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Man admits to killing his wife and their four children - A 33-year-old French man has admitted to killing his wife and their four children, saying he heard voices telling him to “cause harm”. French police had arrested the man on Tuesday after the bodies of his wife and their children, aged nine months, four, seven and 10 years old, were found on Christmas Day in their home in the east of Paris region. The man is reported to have a history of psychiatric illness and had been receiving treatment since 2017 for depression and psychotic behaviour.
Man survives flight from Algeria to Paris hidden in aircraft’s landing gear - A man, believed to be in his 20s has survived a flight from Algeria to Paris hidden in the plane’s landing gear. The individual who is in a critical condition in hospital was discovered during technical checks, hidden in the landing gear compartment of a commercial aircraft that flew into Paris from Algeria. He had no ID on him and was taken to hospital in serious condition. Commercial aircraft cruise at 30,000 to 40,000 feet altitude where temperatures typically drop to around -50 degrees Celsius (-58F), and a lack of oxygen makes survival unlikely for anyone travelling in a landing gear compartment.
Fatal day in the Northern Alpes - Two people have died in an avalanche and one person was killed following a fatal fall in the Northern Alpes on Thursday. The avalanche in the Mont-Blanc massif was triggered early in the afternoon, in an off-piste area near the Saint-Gervais-
