Eight people have died in an apartment block fire in Paris.

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

A fire at the Paris headquarters of French state radio has left huge columns of thick black smoke rising above the city.

A four-story apartment building in a north-eastern Paris suburb has partially collapsed after an explosion, killing a child and an elderly person, authorities said.

A four-storey apartment building in a north-eastern Paris suburb has partially collapsed after an explosion, killing a child, according to French authorities.