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10 of the best novels about France that will take you there

From the backstreets of Paris in Perfume to sun-baked Provence in Jean de Florette, visit France through great fiction Share your favourite fiction set in France in the comments Ive written about France for The Guardian for more than a decade and have been visiting for longer: since my days as a teenage au pair

Could be the end: Tasmanian red handfish to be removed from wild amid marine heatwaves fears |

Exemption under federal environment law to allow scientists to collect 25 of the critically endangered walking fish Scientists in Tasmania will remove up to half of the islands emblematic red handfish from the wild ahead of expected marine heatwaves deemed an existential threat to their survival.

How to use up crystallised honey in homemade halva recipe

That bottle of crystallised honey lurking in the back of the cupboard is the perfect texture for this dangerously moreish tahini and nut bar Ive enjoyed halva since I was a child, and the main brands I buy are Cypressa and Sunita, both of which come in an open-ended carton that slides off to reveal

More civilian casualties recorded in 2023 than any year since 2010 | Gaza

Action on Armed Violence says 33,846 were killed or wounded by airstrikes, bombs or artillery, the most it has recorded More civilians were recorded as being killed or injured by airstrikes, bombs or artillery during 2023 than in any other year for more than a decade due to the high number of casualties from the

Mother of Danish student suspected killed by jihadists demands death penalty | Morocco

Helle Petersen asks trial in Morocco for just penalty after murder of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen in Atlas mountains The mother of a Danish student who was beheaded, along with another Scandinavian woman, while hiking in Moroccos High Atlas mountains has called for the suspected jihadist killers to face the death penalty as their trial neared