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Microsoft to create digital twin of Notre-Dame 'to help support maintenance'

Microsoft is working with the French government to digitally recreate Paris' iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral, France’s most visited monument, the US tech company said Monday.

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France's top diplomat calls for foreign press access to Gaza

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Tuesday urged Israel to allow foreign press into the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza, as warnings of famine mount after 21 months of war.

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Traffickers jailed for up to four years for abusing champagne grape pickers

Three people were jailed on Monday for human trafficking after subjecting migrants from Africa to long working days and then housing them in appalling conditions during the 2023 grape harvest in the Champagne region of north-eastern France.

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Food prices rise worldwide due to climate extremes, according to new report

Food items including potatoes, onions, lettuce, cabbage, fruit and rice are hit by extreme weather that exceeded historical precedent, raising inflation and prices for consumers, a new report shows. The study is released ahead of an important United Nations food summit, to open on Sunday in Ethiopia.

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X slams French probe as 'politically motivated', refuses to cooperate

A French probe into alleged foreign interference and bias via the algorithm at Elon Musk-owned social network X is "politically motivated", the company said in a post Monday, adding that it was refusing to cooperate.

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Iran confirms talks on nuclear programme with European powers

Iran, Britain, France and Germany will hold talks about Iran's nuclear programme in Istanbul on Friday, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson confirmed on Monday.

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Peace or politics? Turkey’s fragile path to ending a decades-long conflict

One of the world's most protracted armed conflicts could finally be drawing to a close in Turkey. This month, a small group of fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been waging an armed struggle against the Turkish state for greater minority rights, voluntarily disarmed.

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Kenyan activist boniface Mwangi charged over protests, freed on bail

Kenyan rights activist Boniface Mwangi was charged on Monday with unlawful possession of ammunition over his alleged role in anti-government protests in June, according to court papers seen by news agencies. He was arrested on Saturday and is accused of facilitating "terrorist acts" during protests that rocked the country last…

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Cameroon nears full cocoa traceability as EU deadline looms, but risks remain

Cameroon has announced that 99% of its cocoa can now be traced from individual farm plots to the export port - a significant step towards meeting new European Union sustainability requirements.

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Seine swimming sites attract tens of thousands despite weather closures

More than 50,000 people have been swimming in the Seine since the opening of three pools in Paris on 5 July, French sports minister Marie Barsacq said on Saturday.

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Drink it in: Boisson wins first senior tour title in Hamburg

French Open semi-finalist Lois Boisson entered the world's top 50 for the first time on Monday after winning the biggest title of her fledgling career at the Hamburg Open.

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France's Foreign Minister Barrot set to meet Ukrainian leaders during visit

France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot arrived in Ukraine on Monday for a fact-finding tour and meetings with the country's top politicians just days after the European Union adopted a new package of sanctions on Russia over its war with Ukraine.

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Pogacar begins final week of 2025 Tour de France in touching distance of legend

Three-time champion Tadej Pogacar will spend Monday's rest day of the 2025 Tour de France savouring his feats in the Pyrenees of southern France that have helped him establish a four-minute lead over his arch rival and two-time victor Jonas Vingegaard.

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Petition for repeal of new French farming law passes 1 million signatures

A petition against new rules allowing farmers to use a banned pesticide had gained more than 1 million signatures by Sunday night, less than two weeks after it was launched.

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Mural celebrating life of star performer Josephine Baker unveiled in Paris

Just over 50 years after Josephine Baker's death and nearly four since she was inducted into the Panthéon in Paris, a street art festival in the north-eastern part of the city has honoured the American performer with a mural.

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France hatches plan to boost egg production amid soaring demand

Despite being Europe’s largest egg producer, France is struggling to keep up with soaring domestic demand as shoppers look for cheaper sources of protein. A plan to build 300 new farms should help, but animal welfare advocates say this must not undermine progress on standards and the move away from…

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Madagascar man guilty of rape and murder of child sentenced to surgical castration

For the first time in Madagascar, a court has ruled that surgical castration be carried out on a sex offender, who raped and murdered a six-year-old girl.

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South Africa and Ghana advance to semis at women's Africa Cup of Nations

Defending champions South Africa and Ghana advanced to Tuesday's semi-finals at the women's Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco following penalty shoot-out victories over Senegal and Algeria respectively.

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'Rewriting history': Claim filed to ICC over Russian looting of Ukrainian heritage

A French organisation has lodged a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the plundering of Ukrainian museums by Russia, which it claims is 'the biggest looting of cultural heritage in Europe during an international armed conflict since the Second World War'.

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Elite anti-riot squad to remain in Limoges after armed gangs clash with police

An elite "snatch squad" of police is scheduled to stay in Limoges, south-western France, on Sunday after hundreds of masked rioters wielding iron bars and baseball bats rampaged along a road attacking cars and clashing with security forces.

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'The urban space has a subconscious': a tour of Marseille’s colonial history

In the port city of Marseille in the south of France, a local artist is leading tours that shed light on the city's colonial past – a history little known today.

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Germany beat France on penalties to set up Spain semi-final at women's Euros

Germany moved into the semi-finals at the 2025 women's European championships on Saturday night following a penalty shoot-out victory over France.

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Why do French people want to have fewer children, or none at all?

In the last 20 years, the desire to have children has fallen sharply in France, according to a study published by the French Institute for Demographic Studies last week – and the country's birth rate is at its lowest since the end of the Second World War.

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One teacher’s French love story: 'It changed my life, it gave me my career'

More than a thousand French teachers from around the world gathered this week in Besançon, eastern France, for the 16th World Congress of the International Federation of French Teachers. RFI spoke to a young professor from the University of Madras in India, Srunika Kannan, who is among them.

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