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John Leicester mainly covers local news in France, focusing on evolving stories and breaking news related to government, politics, and crime. He has covered topics such as missing persons cases, the Notre Dame Cathedral fire recovery process, Paris Olympics preparations, and other events of public interest in France.
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By: Antonin Utz, John Leicester, Barry Hatton
Eleven people, including five novice jumpers and their instructors, have died after a skydiving plane crashed in northeastern France on Sunday, with some victims' families reportedly witnessing the horror unfold.
By: Kirsten Grieshaberand, John Leicester
BERLIN -- France saw around 1,000 additional deaths last week at the height of its record-smashing heat wave, the country's public health agency said Sunday, as the head of the World Health Organization warned that Europe is now the fastest-warming continent and needs to do more to protect its citizens.
By: John Leicester
French skydiving plane ‘dropped out of sky’ during crash that killed 11
By: John Leicester, Barry Hatton
Eleven people, including five novice jumpers, five instructors, and the pilot, died after a skydiving plane crashed in northeastern France on Sunday.
ORSAY, France -- Whether a future attack of sizzling heat hits next week, as France's weather service says it might, or in summer months ahead, medics and hospital administrators are acutely aware that the battle they've just endured will, because of climate change, be followed by others.
By: Samuel Petrequin, John Leicester
PARIS (AP) — Interpol on Friday identified a 39-year-old woman from Ukraine as the main suspect in a
By: John Leicester
Funeral service directors have said they’ve struggled to find places to store bodies before burial or cremation, with some saying they had to turn bodies away.
By: Samuel Petrequin, John Leicester
Monaco authorities say the bomb was detonated remotely.
By: Samuel Petrequin, John Leicester
PARIS -- Interpol on Friday identified a 39-year-old woman from Ukraine as the main suspect in a bombing in Monaco that reportedly targeted a Ukrainian tycoon with links to Russia.
By: John Leicester, Samuel Petrequin
France is facing a grueling heat wave with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius, or 104 Fahrenheit. The national weather service says the unrelenting heat is not expected to ease
