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Stance of German alliance’s leader could herald closer ties with France but ‘debt brake’ poses obstacle to spending

Ireland had their hopes of an historic third straight outright Six Nations title dented by defeat to France

There’s been a global trend in the reduction of aid to Africa since 2018. Donors are shifting their funding priorities in response to domestic and international agendas. Germany, France and Norway, for instance, have all reduced their aid to Africa in the past five years. And, in 2020, the UK…

France’s framework agriculture law passed last week will not resolve all problems facing farmers, Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said Monday, visiting the annual agriculture fair in Paris, a rite of passage for all French politicians.

An inspection of the UK’s five short-term holding facilities in France in November 2024 found there were ‘too many shortcomings’ in safeguarding.

Prime Minister Francois Bayrou’s recent remarks that there was a feeling France was being "flooded" by foreigners outraged the left, but were welcomed by conservatives and the far right. While research shows there is no migrant "flood", perceptions are another matter. But what story do the figures tell?

Eva Longoria has confessed she regrets wearing $39 dress on the red carpet when she was invited to the glitzy Cannes Film Festival in France for the first time.

Ms Pelicot’s lawyer Stéphane Babonneau said his client’s bravery had encouraged alleged victims in the trial of surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec, accused of abusing hundreds of patients

A former surgeon is to go on trial in France on Monday charged with raping or sexually assaulting almost 300 former patients, most of them children.

For the 41-year-old brothers, returning to their flat is bittersweet. Their apartment was more than just a home. It was once a stage, a space where they performed original theatre plays away from the watchful eye of the Bashar al-Assad regime

France's largest-ever child sexual abuse case opens Monday in Brittany, with Joel Le Scouarnec accused of raping and sexually assaulting hundreds of young patients in various hospitals over decades. Echoing the recent Pellicot scandal, the trial raises questions about institutional failures in the French healthcare system.