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Video captures thieves escaping after Louvre Museum jewel heist – National TenX News
What appears to be footage of the robbers’ escape from the Louvre Museum during Sunday’s brazen daylight heist shows the thieves making off with precious items valued at more than $100 million.
The video, obtained by French outlet BFMTV, shows two men getting away on a powered, extendable ladder as the basket slowly lowers to the ground outside of the world’s most-visited museum.
The men, one in a neon vest and the other wearing a motorcycle helmet, don’t seem to be in any rush as they make their escape from the Louvre to the ground of the stolen truck outside the museum, following the heist that lasted less than eight minutes.
Once they reach the ground, they’re no longer in view of the camera, but police said they escaped on motorbikes.
The footage is shot from the inside of the Louvre on Sunday, overlooking the Seine, according to the Telegraph. The original source of the video has not been confirmed.
The French prosecutor’s office said they are aware of the video, but declined to comment, citing the integrity of the ongoing investigation.
The investigation continues
Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said expert analyses are underway and that four people have been identified as participating in the robbery. The prosecutor added that a team of about 100 investigators have been assigned to the crime.
Investigators have found traces of DNA samples in a helmet and gloves and are aware of the new video showing two of the thieves escaping, prosecutors told NBC News.
The prosecutor’s office added that it is currently unclear if the DNA belonged to the suspects who took off with the jewels from the robbery. Detectives continue to analyze video camera footage from around the museum as well as main highways in Paris for signs of the robbers.
The jewels remain missing and the thieves are still at large after breaking into the second-floor Galerie d’Apollon (Apollo’s Gallery), housing the crown jewels, officials said.
This photo, provided on Oct. 23, 2025, by Interpol and taken from its website, shows the jewels stolen in the Louvre Museum on Oct.19, 2025, in Paris.
Interpol via AP
The heist took place about 30 minutes after the museum opened, with visitors already inside, and unfolded just 250 metres from the famed Mona Lisa.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the crew entered from outside using a cherry picker via the riverfront facade to reach the hall with the 23-item royal collection.
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The thieves smashed two display cases with an angle grinder, Nunez said. Alarms brought Louvre agents to the room, forcing the intruders to bolt, but the theft was already done.
Beccuau said that the thieves threatened museum guards with the angle grinder they used to break into the jewelry cases before they fled.
The Louvre’s director Laurence des Cars faced questioning by a cultural committee at the French Senate on Wednesday amid questions over the museum’s security.
Des Cars said that the museum had a shortage of security cameras outside the monument, and had other “weaknesses” exposed by Sunday’s theft.
“Today we are experiencing a terrible failure at the Louvre, which I take my share of responsibility in,” she said.
Laurence des Cars, director of Le Louvre Museum, poses before a hearing at the Culture commission of the Senate, three days after historic jewels were stolen in a daring daylight heist, on Oct. 22, 2025, in Paris.
AP Photo/Emma Da Silva
“We did not detect the arrival of the thieves soon enough,” des Cars added.
She said that the museum’s alarms had worked properly, but that it currently doesn’t have full video surveillance of the perimeter outside the museum, though there is a plan to provide full coverage of all the Louvre’s facades. The only camera over the Apollo Gallery, said des Cars, was facing west and didn’t capture the balcony where the break-in took place.
She also suggested barriers to prevent vehicles from parking directly alongside the museum’s buildings, and said that she would push for a police station inside the museum, which welcomes 30,000 visitors a day and 2,300 workers.
Des Cars added that during Sunday’s robbery, Louvre agents “were not armed” and that they “followed the security protocol with responsiveness, precision and composure.”
“Thanks to their professionalism, no one was injured. In this nightmare, no human life was affected,” she added.
Aftermath following the heist
The manufacturer of the cherry picker used in the Louvre burglary has taken advantage of the opportunity by using it as an advertisement on social media.
They shared a photo from the heist with the equipment outside the Louvre and added the slogan, “When you have to act quickly.”
“The Böcker Agilo can transport up to 400 kg of treasure, at a speed of 42 m/minute, thanks to a motor as quiet as a whisper,” the German company added.
In an interview with AFP on Wednesday, Alexander Böcker, an executive at the company, said that he “sold this freight elevator a few years ago to a French customer who rents this type of equipment in Paris and the surrounding area.”
He said that the customer wishes to remain anonymous and confirmed they had the device stolen by the alleged thieves of the Louvre theft during a demonstration last week.
“They removed the customer’s logo and changed the licence plate,” he added.
After learning about the robbery, Böcker said he quickly realized it was his company’s equipment used outside of the Louvre.
“When it became clear that no one had been injured in the robbery, we took it with a bit of humour,” he said, adding that he “started thinking about how we could perhaps use it.”
That’s when he said his wife came up with the slogan: “When you have to act quickly.”
It appears furniture giant Ikea has also seized the opportunity to advertise a glass dome with a base.
“Won’t protect your crown jewels either … but it will give them the right spotlight,” the company wrote on Instagram.
Meanwhile, the Louvre changed its slogan on its website’s homepage following the heist, which used to read: “Escape to the Louvre.”
The message has now been switched to “Louvre Museum” after updating the previous slogan, which had been displayed since the end of March 2021, according to a press release from the museum.
The investigation is ongoing.
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— With files from The Associated Press
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A trip to the world’s most-visited museum is about to cost Canadians significantly more.
France has hiked ticket prices at the Louvre by 45 per cent for visitors from outside the European Union, a move that is fuelling debate over so-called dual pricing and the growing backlash against overtourism.
Starting this week, adult visitors from non-EU countries, including Canada, must pay €32 to enter the Paris landmark, up from €22. That’s an increase from about $35 to $52 Canadian.
Visitors from EU countries, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, will continue to pay the lower rate.
The price hike comes as the Louvre grapples with repeated labour strikes, a high-profile daylight jewel heist last October that prompted a costly security overhaul, and years of chronic overcrowding. The museum attracts roughly nine million visitors annually.
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Some Canadian tourists told Global News they feel unfairly targeted.
“We didn’t cause the robberies or some of the other issues that happened and we are paying the consequences,” said Allison Moore, visiting Paris from Newfoundland with her daughter. “[In] Canada we don’t discriminate over pricing like that.”
Others argue tourists already shoulder higher costs simply by travelling long distances.
“In general for tourists, I think things should be a little cheaper than for local people, because we have to travel to come all the way here,” said Darla Daniela Quiroz, another Canadian visitor. “It should be equal pricing, or a little bit cheaper.”
Even some Europeans question the two-tiered system. A French tourist interviewed outside the museum said there was “no reason” to charge non-Europeans more and that the fee should be the same for everyone.
Tourism experts say the Louvre’s financial pressures help explain the decision.
“The Louvre is really cash-strapped right now and needs to do something,” said Marion Joppe, a professor at the University of Guelph. “It can’t really look to the government, which is already struggling with its own budget.”
The move also reflects a broader global pushback against mass tourism. Anti-tourism protests have spread across parts of Spain, New Zealand has increased its entry tax, and the United States recently raised national park fees for foreign visitors.
“You take Paris — it gets about 50 million tourists a year,” said Julian Karaguesian, an economist at McGill University. “That’s roughly a million a week. The city simply wasn’t built for those kinds of numbers.”
Despite the higher price, many visitors say they will still line up to see the Mona Lisa and other of the museum’s famous artworks.
“It’s one of the main attractions. It’s on everybody’s list,” Moore said. “We’re still going to go, and hopefully it will be worth it in the end.”
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Trump calls Canada-China deal ‘good thing’ as U.S. officials voice concern – National TenX News
Canada’s new trade deal with China is getting a mixed reaction in Washington, with U.S. President Donald Trump voicing support as administration officials warned Ottawa could regret allowing Chinese EVs into the Canadian market.
The deal signed with Beijing on Friday reverses course on 100 per cent tariffs Canada slapped on Chinese electric vehicles in 2024, which aligned with similar U.S. duties. Canada and China also agreed to reduce tariffs on canola and other products.
Asked about the deal by reporters at the White House, Trump said Prime Minister Mark Carney was doing the right thing.
“That’s what he should be doing. It’s a good thing for him to sign a trade deal. If you can get a deal with China, you should do that,” Trump said.
However, members of Trump’s cabinet expressed concern.
“I think they’ll look back at this decision and surely regret it to bring Chinese cars into their market,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said at an event with other U.S. government officials at a Ford factory in Ohio to tout efforts to make vehicles more affordable.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told reporters the limited number of vehicles would not impact American car companies exporting cars to Canada.
“I don’t expect that to disrupt American supply into Canada,” he said.
“Canada is so dependent on the United States for their GDP. Their entire population is crowded around our border for that reason. I’ll tell you one thing: if those cars are coming into Canada, they’re not coming here. That’s for sure.”
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Carney has said it’s necessary for Canada to improve trade ties and cooperation with China in light of Trump’s trade war and threats to let the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on free trade expire.
The trade pact is up for review this summer, and Greer reiterated that the Trump administration wants to bring more auto manufacturing back to the U.S. and incentivize companies to do so.
Under the new deal with Beijing, Carney said he expects China will lower tariffs on its canola seed by March 1 to a combined rate of about 15 per cent.
Greer questioned that agreement in a separate CNBC interview.
“I think in the long run, they’re not going to like having made that deal,” he said.
He called the decision to allow Chinese EVs into Canada “problematic” and added: “There’s a reason why we don’t sell a lot of Chinese cars in the United States. It’s because we have tariffs to protect American auto workers and Americans from those vehicles.”
Greer said rules adopted last January on vehicles that are connected to the internet and navigation systems are a significant impediment to Chinese vehicles in the U.S. market.
“I think it would be hard for them to operate here,” Greer said. “There are rules and regulations in place in America about the cybersecurity of our vehicles and the systems that go into those, so I think it might be hard for the Chinese to comply with those kind of rules.”
Trump and officials like Greer have taken aim at Chinese attempts to enter the North American car market through Mexico by bypassing rules of origin under CUSMA.
The CUSMA review set for July is expected to address those loopholes that American and Canadian officials have said are being exploited by China.
Those concerns, which were also raised by the Biden administration, in part helped spur the steep tariffs on Chinese EVs, which are heavily subsidized by Beijing.
Trump, however, has also said he would like Chinese automakers to come to the United States to build vehicles.
Both Democrat and Republican lawmakers in the U.S. have expressed strong opposition to Chinese vehicles as major U.S. automakers warn China poses a threat to the U.S. auto sector.
Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno, a Republican, said at Friday’s event at the Ford plant that he was opposed to Chinese vehicles coming into the United States, and drew applause from the other government officials.
“As long as I have air in my body, there will not be Chinese vehicles sold the United States of America — period,” Moreno said.
—with files from Reuters
© 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trade mission to China is being framed as a win for British Columbia’s economy.
Carney announced a new deal with Beijing on electric vehicles and canola at the end of a high-profile trip on Friday.
“The inroads Canada has made this week are a sign that the government gets it and is showing Canadians and the world that we are open for business,” Alexa Young with the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority said.
The trade deal would allow up to 49,000 Chinese EVs into Canada yearly at a tariff rate of 6.1 per cent.
An expanded auto terminal on Annacis Island will be able to handle the additional volume of cars that could be more affordable than what is currently on the market, with prices expected to be under $40,000.
The New Car Dealers Association said in a statement to Global News that, “We look forward to reviewing the full details of this announcement and engaging constructively with governments to ensure that affordability, competition, and long-term market stability remain central considerations.”
In British Columbia, the overall reaction to the news on Friday is positive.
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“China’s economy is important,” Alex McMillan with the B.C. Chamber of Commerce said.
“Having trade deals like this — and diversifying our markets — is important. Providing certainty is important.”
There are concerns with the agreement, including privacy issues and China’s human rights record. But Ottawa’s goal is to double trade with partners outside the United States, which is a goal that would be impossible without China.
“We do want to see more trade and more diversification of our markets and know that China is an important nation and important economy, so having better trade relationships with them, I think overall is going to be good,” McMillan said.
–with files from The Canadian Press
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