Gisèle Pelicot was drugged and sexually assaulted by her husband and several other men over almost a decade

Gisèle Pelicot has described the moment she fell in love and was able to trust again after her rape ordeal orchestrated by her former husband in France.

Pelicot, 73, waived her right to anonymity during the trial of Dominique Pelicot, who was jailed for 20 years in 2024 for drugging and raping her and allowing other men to sexually assault her while she was unconscious, over almost a decade.

Speaking at the Hay festival in Wales on Saturday, she said she never thought she could trust a man again before meeting her partner, Jean-Loup Agopian.

The campaigner said: “It’s something that I didn’t think could happen, especially at my age, first of all, I didn’t really want to fall in love, but life decided otherwise.

“We met, our trajectories crossed at one moment and I met this young man of 73… You see, you can fall in love at any age, it happened to me, it can happen to you, I’m convinced of it.

“I didn’t think that I’d be able to trust a man, but it’s what happened to me, so you see that everything can be allowed in life, you must never despair.”

Pelicot appeared at the festival to discuss her memoir A Hymn to Life and was interviewed on stage by Lady Kennedy.

She said that “society has got to wake up” on the issue of violence against women, and that it’s an “appalling evil that touches all borders”.

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Five times the bridesmaid, finally the bride, the Barcelona forward Ewa Pajor shrugged off the pain of all her Champions League final losses, scoring twice, as they punished a profligate Lyonnes to earn a fourth European title.

Pajor stole the show, before Salma Paralluelo’s sublime double at the death doubled their tally. The Polish forward moved two goals clear of Alessia Russo’s nine to secure this season’s golden boot, but it was the trophy with sweeping ribbon-like handles that was all Pajor coveted.

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Order aimed at preventing spread of Ebola to US affects travelers who have visited three countries in last 21 days

US authorities have temporarily banned green-card holders from entering the country if they have traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda or South Sudan in the last 21 days.

The order issued on Friday is part of an expanding attempt to prevent Ebola from entering US borders. A previously announced travel restriction blocked only people without US passports who had visited those countries from entering but exempted US citizens and lawful permanent residents.

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Alisha Palmowski claimed a commanding win in the Opening Race of the F1 ACADEMY weekend in Montreal.

NIJMEGEN (ANP) - De patiënt die op 21 mei in het Radboudumc is opgenomen wegens een lage verdenking op ebola, is negatief getest op die ziekte. "Dat betekent dat uit bloedonderzoek blijkt dat deze patiënt geen ebola heeft. De patiënt krijgt de nodige zorg op een normale zorgafdeling", meldt het Nijmeegse ziekenhuis zaterdag.

Over de identiteit van de patiënt konden het Radboudumc en het RIVM eerder niets zeggen. Hij of zij lag aanvankelijk op een speciaal ingerichte afdeling voor ernstige infectieziekten.

SergioQ79 - Osanpo Photographer - has added a photo to the pool:

Nagoya di sera rallenta improvvisamente.

Tra edifici più moderni compare questa piccola struttura consumata dal tempo.
“Harikyū” e “massage”: agopuntura, moxibustione, massaggi.
Un tipo di attività che in Giappone continua a esistere in silenzio, spesso negli stessi edifici da decenni.

L’insegna scolorita, i muri segnati dall’umidità, la strada bagnata e il neon minimo raccontano una città molto diversa da quella piena di schermi e rumore.
Una Nagoya più ferma, più quotidiana.

夜の名古屋は急に静かになる。

新しい建物の間に、時間が止まったような小さな建物が残っている。
「はり灸」と「マッサージ」。
鍼灸や昔ながらの施術を行う場所。

色あせた看板、湿気で傷んだ壁、濡れた道路、最低限の灯り。
そこにはネオン街とは違う名古屋の姿がある。
もっと静かで、もっと普通の夜。

Nagoya slows down at night.

Between newer buildings, this small timeworn structure suddenly appears.
“Harikyū” and “massage”: acupuncture, moxibustion and traditional treatments.
The kind of business that still quietly exists in Japan, often inside the same buildings for decades.

The faded signs, humid walls, wet street and minimal neon lighting reveal a very different side of the city.
A quieter, more ordinary Nagoya.

SergioQ79 - Osanpo Photographer - posted a photo:

Nagoya di sera rallenta improvvisamente.

Tra edifici più moderni compare questa piccola struttura consumata dal tempo.
“Harikyū” e “massage”: agopuntura, moxibustione, massaggi.
Un tipo di attività che in Giappone continua a esistere in silenzio, spesso negli stessi edifici da decenni.

L’insegna scolorita, i muri segnati dall’umidità, la strada bagnata e il neon minimo raccontano una città molto diversa da quella piena di schermi e rumore.
Una Nagoya più ferma, più quotidiana.

夜の名古屋は急に静かになる。

新しい建物の間に、時間が止まったような小さな建物が残っている。
「はり灸」と「マッサージ」。
鍼灸や昔ながらの施術を行う場所。

色あせた看板、湿気で傷んだ壁、濡れた道路、最低限の灯り。
そこにはネオン街とは違う名古屋の姿がある。
もっと静かで、もっと普通の夜。

Nagoya slows down at night.

Between newer buildings, this small timeworn structure suddenly appears.
“Harikyū” and “massage”: acupuncture, moxibustion and traditional treatments.
The kind of business that still quietly exists in Japan, often inside the same buildings for decades.

The faded signs, humid walls, wet street and minimal neon lighting reveal a very different side of the city.
A quieter, more ordinary Nagoya.

Een 48-jarige Rotterdammer is zaterdagochtend om 06:00 uur aangehouden, nadat hij auto's bleek te hebben vernield met een schroevendraaier. Dit gebeurde op de Rechter Rottekade.

Multi-instrumentalist en singer-songwriter Bob Seger word hier in ere gehouden met deze cover van een liedje uit 1972 over de eenzaamheid en verveling die gepaard gaat met het beroep van rondreizend muzikant.

Er kleeft minder glamour aan dat bestaan dan je zou denken. Een carrière van zestig jaar, van 1961 tot 2019. Achttien studioplaten, met een verkoopcijfer van 75 miljoen. En wie kent ‘m nog?