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Leaders from France and around the world welcome guilty verdicts as feminists urge changes to laws

Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband was jailed on Thursday for 20 years over her drugging and mass rape by strangers recruited online, in a case that shocked France and resonated around the world.

President Macron assesses devastation in Mayotte post-Cyclone Chido, mobilizes aid for recovery efforts in the French territory.

Women in Mazan, France, express fear and disappointment following a mass rape case and lenient sentences for the perpetrators.

A lawyer for Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband described the mass rape trial as a "good thing for justice" after Dominique Pelicot was jailed for 20 years after being found guilty of orchestrating the 72-year-old grandmother's horrific rape in a crime that shocked France.

President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Mayotte on Thursday to survey the damage across France's poorest territory as rescuers continue their search for survivors of Cyclone Chido. Officials warn the death toll from the most destructive storm in living memory could reach hundreds – possibly thousands.

Diverse group of men, including professionals like nurses and teachers, found guilty of raping Gisèle Pelicot in France.

A court on Thursday convicted a French man of aggravated rape for committing and orchestrating the mass rape of his now former wife Gisele Pelicot with dozens of strangers who he recruited online, after an over three month trial that shocked France.

The 72-year-old’s simple message – that she and other victims of sexual abuse have no reason to feel ashamed – has inspired conversations about rape culture in France and across the globe, Crime Correspondent Amy-Clare Martin writes