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Italy wants French apology over migration 'insults'

France must apologise to end a dispute over over what Rome considers insulting remarks, including some over its handling of immigration, Italy's foreign minister said on Friday, while also signalling the spat might be short-lived.

Reuters

Italian minister scraps trip over French official's remarks

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has abruptly canceled a trip to Paris over remarks by the French interior minister criticizing the Italian premier’s migration policy

The Independent UK

Italian foreign minister calls off Paris trip after French 'insults'

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani called off a trip to Paris on Thursday, saying the French interior minister had offended Italy and its Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with unacceptable "insults".

Reuters

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Independent report slams indiscriminate arrests at French pension protests

French police have made widespread use of “preventive” arrests to quell protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s deeply unpopular pension reform, France’s chief inspector for prisons wrote in a report published on Wednesday, adding her voice to the chorus of condemnation of police tactics.

France 24

World's workers rally to mark May Day as France sees fresh pension protests

People squeezed by inflation and demanding economic justice took to streets across Asia, Europe and the Americas on Monday to mark May Day, in an outpouring of worker discontent not seen since before the worldwide COVID-19 lockdowns.

France 24

France sounds climate change alarm as large wildfire sweeps across border with Spain

French government says fire season is starting earlier because of climate change

Evening Standard

Wildfire on French-Spanish border destroys 1,000 hectares

A wildfire destroyed nearly 1,000 hectares on the French-Spanish border on Sunday and early Monday, authorities said, as parts of southern Europe remain gripped by a drought that is raising fears of a repeat of last summer's exceptional conflagrations.

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Two dead and several missing after dramatic collapse of building in Marseille

Firefighters still working at the scene, which was not yet stabilised hours after the initial explosion

Wales Online

2 bodies are found after a building exploded and collapsed in Marseille, France

Firefighters, with the help of urban rescue experts, worked through the night and all day in a slow race against time to find victims.

WEKU

Four killed in avalanche in the French Alps

Four people have died and nine others have been injured in an avalanche southwest of Mont Blanc in the French Alps, interior minister Gerald Darmanin said on Sunday.

Reuters

Fire hinders rescue mission after Marseille building collapse

Emergency forces were searching for 10 people after a building collapsed in Marseille, but a fire was making rescue efforts difficult.

The New Daily

Ten feared trapped under rubble of collapsed apartment block in Marseille

Local mayor says ‘we have to be prepared to have fatalities in this terrible tragedy’

The Independent UK

Two bodies found after Marseille building destroyed in explosion

Local authorities said six people remain unaccounted for after the blast in the La Plaine neighbourhood

Evening Standard

France: Marseille building collapses, fire stymies rescues

France's interior minister says up to 10 people may be buried under the debris of a building that collapsed following an explosion in France’s port city of Marseille

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French minister blames ultra-left for clashes between police, protesters

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on Wednesday hit back at claims that police are too tough on protesters, telling a parliamentary committee that ultra-left groups were to blame for clashes with environmental activists and people marching against pension reform.

The Independent UK

Pension protests raise tension between police, demonstrators

French authorities see the police as protectors who ensure that citizens can peacefully protest President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious retirement age increase

Radio France Internationale

French police facing criticism for violent behaviour of some officers

As protests against pension reform continue across France, the police have come under severe criticism for the heavy-handed tactics used by some officers during recent demonstrations.

Reuters

Clashes as French protesters rally against Macron's pension bill

Black-clad groups set fire to garbage cans and threw projectiles at police in Paris, who charged at them and threw teargas in confrontations on the fringes of a march against President Emmanuel Macron and his deeply unpopular pension bill.

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The Independent UK

Police vehicles set on fire as French riots continue after King’s visit cancelled

Thousands of protesters demonstrate against the construction of reservoirs in the south of France

The Independent UK

Why are there protests in France?

Emmanuel Macron’s push to raise retirement age without vote in National Assembly sparks nationwide outrage

The Independent UK

Why are there protests in France?

Emmanuel Macron’s push to raise retirement age without vote in National Assembly sparks nationwide outrage

Al Jazeera

Calls for more pension protests as hundreds arrested in France

Interior minister says hundreds of police injured in the most violent day of protests since they began in January.

Reuters

Violent protests in France force postponement of King Charles' visit

Britain's King Charles on Friday cancelled a state visit to France next week after social unrest over President Emmanuel Macron's new pension law erupted into some of the worst street violence seen in years across the country.

Evening Standard

France ready to welcome King Charles despite violent pension protests, says minister

France is ready to welcome Britain's King Charles during his State Visit despite violent protests against pension reforms, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday.

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457 arrested, 441 security forces injured in France unrest

A total of 457 people were arrested and 441 security forces were injured on Thursday during nationwide protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's pensions reform, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.

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