David Hughes There is no evidence of arson in the fire that destroyed the landmark Notre Dame cathedral, according to the French public prosecutor, who said they are working on the assumption that the blaze was an accident.

On the night of April 15, 2019, in Paris, the emotions were raw.

A huge fire has destroyed parts of the famous Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Here is how the devastating blaze unfolded.

THE move towards electric vehicles appears to be unstoppable and it is now entirely feasible that, within a generation or so, petrol and diesel fuelled cars will become as rare as the gramophone.

Latest: Emmanuel Macron has been sworn in as France's new president in a ceremony at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris.

World leaders have condemned the bloody terror attack outside the British Houses of Parliament that ended in the deaths of four people and left up to 40 injured.

Paris was plunged into panic when soldiers guarding the Louvre Museum shot an attacker who lunged at them with two machetes as the historic landmark went into lockdown.

France marked the anniversary of Islamic extremists’ coordinated attacks on Paris with a sombre silence that was broken only by voices reciting the names of the 130 slain, and the son of the first person to die stressing the importance of integration.

The mayor of Paris has presented a plan to open a new reception centre for migrants in the French capital.

We may not win the Euros, but we’re still leaving France with a medal.

Parisians showed solidarity with the victims of the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando lighting up the Eiffel Tower in rainbow colours on Monday night.

The mayor of Paris has announced plans to create a centre to take in migrants with nowhere to go.

French president Francois Hollande says private security firms have hired an additional 3,000 people for the European Championship football tournament.

Paris prosecutor Francois Molins has said three teams seem to have co-ordinated the attacks, and those that targeted the Bataclan concert hall, where 89 people died, mentioned Syria and Iraq.

Police have detained a man amid suspicions that the blaze at an apartment block in Paris was started intentionally, officials have said.

David Beckham joined his former Paris Saint-Germain team-mates to celebrate their Champions League victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

‘Like much of the best satire, there’s a sad element of truth behind it’

“Like much of the best satire, there's a sad element of truth behind it”.

Angela Merkel was among the women edited out of the photo taken at Sunday's march.

On Sunday, dozens of world leaders came to Paris to march for the victims of the recent attacks and to show their solidarity.

Paris made the Charlie Hebdo journal an honorary citizen and the creator of Asterix offered to draw for it as support poured in for the satirical publication decimated by Islamist gunmen for mocking the prophet Mohammad.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny joined the worldwide condemnation of the attack in Paris, saying he was shocked and appalled.

Paris City Council has rejected plans for a new skyscraper on the city’s 19th-century skyline – but the mayor immediately rejected the vote as invalid.

France’s anti-immigrant National Front was set to win a record number of town halls as early results showed a rout for President François Hollande’s ruling Socialists in local elections yesterday.

France's governing Socialists have suffered big losses in municipal elections, with the opposition UMP claiming victory, and the far right celebrating further gains.

Tens of thousands of people marched to Spain’s parliament today to protest against the conservative government’s new law that aims to restrict abortion, allowing the practice only in cases of rape or serious risk to health.

A woman will become mayor of Paris for the first time in the city’s 2,000-year history, and voters will have a choice of two candidates.