Evening Update Tuesday 11 November 2025
Numerous commemorative ceremonies for Armistice Day have been held in our region and throughout France. Laurent Hottiaux, Prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes, presided over a ceremony in Nice and there were also commemorations in Menton and Grasse. In Paris, president Macron laid flowers at the grave of Georges Clemenceau, who was Prime Minister at the end of the First World War, before relighting the flame at the tomb of the unknown soldier at the Arc de Triomphe.
Two people have been charged in connection with clashes between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters outside a police station in Paris at the weekend. Several people allegedly involved in protests at a concert by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra last week were being held inside the police station in the 19th arrondissement.
Four police officers who were involved in the Gisele Pelicot case have received decorations. The four, who were stationed at the police station in Carpentras, were awarded the medal of internal security for their initial work on the case.
An investigation has been opened after an unauthorised drone flew over an explosives manufacturing site in Bergerac in south-west France. The local prefecture said that an initial attempt to identify the operator had proved unsuccessful.
Two people have died and one person has been seriously injured in a road accident in the Bouches-du-Rhone. According to police, the driver of a vehicle ran a red light and collided with another vehicle. He has been taken into police custody and an investigation has been opened.
A man in his twenties died in a road accident in the Hautes-Alpes. He was in a vehicle which left a mountain road and rolled over several times. The two other occupants of the vehicle were hospitalized.
730,000 tins of food have been ordered by a generous benefactor, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the Monaco-based founder of easyJet, for distribution to those in need in the Alpes-Maritimes and the Var. The order, placed with the Bonduelle factory and including transport from northern France, totals 730,000 tins, enough to cover an entire year’s distribution across the 19 Restos du Cœur centres in the Alpes-Maritimes. The neighbouring Var department will also benefit from the donation.
The Monaco government has launched a program to give a second life to students' digital equipment. More than 2,700 items including computers, tablets, and accessories are being refurbished and reused after being replaced in schools. The initiative reduces waste and emissions while donating equipment to local charities which support digital inclusion and vulnerable communities. Overall, the program is expected to save at least 150 tonnes of greenhouse gases.