Coronavirus France: Brigitte Macron, 67, self-isolates after contact

Brigitte Macron, 67, will self-isolate after the French First Lady came into contact with a person who has Covid-19 Brigitte Macron, 67, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, 42,  is isolating Statement said she had contact with a person who had tested covid-19 positive  Mrs Macron currently has no symptoms of covid and is isolating … Read more

Brigitte Macron, 67, will self-isolate after coming into contact with a person with Covid-19

Brigitte Macron, 67, will self-isolate after the French First Lady came into contact with a person who has Covid-19 Brigitte Macron, 67, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, 42,  is isolating Statement said she had contact with a person who had tested covid-19 positive  Mrs Macron currently has no symptoms of covid and is isolating … Read more

Boris Johnson tells Emmanuel Macron that a Brexit deal is ‘better for both sides’

Boris tells Macron that a Brexit deal is ‘better for both sides’ but he’s prepared to end transition period on Australia-style terms if an agreement can’t be done Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed UK’s commitment to reach agreement Johnson emphasised that progress must be made to bridge the significant gaps It comes ahead of a … Read more

French aid worker, 75, is released by her Al-Qaeda captors and will be welcomed home by Macron 

French aid worker Sophie Petronin will be welcomed home by President Emmanuel Macron Friday after suspected jihadist hostage-takers freed the 75-year-old from nearly four years of captivity in Mali. Petronin was released along with a top Malian politician and two Italian hostages late Thursday. The last French citizen known to have been held hostage anywhere … Read more

French First Lady Brigitte Macron dons a mask as she attends funeral of singer Juliette Gréco

French First Lady Brigitte Macron cuts a sombre figure in black as she dons a mask to attend the funeral of singer Juliette Gréco in Paris Brigitte Macron, 67, attended funeral of French singer Juliette Gréco in Paris  French public paid last homage to the singer at St-Germain-des-Prés church Gréco, a celebrated chanteuse, died aged … Read more

Trump, Putin and Macron call for immediate ceasefire in Karabakh

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron have all called for an immediate ceasefire in Karabakh as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan demanded ‘full Armenian withdrawal’.  Earlier today the presidents of America, Russia and France in a joint statement called for a return to negotiations without delay over the conflict between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces, … Read more

French First Lady Brigitte Macron reveals she was scared after the birth of her first child

French First Lady Brigitte Macron, 67, reveals she felt ‘helpless and scared’ after she gave birth to her first child aged 21 in a rare new interview Brigitte Macron, 67, opened up about giving birth for the first time aged 21  In 1975, she gave birth to her first son Sebastien a year after her … Read more

Macron warns France faces another national lockdown after 7,379 cases in 24 hours

France has seen its highest number of coronavirus cases in five months as Emmanuel Macron insisted the country was doing ‘everything to avoid another lockdown’. Some 7,379 people were found to have been infected with the virus across the Channel on Friday – just shy of the record 7,578 high set on March 31. The … Read more

Emmanuel Macron is accused of trying to reconquer Lebanon rather than help it

French president Emmanuel Macron has been accused of trying to reconquer Lebanon rather than help it in the wake of the devastating explosion at its capital which killed 150 people.  It comes as the country is expected to refuse humanitarian aid from Israel because the two neighbours are technically still at war.  Visiting explosion-ravaged Beirut this … Read more

Ministers told UK was on brink of running out of food after Macron warned he would close borders

Macron ‘forced Boris’s hand on lockdown’ by threatening to close border and ministers were told Britain was on brink of running out of food Matt Hancock was told at start of crisis UK’s food supply chain about to ‘fall over’ Macron warned to act now or France will close borders – 3 days before lockdown … Read more