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French couple enjoy glass of red wine – A fiery mass shooting out flaming projectiles can’t distract from a good vin rouge.

An elite French gendarme was shot dead in France’s overseas territory of French Guiana in South America while taking part in an operation against illegal gold mining, the French presidency said Saturday.

Breaking – King Charles’s France visit postponed after pension protests Charles III’s first state visit has been postponed, the Elysée Palace has said, as France…

France pension protests: Bordeaux town hall set on fire as protesters take to the street Continuing protests over plans to raise the pension age in…

A burgeoning row between France and Germany fired by differences over nuclear energy and combustion engines threatens to spill over into a gathering of the 27 European Union leaders on Thursday.

Hundreds of thousands of people were set to strike and demonstrate in France on Thursday after President Emmanuel Macron vowed to push on with…

Macron’s government survives no-confidence vote The French government narrowly survived a no-confidence vote that was triggered after it forced through a bill to increase the…

Parliament adopted a divisive pension bill Monday raising the retirement age in France from 62 to 64, after lawmakers in the lower chamber rejected two no-confidence votes against the government.

Protests erupted across France on Monday night, hours after the government adopted deeply unpopular pension reforms after surviving two no-confidence votes. Opposition lawmakers have vowed to continue their fight against the new law. Read our live blog to see how all the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time [GMT+1].

Paris protests: Macron pushes French pension bill through without vote Protesters clashed with police in Paris following the French government’s decision to impose pension reforms…

Thousands of tonnes of garbage has piled up on streets across the French capital after a week of strike action by dustbin collectors against government pension reforms, city hall said Sunday.

France and UK to work on migrant boat crossings, France to get additional funding Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has said France will receive additional funding…

Youngsters blocked the entrances to universities and secondary schools.

Emmanuel Macron and Rishi Sunak want to ‘fortify’ Nato.

France braces for strikes as 1 million expected to protest pension reform bill Unions in France are protesting against the government’s plans to raise the pension…

Eighteen children and one adult have been treated for injuries.

A mayor said the beachcombers come in 4x4s wearing head torches.

France’s unprecedented winter sees 31 days without rain France has broken an unprecedented record of going 31 days without significant rainfall during winter, according to…

The man, who suffered multiple injuries, was pronounced dead at the scene.

France’s latest Eurovision song was in Breton – a language whose existence the government doesn’t even acknowledge. From roughly a million back in the 1950s, the number of Breton speakers has shrunk to less than 200,000 today, leading UNESCO to warn that the language is at high risk of going extinct.

Ukraine war: Zelensky asks Europe for fighter jets President Zelensky has renewed his request for fighter jets, a day after asking the UK, the Ukrainian…

The man’s black Kappa tracksuit bottoms were deemed ‘inappropriate’.

Hugo Lloris had served as captain for the last 10 years.

Anne’s a fashion week dancing queen.

Roads around Dover in Kent will be busier than usual.