from power.

Burqa Ban Battle in Europe: Where and Why? | Why Italy is Banning Burqa | WION WIDEANGLE

Oct 16, 2025 | From Italy to France to Switzerland, countries across Europe are grappling with the issue of the 'Burqa Ban'.

Italy’s ruling party, the ‘Brothers of Italy’, is pushing a bill to ban burqas and niqabs in all public spaces. Under the proposed legislation, violators could face fines ranging from $350 to $3,500.

In April 2011, France became the first European country to implement a ban on full-face veils in public areas.

However, some countries, like Afghanistan, have made wearing a burqa a religious mandate.

Cruel, Masked MAGA Men

Steve Schmidt enlarges on this American sickness.

Thieves Steal Jewels of 'Incalculable' Value in Heist at Louvre Museum in Paris | BBC News

Oct 19, 2025 | The Louvre Museum in Paris has been closed following a robbery, France's culture minister says. Rachida Dati wrote on X that the robbery happened on Sunday morning as the museum was opening. She said she was at the site, where police are investigating.

The museum confirmed it was closing for the day "for exceptional reasons," without providing further details.

French media reports say jewellery has been stolen, after three masked men reportedly used a freight lift under renovation to access the Apollo Gallery, where what remains of France's crown jewels are kept.

The gallery is on the side of the River Seine. The thieves are said to have broken windows to gain entry before escaping on motor scooters. They also had chainsaws. The value of the stolen items is not yet known.

« Ils ont voulu me faire disparaître, et ça me fait renaître » : comment Nicolas Sarkozy prépare « l’épreuve » de la prison

LE FIGARO : EXCLUSIF - « Ma vie est un roman », confie au Figaro l’ancien président, toujours aussi combatif à deux jours de son incarcération à la maison d’arrêt de la Santé.

Mardi 21 octobre, vers 9h30, Nicolas Sarkozy quittera son domicile dans le XVIe arrondissement de Paris pour la maison d’arrêt de la Santé. Il sera suivi par un cortège de cameramen à moto. Ce sera l’image inversée de celle qu’il connut en 2007 : le spectacle d’une humiliation après celui d’une élévation aux plus hautes fonctions. La voiture pénétrera directement dans l’enceinte de la prison. Nicolas Sarkozy sera accueilli par le directeur de l’établissement et emmené par les gardiens jusqu’aux quartiers de haute sécurité où se trouve sa cellule. Les paparazzi auront peut-être trouvé des points de vue pour voler le cliché dont ils rêvent : un ex-président français mis aux écrous. «Ce n’est pas exclu, car nous sommes au milieu des immeubles de Paris», observe-t-on dans son entourage. Nicolas Sarkozy ne s’en préoccupe pas. «Que sera, sera...» » | Par Charles Jaigu | dimanche 19 octobre 2025

Réservé aux abonnés

Braquage au Louvre : ce que l’on sait sur ce spectaculaire vol de bijoux

LE FIGARO : Trois ou quatre malfaiteurs ont accédé à une salle où se trouvent des bijoux, à l’aide d’un monte-charge. Le musée a immédiatement fermé ses portes «pour raisons exceptionnelles». Le préjudice est en cours d’évaluation.

Coup de tonnerre au cœur de Paris : un braquage a eu lieu, dimanche vers 9h30, à l’ouverture du musée du Louvre, situé dans le 1er arrondissement. Des bijoux «d’une valeur inestimable», selon le ministre de l’Intérieur Laurent Nuñez, ont été volés. L’établissement a immédiatement fermé ses portes «pour raisons exceptionnelles», notamment pour préserver d’éventuelles traces et indices. Il n’y a «pas de blessés à déplorer», a précisé la ministre de la Culture, Rachida Dati, qui s’est rendue sur place avec le ministre de l’Intérieur. » | Par Aldric Meeschaert et Guillaume Poingt | dimanche 19 octobre 2025

‘Priceless’ Jewellery Stolen from Louvre in Raid by ‘Experienced’ Thieves

THE GUARDIAN: French minister says highly professional criminals used angle grinder to access one of museum’s most ornate rooms

“Priceless” historic jewellery has been stolen from the Louvre in Paris after a highly professional robbery by men who used an angle grinder to break through glass and enter one of the museum’s most ornate rooms.

The world’s most-visited museum was suddenly closed for the day after the break-in targeted pieces in two glass cases in its Apollon gallery, where the French crown jewels are held.

The French interior minister, Laurent Nuñez, visited the scene and told France Inter radio that “priceless” jewels “of unmeasurable heritage value” were stolen after what was clearly a well-organised raid. » | Angelique Chrisafis in Paris | Sunday, October 19, 2025

‘No More Trump!’: Protesters Denouncing the President Unite Across the Country

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Large crowds turned out at ‘No Kings’ rallies on Saturday that took place in large cities and small towns nationwide.

They were teachers and lawyers, military veterans and fired government employees. Children and grandmothers, students and retirees.

Arriving in droves across the country in major cities and small towns, they appeared in costumes, blared music, brandished signs, hoisted American flags and cheered at the honks of passing cars.

The vibe in most places was irreverent but peaceful and family-friendly. The purpose, however, was focused. Each crowd, everywhere, shared the same mantra: No kings.

Collectively, the daylong mass demonstration against the Trump administration on Saturday, held in thousands of locations, condemned a president that the protesters view as acting like a monarch.

Many had attended a similar event in June, but the months since had seen President Trump make a dizzying array of changes in quick succession.

This time, the crowds included a new round of protesters, those who said they were outraged over immigration raids, the deployment of federal troops in cities, government layoffs, steep budget cuts, the chipping away of voting rights, the rollback of vaccine requirements, the reversal on treaties with tribes and the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill. » | Corina Knoll | Published: Saturday, October 18, 2025. Updated: Sunday, October 19, 2025

'No Kings' protests draw huge crowds as anti-Trump rallies sweep across US: Huge crowds have taken part in "No Kings" protests against President Donald Trump's policies in cities across the US, including New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles. »

Maga Is Damaging America’s Reputation

THE OBSERVER: By embracing self interest, the US is betraying its responsibilities and alienating allies

For most of the postwar years, America has been the rock upon which democracy prospered. Its influence was overwhelmingly benign when President Truman committed to “support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressure”. So was it when, more than a decade later, President Kennedy committed to confront “the common enemies of man – tyranny, poverty, disease and war”.

The purpose behind these noble sentiments was to create a freer and safer world, in which the strong pledged their help to the weak. No price was asked for this. No deal demanded. No investment or payment expected. It was high politics in a harsh world, when to help others was not seen as a business opportunity.

This approach, it seems, is now out of fashion. Today, the United States has a less altruistic policy. The president’s ambition is to “Make America Great Again” – although it is puzzling that being the richest and most powerful nation in the world is not already seen as an indication of greatness.

In the Maga quest, the US has embraced national self-interest. Donald Trump, with the support of the world’s richest man, abruptly cut off aid to the poorest people in the world and those organisations whose role is to cure the diseases that most afflict them.

The long-term implications of this are dire. A report in the Lancet tells us that US aid alone prevented more than 4 million deaths – one third of them children – in every year of the first two decades of this century. That support has gone. » | John Major | Saturday, October 18, 2025

Millions across All 50 US States March in No Kings Protests against Trump

THE GUARDIAN: Events scheduled in more than 2,700 towns and cities, aligning behind message that US is sliding into authoritarianism

Americans across all 50 states began marching in protests against the Trump administration on Saturday, aligning behind a message that the country is sliding into authoritarianism and there should be no kings in the US.

Millions of people have turned out for the No Kings protests, the second iteration of a coalition that marched in June in one of the largest days of protest in US history. Events are scheduled for more than 2,700 locations, from small towns to large cities, reflecting a decentralization in an anti-Donald Trump protest movement that focused on demonstrations in Washington DC during his first presidency.

The rallies are a turnaround from just six months ago, when Democrats seemed at a loss as to how to counter Republicans’ grip of the White House and both houses of Congress after stinging national election losses.

“What we are seeing from the Democrats is some spine,” Ezra Levin, a co-founder of Indivisible, a key organizing group, told the Associated Press. “The worst thing the Democrats could do right now is surrender.”

In Chicago, at Grant Park’s Butler Field, at least 10,000 people assembled, many with signs opposing federal immigration agents or mocking Trump. TV stations with feeds from protests warned viewers they could not be responsible for the language used in the signage.

Some of them said “Hands Off Chicago”, a rallying cry that began when the president first announced his intent to send the national guard into the city. Others read “Resist Fascism”, but many others used language unsuitable for broadcast.

The crowd erupted in chants of “Fuck Donald Trump” when Illinois representative Jonathan Jackson took the stage. » | Rachel Leingang and Edward Helmore | Saturday, October 18, 2025

Trump must be the most hated president ever! If I am not greatly mistaken, this presidency will not have a happy ending. Trump is likely to leave the White House in ignominy. — © Mark Alexander

Epstein Victim’s Family Call on King to Strip Andrew of Prince Title

Oct 18, 2025 | Prince Andrew has given up his Royal titles and honours - now the family of Virginia Giuffre say she's been vindicated - calling his decision a victory for "every single survivor of the horrific crimes" carried out by Jeffrey Epstein.

The move was announced last night by Buckingham Palace amid a fresh wave of controversy over the Epstein scandal and a new memoir by the late Ms Guiffre, who had accused Prince Andrew of sexual assault.

He's repeatedly denied all the allegations against him.

‘We Are the Majority’: Watch Mehdi’s Rousing Speech at the No Kings Protest in DC

Oct 18, 2025 | Millions across the United States gathered together on Saturday, October 18 to oppose the Trump administration’s authoritarian agenda in a second-round of ‘No Kings’ protests.

There are over 2,500 demonstrations across all 50 states, including Washington, DC where our editor-in-chief Mehdi Hasan spoke slamming Donald Trump on his military takeover of Democrat-led cities across the U.S., while also calling out his Gaza ‘peace-plan.’

Homosexuality & The Bible: God Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It - John Corvino

Mar 29, 2013 | John Corvino discusses some Bible verses from both the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, explores analogies to slavery and divorce, and points out the inconsistencies of those who cherry-pick the apparently anti-gay parts of the Bible while glossing over other problematic passages. (Passages read from New Revised Standard Version.)

Dr. John Corvino, also known as the "Gay Moralist," is a writer, speaker, and philosophy professor at Wayne State University in Detroit. He is the author of What's Wrong with Homosexuality? and the co-author (with Maggie Gallagher) of Debating Same-Sex Marriage, both from Oxford University Press.

Nach Friedensnobelpreis: Machado lobt Netanjahu für sein Handeln im Gazakrieg

BERLINER ZEITUNG: Venezuelas Oppositionsführerin María Corina Machado hat mit Israels Regierungschef telefoniert. Nach Angaben von Benjamin Netanjahus Büro lobte sie seine Haltung im Gazakrieg.

Eine Woche nach ihrer Auszeichnung mit dem Friedensnobelpreis hat die venezolanische Oppositionspolitikerin María Corina Machado mit Israels Regierungschef Benjamin Netanjahu telefoniert. Das Gespräch löste in Caracas und Jerusalem politische Reaktionen aus.

Nach dem Telefonat schrieb Machado am Freitagabend auf der Plattform X, die Venezolaner wüssten, dass das Erreichen von Frieden „enormen Mut, Stärke und moralische Klarheit“ erfordere, um sich „gegen die totalitären Kräfte zu stellen, die sich uns entgegenstellen“. » | Alexander Schmalz, AFP | Samstag, 18. Oktober 2025