French president uses political capital to foment ‘cultural revolution’

1/29 Inauguration – 20 January 2017 US President Donald Trump acknowledges the audience after taking the oath of office as his wife Melania (L) and daughter Tiffany watch during inauguration ceremonies swearing in Trump as the 45th president of the United States on the West Front of the US capital in Washington on 20 January,…

A shaken house owner has told how he confronted “shifty” Henry Vincent less than 36 hours before the career crook was killed. He revealed Vincent and an ­accomplice had pulled up at his secluded home on the pretence of wanting something from a skip. The owner confronted Vincent and said he was stunned to find…

Ernesto Valverde revelled in having hat-trick hero Lionel Messi at his dispoal from the start in Barcelona’s 3-1 win over Leganes. The Argentina forward suffered a muscular problem while away on international duty at the end of March, forcing him to miss the friendlies against Italy and Spain. Messi came off the bench to spare his side from defeat…

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Three people are dead and 20 injured after a van ploughed into a group of people in Germany. Police say the driver fatally shot himself after smashing into the crowd in the western city of Muenster. Grandmother sent…

Grundschüler aus Einwandererfamilien sollen in Bayern künftig in separaten Klassen in Wertekunde unterrichtet werden. Zusätzlich zum regulären und Sprachunterricht sollen den Kindern und Jugendlichen in sogenannten Deutschklassen deutsche Werte vermittelt werden, kündigte Ministerpräsident Markus Söder in einem Interview mit der Bild am Sonntag an. Von der erfolgreichen Teilnahme an diesem Werte- und Sprachunterricht hänge dann…

Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva turned himself in to the police, finally ending a tense stand-off with authorities after ignoring a court-ordered deadline to begin a prison sentence. Lula late Saturday left the metalworkers union headquarters, where he had hunkered down since Thursday, and is in police custody, TV footage showed. He…

Sony is currently able to claim bragging rights on a few shooting modes you don’t get elsewhere. They might be special from a technical perspective, but they’re not relevant to the end user. One of these is 1080p super-slow-mo video. Last year, Sony’s XZ Premium introduced us to 960 fps clips shot at 720p, though…