The footage shows two suspects descending a basket lift on the side of the museum before fleeing on motorbikes.

Three masked thieves carried out the robbery in the Apollon Gallery on the museum's second floor, which overlooks the River Seine and is currently under construction.

Paris police and leading art investigators are in a race against time to catch the thieves who stole France's crown jewels before the robbers split up the stones and the collection becomes untraceable.

Conservative US commentators supportive of President Donald Trump are claiming photos show federal agents using water cannons to take down protesters rallying against the Republican's mass-deportation policies.

There is evidence that France's current political turmoil is partly to blame, but it will come as a blow to the UK government's attempts to tackle the issue. In the meantime, dangerously overcrowded inflatable boats continue to leave the coast on an almost daily basis, from a shallow tidal canal near the port of Dunkirk.

Authorities were racing Monday to reassure the public about security at key cultural sites — and find the jewels stolen from the museum before they can be broken up and melted down.

Unrest continued in France and across France's overseas territories following the Tuesday shooting of a teenager by French police. French President Emmanuel Macron called for calm on Friday, blaming social media for driving unrest and asking parents to ...

The Louvre reopened earlier in the day to long lines beneath its landmark Paris glass pyramid for the first time since one of the highest-profile museum thefts of the century stunned the world with its audacity and scale.