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The Independent says Extreme heat blanketing Western Europe this weekend is likely to be only a “foretaste of future”, climate scientists and meteorologists have warned.

Euronews says Emmanuel Macron’s Ensemble alliance has lost its absolute majority in the French National Assembly, just two months after he was re-elected as president.

France24 says with 52.49 percent of voters choosing to stay away on Sunday, France recorded its highest-ever abstention rate in the first round of the legislative elections, surpassing the 2017 record by a full point.

Euronews says France’s highest court has heard an appeal by the city of Grenoble over a nationwide swimming pool ban on the “burkini” swimsuit.

France24 says an early heat wave is expected to hit France this week, the state forecaster Meteo France said on Sunday, with temperatures reaching up to 38 Celsius (100 Fahrenheit) in the south.

France24 says a fatal police shooting in Paris has thrust the issue of violence by security forces to the heart of an increasingly close French parliamentary election battle between a new left-wing coalition and allies of centrist President Emmanuel Macron.

BBC Sport says Rafael Nadal demonstrated once again why he is the greatest player in French Open history by beating long-time rival Novak Djokovic in a late-night thriller to reach the men’s singles semi-finals.

The Independent says a 32-year-old French journalist has died after being hit by shell shrapnel as he documented an evacuation operation in eastern Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron has said.

Euronews says a bizarre incident occurred at the Louvre Museum in Paris yesterday (29 May) as a man in disguise smeared a cake over the Mona Lisa.

France24 says The Cannes Film Festival explored the devastating human cost of war and colonisation in Philippe Faucon’s Algerian War film “Les Harkis” and the Omar Sy-starring “Father and Soldier”.

Several southern French towns sizzled in record high temperatures for May on Wednesday, while the month as a whole is on track to be the…

France24 says several southern French towns sizzled in record high temperatures for May on Wednesday, while the month as whole is on track to be the hottest since records began.

France24 says Cannes 2022 kicked off with a zombie-themed tribute to film-making by French director Michel Hazanavicius as the movie world returned to the Riviera.

Euronews says Centrist politician Elisabeth Borne was appointed France’s new prime minister on Monday to become the second woman to hold the post in the country.

France24 says as global warming accelerates, the spectre of drought haunts France’s once verdant farmland.

Modi refuses to condemn Russia for invading Ukraine in a meeting with President Macron. India and France on Wednesday called for “an immediate cessation of…

The Guardian says Emmanuel Macron narrowly missed being hit by a bag of tomatoes during a surprise visit to a working-class area north of Paris.

France24 says Macron was the target of a bunch of tomatoes hurled by a disgruntled onlooker as he made his first public appearance after his weekend re-election victory.

Daily Express says SPAIN, Italy, France and Greece could be set to follow in Portugal’s footsteps and axe the UK’s “third nation” status.

The Metro says a murder investigation has been opened in southwest France after the bodies of a British couple were found at their isolated countryside home.

Macron has won five more years as France’s president after a convincing victory over rival, far-right Marine Le Pen, who still managed to secure the far-right’s highest share of the vote yet.

The Metro says Two people have been shot dead by police in Paris, hours after President Emmanuel Macron’s re-election.

The Guardian says the pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron has vowed to unite a divided France after winning a second term as French president.

Reaction as Macron wins second term – whilst he revels in victory, he must be thinking about how he will unite a broken France. French…

France24 says French President Emmanuel Macron has seen off his far-right rival Marine Le Pen to secure five years more years at the helm of Europe’s second economy.