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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaParis 2024: Russia seeking to undermine Games, says Emmanuel MacronPublished40 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage source, ReutersImage caption, French President Emmanuel Macron giving a speech earlier this year where he shared his wishes to elite athletes ahead of the GamesBy Hugh SchofieldBBC News, ParisRussia is running a disinformation campaign to undermine the Paris Olympics, according to French President Emmanuel Macron.At the inauguration of a new Olympic swimming centre, reporters asked if he thought Russia was targeting the Games.”Without a doubt,” he said, “including in the field of information.”Every day (Russia) is putting out stories saying that we are unable to do this or that, so (the Games) would be at risk.”The French government says Russia has recently stepped up propaganda attacks on France, using fake accounts on social media to spread rumours and disinformation.It follows Mr Macron’s switch to a more hard-line policy on the Ukraine war, to which he no longer refuses to rule out eventually sending French troops on the side of Kyiv. France believes Russian intelligence was behind the daubing of Israeli Stars of David on Paris walls after the October 7 Hamas attacks, in what was interpreted as a bid to stir up divisions in France.A network of Russian-created websites named Portal Kombat is accused of spreading made-up stories, such as claims that French mercenaries are already serving in Ukraine, or that Mr Macron cancelled a trip to Kyiv because of fears of an assassination attempt.Image source, ReutersImage caption, President Macron and other officials watch synchronised swimmers at the inauguration of the Olympic Aquatics CentreAfter the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack near Moscow, the French and Russian defence ministers had a rare telephone exchange on Wednesday.According to Mr Macron, this was because France had intelligence information that could help the Russians know more about the alleged attackers, from the Afghan section of the Islamic State group.In his account of their conversation, French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said he told his counterpart Sergei Shoigu that France was concerned about Russian claims that Kyiv was behind the Crocus City Hall attack – claims for which France said there was no evidence.But in his account of the phone call, Mr Shoigu said: “The Kyiv regime does nothing without the approval of its western minders. We hope that in the case (of the Crocus City Hall attack) the French secret services are not involved.”Asked about Mr Shoigu’s remarks on Thursday, Mr Macron said they were “bizarre and menacing … ridiculous.”French urged to watch out for Russian interferenceThe president confirmed for the first time that there are alternative plans for the Olympics opening ceremony in July, if the terrorist threat worsens.Currently the 26 July ceremony is supposed to take place on boats in the river Seine, with more than 300,000 people watching from the quays. However experts have warned that the occasion is highly vulnerable to terrorist attack.”We will be ready,” Mr Macron said. “We are preparing several scenarios. If the threat were to evolve, if we considered that circumstances made it necessary, we have back-up scenarios.”Mr Macron also lent his support to the popular French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura, whose name has been mentioned as a possible performer at the opening ceremony. Critics on the hard-right of French politics say she would not be a good ambassador because the language of her songs is often crude and difficult to understand.”She speaks to a good number of our fellow citizens and I believe she has every right to be at the opening or closing ceremonies of the Games,” the president said.Related TopicsWar in UkraineIsrael-Gaza warFranceRussiaDisinformationEmmanuel MacronUkraineMore on this storyFrench urged to watch out for Russian interferencePublished27 FebruaryWhy Macron went from dove to hawk on RussiaPublished16 MarchStar of David graffiti – the Russian connectionPublished8 November 2023Top StoriesLive. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaClothes of French toddler Emile Soleil found near remains in French AlpsPublished21 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, @GendarmerieImage caption, Emile Soleil had been dropped off at his grandparents’ house hours before he went missingBy Paul KirbyBBC NewsThree days after remains of a French boy were found along an Alpine path not far from where he disappeared nine months ago, police have found some of the clothes he was wearing close by.However, prosecutors say the mystery of Emile Soleil’s disappearance in July last year has still not been solved.A hiker found a skull and some teeth on Saturday, about 25 minutes’ walk from the village where he was last seen.The skull was quickly matched to the missing boy’s DNA.Now a T-shirt, shoes and shorts that Emile was wearing on the day he vanished have been recovered, scattered over a small area about 150m (500ft) from where his remains were found.Details of the new find came from local public prosecutor Jean-Luc Blanchon, who said Emile’s death was still unexplained. It is still unknown if Emile Soleil was the victim of an accident or a crime.”These bones by themselves do not allow us to say what the cause of Emile’s death is,” he told reporters. “Between a fall, manslaughter or murder, no theory can be treated as more likely than another.”Emile, who was two-and-a-half, had been in the village of Haut-Vernet in south-east France for just a few hours when he went missing. His disappearance has been a cause celebre in France ever since.He had gone to stay at his grandparents’ holiday home in Haut-Vernet, a village of 25 people at an altitude of 1,200m (4,000ft) on the slopes of the Massif des Trois-Evêchés mountain range. He was last sighted by neighbours walking on the only street in the village in a yellow T-shirt and white shorts at 17:15 on Saturday 8 July.Despite long and widespread searches of the entire area, no trace of the boy was found.Two days after a re-enactment of his disappearance last Thursday involving 17 people, a local woman out walking just over a kilometre from Haut-Vernet stumbled on some of his remains.”This heart-breaking news was feared, and the time has come for mourning, contemplation and prayer,” the child’s parents said in a statement.The child’s skull was sent away for analysis by forensic teams. Sniffer dogs, soldiers, police and firefighters scoured the area for more evidence. Image source, NICOLAS TUCAT/AFPImage caption, Only 25 people live in Haut-Vernet where Emile disappearedJean-Luc Blanchon told a news conference on Tuesday that the skull had sustained “small fractures and cracks” after the boy’s death, as well as bites from one or more animals.”No trauma has been observed [on the skull] ante-mortem,” he stressed, adding that it was clear the remains had not been buried in the ground.What remains a mystery is why the boy’s skull and clothing had not been detected earlier. The rest of his remains are yet to be found.A spokeswoman for France’s gendarmerie (military police) has already suggested the bones could have been placed there by a person or an animal, or they could have been shifted by changing weather conditions. Or they could have been missed entirely during the extensive searches of the area last summer.The public prosecutor said the female hiker had found the bones between 12:00 and 14:00 on Saturday afternoon on a “narrow, forest path” which she remembered walking on more than a month earlier. The clothes were found further away, close to a stream, he explained.”We cannot be sure Emile’s body was already present in the search area,” said the prosecutor, or “that every square metre was covered by a member of the search teams”. He also made the point that because the original search took place when the undergrowth was especially thick, it was possible the summer temperatures could have affected the sniffer-dogs.He accepted that his conclusions would not satisfy anybody, including Emile’s family and investigators, and said the search would resume on the ground, probably on Wednesday.Related TopicsAlpsFranceMore on this storyFrench toddler’s remains found but death a mysteryPublished1 day agoTop StoriesLive. 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