Mobile phones pinged throughout Paris on Monday and alerted residents of a critically important message from France’s Interior minister under the alarming title “extremely serious alert." However, it was just a reminder regarding the implementation of a strict security perimeter for Paris 2024.

With the arrival of the Olympic flame in Marseille on Wednesday, France is entering a period of heightened security and tension that will culminate in the Opening Ceremony on 26 July in Paris and continue for days after the end of the thirty-third Olympic Games of the modern era.

The risk of terrorist attacks in Paris is increasing, so the perimeter of protection has been extended for the opening of the Olympic Games scheduled for 26 July 2024.

Emmanuel Macron on Monday justified the difference in treatment at the Olympic Games between Russia, which has been excluded as a nation because it decided to wage a "war of aggression" in Ukraine, and Israel, whose flag will be present because it has not been an "aggressor".

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics could be moved from the Seine to the national stadium in the event of a security threat.

Several countries will send military personnel to France to bolster security for the Olympic Games in Paris from 26 July, the French defence ministry has announced.

French technology company Atos has confirmed significant annual losses, but assures Paris 2024 that it will not be affected.

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin has promised security for next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris will be further increased from the levels deployed at the men's Rugby World Cup.

French Railways (SNCF) have held a recruitment fair aimed at hiring more security staff to work on their networks for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Concerns over security for next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris have been raised by the French Army, who fear who they will be called upon at the last moment in a scenario similar to what happened before London 2012.

The French Government's national security coordinator for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, Ziad Khoury, has been suspended by Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin for alleged "inappropriate behaviour" towards a woman, reports have said.

The French National Assembly has controversially approved the use of artificial intelligence (AI) video surveillance for security purposes at the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.

French Sports and Olympic Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has revealed that the Government is considering recruiting security personnel from other French-speaking nations to combat a potential shortage at the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.

The French Senate has overwhelmingly backed a Bill that will allow experimental artificial intelligence (AI)-powered video surveillance during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games with 245 in favour and 28 against.

A controversial Olympic and Paralympic Games Bill allowing for the usage of video surveillance and a wider opening of shops on Sundays has moved one step closer to entering French law after the Senate adopted the amended 19-article version.