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France’s government is sounding the alarm about the growing risk of forest fires because of climate change, as hundreds of firefighters in the country’s parched south wrestle with their biggest woodland-destroying blaze so far this year

Amid the tense political atmosphere gripping France as the pension reform crisis continues, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne on Wednesday became the latest member of the Macron government to criticise the Human Rights League, one of France’s oldest NGOs, even accusing it of taking an “ambiguous” stance on Islamism in recent…

France was gripped by an 11th day of strikes and protests against pension reform on Thursday, with air traffic disrupted at Paris's main airport and walkouts hitting the public transport, education, health and energy sectors.

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.

Clashes break out in the French capital and other cities as up one million people join marches across the country

Annie Ernaux, the 2022 Nobel literature laureate, has backed calls for a thorough investigation after four female students said they were sexually assaulted by police in the western city of Nantes following a protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s deeply contentious pension reform.

Town hall’s historic entrance was set alight on Thursday evening as French protests over retirement age continue

Fury at President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to bypass parliament on pension reform has sparked days of unrest across the country, reviving scrutiny of police’s heavy-handed tactics and leaving French cities shrouded in tear gas and smoke – with no end in sight to an increasingly bitter standoff.

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

Protesters cheer as a part of the historic building goes up in flames

There have been 1,200 unauthorised demonstrations in France since last Thursday, "some of them violent", according to Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. There have been hundreds of arrests. Lawyers, magistrates and politicians have accused police officers of using "arbitrary arrest" in an attempt to stifle anti-government protests.