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Direct Paris and the fourth day of student demonstrations in France

French students are still on the streets showing up for the educational conditions in the country. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu spoke on this, promising action at the end of October and denying that the security forces have instructions to act against the protests. On October 8, the protesters joined in Bastille Square in Paris, raising posters and chanting slogans for the fourth day. From there, our journalist Erika Olavarría tells us the details.

Vito Quiles leaves the Plaza de Sol after a physical confrontation between some protesters and their team

The altercation, which has taken place in the middle of the street of Carmen, has gone from screaming like "they will not go" to the blows and pushes

Pope Leo XIV in France: mass, meeting with migrants and visiting Lourdes

A tide of faithful received Pope Leo XIV on the second day of his visit to France. The Pontiff led a mass in the Plaza de la Concordia and later visited the Maison Bakhita, where he met with migrants from different countries. During its activities, it highlighted the role of women in building a more just and inclusive society. The visit will continue in Lourdes, one of the world's main Catholic pilgrimage destinations. In addition, the Pope plans to meet with victims of abuse by members of the clergy.

Ο Live: about 600,000 faithful attend the Mass of Pope Leo XIV in the Plaza de la Concordia in Paris

Ο Live: follow the passage of Pope Leo XIV through the Champs-Elysées and the acts in the Plaza de la Concordia

Live: follow the passage of Pope Leo XIV through the Champs Elysées and the Plaza de la Concordia

On the second day of his first visit to France, Leo XIV went to the Catholic Institute of Paris, where he spoke with future and newly baptized, witnesses to the dynamism of the Catholic Church among certain sectors of youth. This afternoon it will hold an outdoor mass in the Plaza de la Concordia and in the Champs-Elysées, where some 600 000 faithful are expected to attend. Follow our live broadcast.

From "are you a doorman?" to "are you a model?": the story of Cheikh, from a patería to the walkways

The Senegalese model, in co-authorship with the journalist María Albarral, publishes the memories A house for my mother (Plaza y Janés), a testimony without ambages about the disturbance that every immigrant suffers in the search for a dignified life

Increased baptisms, madness for the Pope: is France living a "spring of Catholicism"?

More than 600,000 people are expected to attend the Mass of Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, September 26 in Paris's Plaza de la Concordia. The tickets for the youth vigil at the Stade de France were exhausted in just a few hours. How can this fervor be understood, given that the number of Catholic faithful has steadily decreased in France for decades? Is it a sign of a rebirth, especially considering that, at the same time, more adults are baptized each year?

With great expectation, France is preparing to receive Pope Leo XIV after 18 years

In the Plaza de la Concordia the immense stage for Pope Leo XIV is finished, which will receive 600,000 people for an outdoor mass. On September 25, the Pontiff will arrive in France, a country that a Pope did not officially visit for 18 years, when Benedict XVI travelled there in 2008. His four-day tour will begin in Paris, then visit the Lourdes shrine and end in Metz on September 28. The Parisians are waiting for the arrival of the high Pontiff, and the Catholics prepare to receive him.

It’s a slam dunk for Tommy Hilfiger as stars turn out for Plaza homecoming

Preppy is back in the zeitgeist, says designer, blending sportswear codes and collegiate chic at New York show Tommy Hilfiger’s front row was a slam dunk. The Knicks are the kings of New York right now, so scoring Josh Hart, Karl-Anthony Towns and Miles McBride, three of the team’s stars, for the guest list of his New York catwalk show was a victory. Travis Kelce, who is co-designing another upcoming collection with Hilfiger and had been rumoured to attend this event with his new bride, was a no show, but you can’t win them all. Tommy Hilfiger is all about sport. The design vocabulary of overs