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China’s DeepSeek AI chatbot may have rattled US tech giants, but in Europe some industry players see a potential advantage.

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi. There’s “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, Ollia Horton’s “Happy Moment”, and Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan” – all that, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the…

Five years after Brexit, the European Union appears to be setting the agenda in trade talks with Britain. Britons, meanwhile, are divided over whether the political and economic separation has been a success.

Paris Saint-Germain will face Brest in an all-French clash for a place in the last-16 of the Champions League following a draw for the two-leg play-offs on Friday in the Swiss city of Nyon.

British singer and actress Marianne Faithfull, who died at the age of 78, had deep connections to France and particularly Paris – where she had lived for over two decades.

French forces have withdrawn from Chad after 65 years, although France maintains that military cooperation will continue.

France host Wales on Friday night in the opening game of the 2025 Six Nations seeking a first title in the tournament since rampaging past all contenders for the 2022 crown.

The Israeli military said on Saturday three hostages freed by Hamas were now in the custody of its forces in the Gaza Strip, including French-Israeli national Ofer Kalderon.

The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 moved south as it closed in on a key military airport in DR Congo on Friday, a day after pledging to take the capital Kinshasa and as international criticism mounted.

Haute Couture Week opened in Paris this week with Schiaparelli’s traditional show and what may have been Maria Grazia Chiuri’s final collection for Dior. Both fashion houses looked to the past for inspiration, while speculation over major designer moves continues.

More than 1,600 people have fled their homes in western France as a third major storm in a week brought record rainfall and extreme flooding.