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France stabbings: Man who knifed toddlers 'sat in park every day for a month'

Abdalmasih Hanoun, a Syrian refugee, apparently spent hours sat on benches less than 50 feet from the scene of Thursday’s attack at a riverside park in Annecy, France

Daily Mirror

Toddlers stable after French playground attack, suspect held in custody

Well-wishers laid flowers on Friday at the site in the French mountain town of Annecy where an attacker stabbed four toddlers, as investigators held the asylum-seeking assailant in custody for a second day.

Radio France Internationale

The hero known only as ‘Henri’ who foiled playground knife rampage

A shocked France is hailing a backpacker who put his life on the line to foil a knife-wielding attacker's rampage in a children's playground

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British girl injured in Annecy stabbing was on holiday at time of attack

The knifeman attacked four children – aged between 22 months and three years – and two adults at a lakeside park on Thursday.

The Independent UK

France stabbings: Hero speaks out after chasing knifeman and throwing his bag at him

The philosophy graduate, who is on a pilgrimage of cathedrals in France, has taken to social media to send his thoughts and prayers to the families of the young victims

Daily Mirror

Three-year-old girl from England is stable after being stabbed in France

Authorities said the children were taken to hospital in critical condition

Wales Online

Tranquil French Alps setting shattered by stabbing of four toddlers

A man has stabbed four children, aged between 22 months and three years, in the French mountain town of Annecy.

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Everything we know about suspected France playground attacker after toddlers stabbed

The local French prosecutor said there was “no evidence” terrorism was a motive for the attack which left four children critically ill

The Independent UK

British girl injured in Annecy attack stable in hospital, according to reports

Witnesses said the knifeman repeatedly stabbed a child in a pushchair as part of the horrific attack in the French Alps.

The Independent UK

British child among four severely injured after French playground knife attack - OLD

The suspect, identified as a Syrian with refugee status in Sweden, repeatedly stabbed a child in a pushchair as part of the horrific attack.

The Independent UK

France hopes to get people back into work with 'new' jobseeker agency

The French government is due to present its "full employment" bill to the Council of Ministers this Wednesday in legislation that will create France Travail – the successor to Pôle Emploi, the national jobseeker service.

Radio France Internationale

FTSE 100 posts biggest jump since March as US economy adds 339,000 new jobs – as it happened

US economy added more jobs than forecast last month, with March and April’s data revised higher too, but unemployment rate has jumped to 3.7%

The Guardian - UK

France in 'close discussions' with agency over debt rating

France is in "very close talks" with debt rating agency Standard and Poor's, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Sunday, after a downgrade from rival Fitch reignited government finance concerns in the EU's second-largest economy.

Radio France Internationale

French PM sues biography publisher for violating her privacy

The French prime minister was accused of "censorship" at a court hearing on Wednesday reviewing her decision to sue the publisher of a new biography mentioning intimate details of her private life.

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France unveils plan to radically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions

The French government has unveiled an ambitious plan to accelerate cuts to its greenhouse gas emissions, targeting a reduction of 50 percent by 2030 compared with 1990 levels.

Radio France Internationale

France sends top ministers to reconnect with people on Reunion Island

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has travelled to Reunion Island to “understand” and address the “daily preoccupations” of residents living in the Indian Ocean overseas department.

Radio France Internationale

France's Constitutional Council rejects plan for referendum on pension reform

Anti-pension reform campaigners were on Thursday considering their next step after France's Constitutional Council rejected a second attempt to organise a referendum on the legal retirement age.

Radio France Internationale

Macron faces May Day protests over divisive French pensions law

France's President Emmanuel Macron faces more nationwide protests on Monday as he seeks to steer the country on from a divisive pension law that has sparked anger, pan-bashing and social unrest.

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Macron Faces Labor Day Protests over Divisive Pension Law

France's President Emmanuel Macron faces more nationwide protests on Monday as he seeks to steer the country on from a divisive pension law that has sparked anger, pan-bashing and social unrest. Last month he signed a law to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, despite months of strikes…

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French PM lays out 100-day government roadmap, delays immigration bill

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has outlined the government’s priorities for the next 100 days, but the controversial immigration bill has been pushed back to the autumn.

Reuters

French PM delays immigration bill over lack of majority

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Wednesday that she would push plans for a new immigration law to the autumn for lack of enough support in parliament to get it adopted at this stage.

Radio France Internationale

Why are talks between Paris and New Caledonia’s rival groups deadlocked?

The French government is trying to renew dialogue between New Caledonia’s pro and anti-independence groups. Negotiations broke down after a third referendum in 2021 rejected full sovereignty for the Pacific Ocean island group.

WEKU

French President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 was enacted into law Saturday. The authorized changes will start being implemented in September.

Reuters

After pension reform battle, Macron weakened but unbowed

Hours before France's top judges breathed new life into his widely denounced plans to make people work longer for their state pensions, President Emmanuel Macron was his usual defiant self.

Radio France Internationale

France's Constitutional Council approves raising retirement age from 62 to 64

France's Constitional Council on Friday sanctioned the controversial core of President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform - the plan to raise the legal retirement age from 62 to 64.

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