WATCH: THE ADVERT BANNED IN FRANCE FOR ‘CREATING A CLIMATE OF ANXIETY’

The advert features a sports car melting away to show the e-bike.   -   Copyright  VanMoof

The Autorité de Régulation Professionnelle de la Publicité (ARPP) has asked for the negative portrayal of car traffic and pollution in the 45 second ad to be modified before it can be aired. VanMoof, the company behind the advert, makes smart cycles which have been called the ‘Tesla’ of e-bikes.

Woman ‘raped into confessing husband’s murder’ in Mexico

Yecenia Armenta says she was hung upside-down by her ankles, suffocated, beaten and raped over the course of 15 hours. (News.com.au)

Having just lost her husband, Yecenia Armenta could never have imagined her life could get worse.

But the then 39-year-old had no idea what lay ahead of her after she was bundled into a police car and charged with her husband’s murder.

It was after her arrest that things took a turn for the worse, with the stay-at-home mother claiming she was tortured and raped before being forced to sign a confession to a crime she says she didn’t commit.

Ms Armenta was arrested in July 2012 as she drove relatives to the Culiacan International Airport.
After being blindfolded she was bundled into a police car and driven away.

Terrorists Hold 138 Hostages Captive In Mali, US And French Special Forces Deployed

According to the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, which owns the Radisson in Mali, there are currently 125 guests and 13 employees in the hotel with the gunmen.

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An unknown terrorist group, believed to be linked to Al-Qaeda, has seized the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, the capital of Mali. According to media reports at least 138 people remain inside and as many as three people have died.

Mali troops storming Radisson Hotel in Bamako AFP/BBC
According to the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, which owns the Radisson in Mali, there are currently 125 guests and 13 employees in the hotel with the gunmen.
Al Jazeera reported that "10 gunmen stormed the hotel before firing on the guards and taking hostages." There have also been reports that the terrorists gained access to the hotel because their vehicles carried diplomatic license plates.

Argentina shifts to the right after Mauricio Macri wins presidential runoff

• Rightwing mayor of Buenos Aires takes the Casa Rosada palace
• Supporters celebrate with salsa but the left fears neoliberal policies

Mauricio Macri celebrates winning the Argentinian presidential runoff. Photograph: David Fern an Jonathan Watts and Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires.After 12 years of leftist government, Argentina shifted towards the centre-right on Sunday by giving a presidential victory to Buenos Aires mayor Mauricio Macri of the Cambiemos (Let’s Change) party.

Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam still on the run after evading Belgian police raids

Sixteen arrested in late-night raids but key target remains at large, while Brussels starts a third day of lockdown with schools and metro system closed

Eric van der Sypt speaks to the media early on Monday.

New Zealand helicopter crash: two Australians and four Britons among seven killed

Police say none of seven people on board aircraft are believed to have survived, with rescue teams unable to immediately reach wreckage in crevasse

Saturday 21 November 2015 13.01 GMT Last modified on Saturday 21 November 2015 17.25 GMT

Seven people, including four British and two Australian holidaymakers, died in a helicopter crash at a popular tourist attraction on New Zealand’s South Island on Saturday.
Bad weather conditions meant that rescuers struggled to recover the bodies of the pilot and his six passengers from the wreckage of the aircraft, which went down in challenging and dangerous terrain high on the island’s Fox glacier. Other tourists were in the area at the time, many of them also being ferried in helicopters.