A knife-wielding attacker has stabbed a senior police officer to death outside his home in a suburb of Paris.

Flash flooding around the French Riviera has killed at least 16 people, including some trapped in cars, a campsite and a retirement home.

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.

USA: A US police chief reported accidentally shooting his wife early on New Year’s Day.

Security measures for police and other authorities have been stepped up after a driver said to be shouting “God is great” slammed into crowds in a French city, injuring at least 11 people and raising national concern as Islamic extremists call for attacks.

A lone gunman murdered a rabbi, his two small sons and another child outside a Jewish school in France today.