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Iran's foreign ministry has said it had summoned the French ambassador to Tehran to protest the conduct of two diplomats who were briefly detained earlier this month.
A French off-duty policeman on Monday detained a man after he allegedly attacked and wounded three women with two kitchen knives in Paris, France's interior minister said.
French President Emmanuel Macron convened ministers on Monday before heading to south-west France, where wildfires have displaced hundreds of thousands and a new heatwave threatens to reignite the flames.
Firefighters are continuing to battle huge forest fires across France and Spain on Monday, as authorities warned that another heatwave could bring temperatures of up to 40C to the already scorched wine-growing region around Bordeaux.
Tadej Pogacar claimed his record-equalling fifth Tour de France title as Mathieu van der Poel won a sensational 21st and final stage around Paris on Sunday.
What would become the Élysée Palace, the official residence of the French president, was built three centuries ago with a fortune amassed in the slave trade. As France grapples with its legacy of slavery, calls are mounting for the country to acknowledge this and other traces of the past.
UNESCO has added France’s D-Day landing beaches and Greece’s Mount Olympus to its World Heritage List, during a UN committee meeting in South Korea reviewing dozens of nominations.
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has ordered the armed forces to deploy an A400M military transport aircraft as early as Saturday to help combat fires raging in the southwest, his office said.
Five NGOs on Wednesday filed a case before France’s highest administrative court, seeking a ruling that would oblige the French government to take measures preventing French companies and economic institutions from conducting commercial activities in Israeli settlements.
President Emmanuel Macron has requested assistance from aircraft and helicopters through the European Union's civil protection mechanism as wildfires intensify across France, while authorities have ordered the evacuation of everyone on the popular Cap-Ferret peninsula.
France recorded 5,764 more deaths than usual during a record-breaking heatwave last month, health authorities have said, describing the excess mortality among people aged 15 and older as “unprecedented”.
A fierce wildfire near Bordeaux in south-west France has led to the evacuation of a further 7,000 people on Thursday, bringing the total number of tourists and residents moved to 12,000, local authorities said.
German authorities on Wednesday gave the green light to a controversial French-Russian nuclear project which will use a factory based in Germany for production, and which critics fear will enable spying and sabotage by Moscow.
French modelling scout Daniel Siad, 69, who had close ties to convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead at his home outside Paris, prosecutors and his lawyer have said.
France's environment minister, Monique Barbut, will remain in her post, given the "urgency" to act on climate change, after submitting her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron over a bill to reintroduce bee-harming pesticides, her team said Wednesday.
A fast-moving wildfire that broke out in the Var department in southern France has forced 400 people to flee their homes and burned more than 2,500 hectares – the latest in a string of fires amid three heatwaves since early June.
Environment Minister Monique Barbut has stepped down in protest after French lawmakers approved controversial legislation allowing the temporary reintroduction of two pesticides accused of harming bees.
French lawmakers have approved a ban on social media access for children under the age of 15, as concerns grow around the world over the impact social media have on the health and safety of minors.
France’s National Assembly has approved an emergency agriculture bill after a tense overnight debate, clearing the way for the possible temporary return of two pesticides banned in the country but still authorised elsewhere in the European Union.
French lawmakers are mobilising to reach a compromise on legislation that would ban children under 15 from using social media, aiming to have the restrictions in place for the start of the new school year in September.
France and Germany are pressing for a stronger European Union response to China’s growing trade surplus and industrial overcapacity, as concerns mount over the impact on key European sectors.
The wildfires that ravaged more than 2,000 hectares of the Fontainebleau Forest have destroyed habitats and have put its diversity of plant and animal life under threat.
Gabon's President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema begins a three-day official visit to France on Monday, underlining the close relationship between Paris and one of its few remaining key allies in Francophone Africa.
Kylian Mbappé will return to France from the World Cup with his reputation as one of the best strikers of his generation enhanced, having become the first player to win the competition's Golden Boot award twice.
France’s controversial “Ripost” law, aimed at strengthening the state’s response to urban unrest and public disorder, is set to face a decisive test on Monday when a joint parliamentary committee will study versions adopted by the National Assembly and the Senate.
Models stepped on to a Paris runway last week wearing sculptural gowns in African textiles by Imane Ayissi – the first and still the only designer from sub-Saharan Africa to take part in Paris's haute couture shows.
Inaugurated 100 years ago this week, the Grand Mosque of Paris is France's longest-serving Islamic place of worship and a landmark for Muslims and non-Muslims alike. From its origins as a tribute to Muslim soldiers who fought in the French army to its present as a centre of moderate Islam, rector Chems-Eddine Hafiz says it has an integral place in France.
A French court has ordered the reopening of an investigation into journalist Ariane Lavrilleux over the highly sensitive "Egypt Papers" investigation, reviving a case that press freedom groups say could have major consequences for the protection of confidential sources in France.
Bukayo Saka hit a hat trick as England edged past France 6-4 on Saturday afternoon to claim a zany bronze medal match in Miami.
Tadej Pogacar won an "unforgettable" mountainous 14th stage of the Tour de France amidst huge crowds in the Vosges on Saturday to extend his lead over Jonas Vingegaard to four and a half minutes.
As France seeks to rebuild ties with Morocco after years of diplomatic tensions, a new investigation claims Moroccan intelligence targeted senior French officials with Israeli-made Pegasus spyware.
The International Energy Agency has warned that investment in critical minerals fell in 2025 and supply chains grew more concentrated, posing fresh risks for France as it races to secure the raw materials needed for its industrial and energy transition.
A French court on Thursday sentenced a 15-year-old boy to 18 years in prison for murdering a school supervisor outside his secondary school in the east of the country, citing his lack of "empathy, remorse or regret".
The wheat harvest in France, Europe’s largest grain producer, is expected to fall by four percent compared to 2025 after an unusually early harvest carried out during successive heatwaves.
French President Emmanuel Macron has said there would be "zero tolerance" for arson after France was hit by wildfires that have scorched thousands of hectares. Dozens of people have been arrested across the country over starting fires deliberately or by accident as multiple intense heatwaves since May have dried out forests and fields.
Dozens of people marched peacefully outside the French Embassy in Yaoundé on Tuesday, protesting new financial requirements imposed on Cameroonian students admitted to private institutions in France, ahead of the autumn academic intake.
US billionaire Elon Musk has thrown his support behind far-right leader Marine Le Pen's bid for the French presidency, calling her "France's last hope" in a post on X, and prompting accusations of foreign interference in the 2027 election.
France's National Assembly has given its definitive backing to legislation granting terminally ill adults the right to end their lives with medical assistance, bringing to a close a protracted and often fraught political battle.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu will pay an official visit to Rabat on Wednesday and Thursday to strengthen relations between France and Morocco. The high-level meeting is expected to yield several agreements and pave the way for a new phase in the rapprochement between the two countries.
Religious leaders have gathered in Nice for an interfaith service to pray for the victims of the Bastille Day terror attack, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the atrocity that killed 86 people and injured more than 400. President Emmanuel Macron is due to lead the main memorial ceremony later on Tuesday, while a minute's silence will be observed before France's World Cup semi-final against Spain.
Ukraine's allies announced additional air defence support for Kyiv at a summit in Paris on Monday, along with exercises for the forces that will be deployed after a ceasefire, as part of efforts to increase pressure on Russia to end the war.
A total of 59 people have been arrested across France over suspected deliberate or accidental arson, including two in connection with the wildfire still sweeping through the Fontainebleau forest southeast of Paris, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has said.
Bastille Day firefighters' balls in Paris and the surrounding suburbs have been cancelled owing to record-high temperatures affecting the capital and most of France, as emergency workers remain on alert. Celebrations begin on Monday, with Paris having brought forward its annual fireworks display by a day to avoid clashing with commemorations marking the 10th anniversary of the Nice attack of 14 July 2016.
France's attacking trio - Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé and Michael Olise - have dominated the World Cup headlines, scoring plenty of goals and dazzling fans with skilful moves and fast breaks past opposing defences. Meanwhile, at the other end of the pitch, goalkeeper Mike Maignan has laid the foundation that's made all that attacking flair possible.
Allies of Ukraine gathered in Paris on Monday alongside President Volodymyr Zelensky to reaffirm their support for Kyiv and step up pressure on Russia, at a summit of the so-called Coalition of the Willing that the Kremlin promptly dismissed as a meeting of leaders who "do not want peace".
France will summon the Russian ambassador to Paris over an alleged Russian cyberhacking campaign against European countries including France, as the EU and Britain targeted Russia with coordinated sanctions.
Firefighers are mobilised in the Fontainebleau forest south of Paris to contain a major fire that started Sunday and has since forced the evacuation of residents in the area and shut down a major highway at the start of a busy summer holiday travel weekend.
Sunday saw France observe its first annual day of commemoration for Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer wrongly convicted of treason in one of the country's most notorious cases of antisemitism. With reports of hate speech on the rise, President Emmanuel Macron said France had yet to shed its "old demons" of prejudice.
China has risen rapidly to become the world's second-largest producer of foie gras, but producers in France say they are not yet worried about losing their long-held dominance of one of the country's best-known delicacies.
Tour de France organisers have shortened Sunday's stage by 30km due to extreme heat, the first time in the history of the cycling race that high temperatures have forced a change to the route.
Three of France's biggest tourist attractions, the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay, will close early all weekend as an intense heatwave grips the country for the third time since May. A red alert is in place across Paris and most of north-west France.
After weeks of sweltering heat and drought, farmers and analysts fear France's maize crop could be down by a third this year – making it the smallest in 35 years. Poultry farmers are also counting their losses as many as 3 million broiler chickens died within a few days in in June. The damage is a result of three heatwaves that have already hit France this year, and is only set to intensify as climate change disrupts agriculture across Europe.
France storm into Thursday's World Cup quarter-final against Morocco as the tournament's hot favourites.
A French appeals court this week upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for embezzling funds from the European Parliament and sentenced her to house arrest – something the far-right leader previously said would rule her out of France's 2027 presidential race. Yet Le Pen still has one last legal recourse to overturn her conviction and, pending that appeal, remains free to hit the campaign trail.
French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Tuesday that Syria must not be destabilised after twin bomb attacks near the Damascus hotel where he spent the night, during a landmark state visit to a country emerging from years of civil war.
The leader of France's far-right National Rally, Marine Le Pen, said on Tuesday she would run for president next year after an embezzlement conviction was confirmed on appeal, a ruling she said she would challenge before the country's highest court.
Kylian Mbappé condemned a Paraguayan senator on Monday for making racist comments about him following France's World Cup victory over Paraguay, calling her "despicable" and "not worthy" of her position.
French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Damascus, becoming the first European head of state to visit Syria since Bashar al-Assad's regime fell in 2024.
The European Commission has warned that a French bill that would ban children under the age of 15 from social media would infringe the European Union’s online content law by giving French regulators powers that go beyond the bloc’s legal framework.
The Paris court of appeal is to rule Tuesday afternoon in far right leader Marine Le Pen’s embezzlement case, in a decision that could determine whether she can run for president for a fourth time, or if she will step aside. Several scenarios are possible, and her political opponents are preparing for all possibilities.
A French doctor who was the first-ever diagnosed case of Ebola in the country has made a full recovery and has been discharged from hospital.
Firefighters are fighting wildfires across southern France and other parts of Europe, and authorities are warning that this year’s fire season has started a month earlier than usual after early heatwaves in May and June left vegetation particularly dry and vulnerable.
Spectators have been banned from the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race through the Pyrenees Monday, which will be adapted as a forest fire burns the area.
French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Syria to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest, the Syrian presidency has announced, in what would be the first visit by a Western European head of state since Ahmed al-Sharaa came to power following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in late 2024.
Bernard Arnault, head of the luxury goods group LVMH, has been ordered to pay nearly €22.5 million in back taxes after a Paris appeals court overturned earlier rulings in his favour in a long-running dispute with the tax authorities.
France recorded a rise of nearly 30 percent in deaths during the week beginning 22 June, the peak of the country's record-breaking heatwave, the public health authority said on Friday.
As French workers face record-breaking temperatures, attention is turning to Spain, where measures introduced to deal with extreme weather are inspiring a proposal for climate leave in France.
The French government said more than 90 people have died by drowning since 19 June, as authorities and swimming bodies stepped up warnings during a summer marked by intense heat and more people seeking relief in rivers, lakes, canals and pools.
As France's record-breaking heatwave last week raises questions about how the country will have to adapt to a warming climate, we look at what that could mean for French culture. We also explore the country's growing interest in fitness – driven in part by its most popular YouTuber – and examine how the Grand Mosque of Paris, which marks its centenary this year, became both a symbol of Islam in France and a recurring source of political tension.
Wildfires have broken out across southern France, forcing evacuations and stretching firefighting teams as the country prepares for the third heatwave of the summer, with the country's forests under increasing threat from climate change and disputes over logging.
The fight to abolish the death penalty remains "eminently contemporary", French President Emmanuel Macron said as campaigners, judges and former death row prisoners gathered in Paris this week for the World Congress Against the Death Penalty, amid rising executions worldwide and renewed support for capital punishment in some democracies.
France's National Assembly has approved a new version of a bill creating a legal right to assisted dying, bringing the country closer to a major change in end-of-life care. The legislation sets out who could qualify, how requests would be made and the safeguards designed to prevent abuse of the law.
France will hold the first round of its next presidential election on 18 April 2027 and the runoff on 2 May after the government formally approved the dates at Wednesday's cabinet meeting.
Ireland takes over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union on Wednesday with French and British military assets expected to help protect a six-month programme of high-level meetings, as Dublin prepares for what security officials describe as an unusually demanding operation.
Some 88,000 complaints regarding sexual violence against children are being re-examined by investigative services – a figure higher than the 70,000 initially ordered by Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin last month. This comes in the wake of the murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna, whose death prompted public outrage over the state's mishandling of child abuse cases.
The bottled water brand Volvic has been found guilty of “misleading commercial practices” by the Paris Commercial Court over environmental claims made on its mineral water bottles, including that they were “carbon neutral” or “100 percent recyclable”.
French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes has now spent a year in detention in Algeria, prompting fresh calls from Reporters Without Borders and his family for his immediate release and a presidential pardon.
French investigators have begun examining the cause of a small aircraft crash near Nancy that killed 11 people, including private nurses making their first skydiving jump, in what officials say is the deadliest light aircraft accident recorded in France.
French President Emmanuel Macron hosts Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq on Monday for the Gulf leader's first official visit to France, with talks expected to focus on securing the toll-free reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
After 11 days of an exceptional heatwave and in the face of the heavy human toll that is beginning to emerge, politicians are accusing the French government of "incompetence" and "inaction." This comes after health officials said Sunday there had been around 1,000 more deaths than expected compared to previous months.
In 1892, around 30 men, women and children from the Kali’na and Arawak peoples of French Guiana were brought to Paris to be put on display at "human zoos". Six of them did not survive the winter. A bill allowing the repatriation of their remains to their homeland has now received final approval – the culmination of a long struggle waged by their descendants.
Burkina Faso's ruling junta, lead by Captain Ibrahim Traoré, announced late Friday it has cut diplomatic ties with former colonial ruler France, accusing Paris of persistently acting against its interests. France called the decision "hostile and baseless".
Ousmane Dembélé rocketed up the World Cup goal-scoring charts on Friday with a hat trick as France demolished Norway 4-1 in Massachusetts.
Three French nuclear plants halted production during this week's record-breaking heatwave as rivers became too warm to cool them, raising questions over the long-term future of Europe's biggest nuclear fleet.
Emergency doctors at one of Paris's biggest hospitals warned on Friday that wards had become dangerously overcrowded after a week of soaring temperatures, as authorities restricted public alcohol consumption, organisers postponed the annual Pride march and €130 million was pledged to help schools adapt to climate change.
The Strait of Hormuz has reopened under a fragile United States-Iran deal, but it remains under close watch after maritime authorities warned of suspected and confirmed mines in the area. Former French Navy Admiral Éric Lavault – who headed France's mine warfare and seabed operations, and commanded the navy's bomb-disposal divers – told RFI that even without proof the strait has been mined, it must be checked before commercial shipping can return to normal.
A court in Paris ruled on Thursday that energy giant TotalEnergies must account for its consumers’ greenhouse gas emissions, giving the French company six months to adjust a legally mandated risk assessment.
France must step up efforts to prevent human trafficking and improve support for victims, particularly children and young people, the Council of Europe has said, warning that weaknesses in the country's child protection system continue to leave minors exposed to exploitation.
Temperatures are expected to fall in France from Thursday evening after another day of extreme heat that put 72 of mainland France's 96 departments on red alert, affecting more than 50 million people.
French President Emmanuel Macron will host Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the French seaside resort of Antibes, as the two leaders try to revive a relationship that has been marked by political differences.
French health authorities on Wednesday announced the first confirmed case of Ebola identified on national territory – a doctor who had returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
France was sweltering under another day of extreme heat on Wednesday after recording its hottest day on record – with millions under red alerts, schools closed, power cuts affecting tens of thousands of homes and ministers warning that another spell of exceptional temperatures could last until 14 July.
Portuguese authorities have refused to immediately extradite to France a 41-year-old woman suspected of abandoning her two young children, who were found last month crying at the side of a road south of Lisbon.
The French government has announced disciplinary action against a magistrate and two gendarmerie officers over the handling of a suspect in child abuse case, which has lead to public outcry. This comes on the heels of a report which pointed to serious failings of the justice system, particularly with regards to minors.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is to hold a crisis meeting on Tuesday, after Météo France reported that the country's average temperature had broken a June record. Elsewhere in Europe, several countries are also struggling with the heatwave, which has led to a number of deaths and disruption to public services.
French resistance fighter and historian Marc Bloch will be inducted into the Pantheon in Paris on Tuesday, giving President Emmanuel Macron another chance to shape France’s national memory through one of the Republic’s most symbolic ceremonies.
Kylian Mbappé marked his 100th cap for France on Monday night with two goals in their 3-0 win over Iraq in a game that took more than four hours to complete due to thunder storms over Philadelphia.
The Paris appeals court has upheld a decision not to reopen a criminal investigation into the use of chlordecone, a toxic pesticide that has been linked to cancer and other health problems in around 90 percent of the adult population in Guadeloupe and Martinique.
The deaths of three elderly people in southwestern France have been linked to the ongoing heatwave hitting the country, while authorities have reported an increase in drownings, as people seek relief from the heat in rivers and lakes.
Hundreds of schools across France will remain closed on Monday and nearly 2,000 are preparing to send pupils home early as the country braces for record temperatures amid a prolonged heatwave.