A woman who raped, tortured and murdered a 12-year-old girl in Paris three years ago was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Friday, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV.

The Paris prosecutor said multiple suspects were arrested on Saturday evening, and hit out at leaks to the media.

Police officers will be stationed permanently in neighboring cells throughout Sarkozy's incarceration, France's interior minister said.

French first lady Brigitte Macron’s pursuit of conspiracy theorists who claim that she’s transgender entered a criminal court in Paris on Monday in a case against 10 people accused of promoting the unsubstantiated rumor.

The Louvre has transferred some of its most precious jewels to the Bank of France after a spectacular daylight heist exposed woeful flaws in museum's security. On Friday a secret police escort oversaw the transfer of some of the remaining jewels to the Bank, 500m (about 500 yards ) from the museum, French media report.

Moody’s Ratings cut France’s credit outlook to negative from stable, adding to warnings on the country’s bloated public finances as a weakened minority government struggles to pass a budget.

Though this will be nothing more than a friendly, it promises to be as much an attraction as many first-round games in the bloated, 48-team tournament, scheduled June 11-July 19.

Around 100 high-speed train journeys were disrupted in France on Monday after cables were targeted in an apparent arson attack. Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said on social media that cables had been "intentionally set on fire" overnight just south of the south-eastern city of Valence.