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French justice minister Gérald Darmanin on Friday confirmed that part of La Valentine juvenile detention centre in Marseille will be shut after prison watchdogs reported poor conditions for dozens of young inmates.

France and Germany will on Friday discuss a new way of producing weapons in the European Union – the so-called “best athlete” model, where the company most suited to the job builds systems for the whole bloc instead of each country developing its own.

The EU summoned Moscow's envoy in Brussels on Thursday after a massive attack on Kyiv killed at least 14 people and damaged the bloc's diplomatic mission in the city.

All NATO countries will meet the alliance’s long-standing defence spending target this year – but only three are currently reaching a new, higher goal set in June, data showed on Thursday.

French President Emmanuel Macron pledged France’s “determined support” for Moldova and its goal of joining the European Union during a visit with the leaders of Germany and Poland on Wednesday. The trip came on the eve of campaigning for next month’s parliamentary elections amid claims of Russian interference.

French Prime Minister François Bayrou will meet the heads of political parties and parliamentary groups before a 8 September confidence vote that could bring down his government. Speaking in a televised interview on Wednesday, Bayrou that everyone must first agree on “the importance of the effort” to cut France’s debt.

Central Europe has been plunged into fresh energy anxiety after a series of Ukrainian drone strikes disrupted the flow of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline, igniting a war of words between Kyiv, Budapest and Bratislava.

The Venice Film Festival opened on Wednesday, with Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett and Emma Stone among the stars walking the red carpet. France is strongly represented this year with three films in the main competition, including The Wizard of the Kremlin by Olivier Assayas, starring Jude Law as…

Mauritania’s role as a key transit hub for African migrants seeking passage to Europe has come into sharp focus, following renewed claims by the NGO Human Rights Watch of abuse by its security forces.