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Scattered Protests Continue as Paris Reels From Violence

Protesters angry at French President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms continued with scattered actions on Friday amid slowed train traffic, rows of trucks blocking access to Marseille's commercial port and debris still littering the Paris streets following the previous day's mass demonstrations. Over 450 protesters were arrested in Paris and beyond…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Marseille city guide: Where to eat, sleep and drink in France’s cool, coastal second city

Nicola Stewart shares everything you need to know to plan the perfect weekend in this dynamic port city

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Marseille carnival melds resistance with revelry

On a sunny afternoon in the center of Marseille in southern France, traffic was stopped as the sound of drumming and a swarm of rollicking beasts filled the streets.

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Flights cancelled as French air traffic controllers protest pension reform

The French civil aviation authority asked airlines on Monday to cancel 20 percent of their flights at Paris-Orly and Marseille-Provence airports for Tuesday and Wednesday, due to a strike by air traffic controllers against pension reform.

Radio France Internationale

France’s unions have put up one hell of a fight – and sent a message to the rest of Europe

President Macron is facing a titanic battle to secure his pension changes. This standoff sets the tone for future battles elsewhere, says Cole Stangler, a journalist based in Marseille

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Man Utd star and two-time title winner is unrecognisable in throwback picture

Manchester United supporters are very familiar with this goalkeeper, who played for their club between 2000 and 2004 during a vintage era - but he looked very different then

Daily Mirror

'Mafia Africa': A deep dive into Nigerian organised crime in France

Nigerian crime is synonymous with cyber crime, and variants of the original so-called 419 scam. These are emails where the suspect claims to be a prince or princess without access to their riches, and promise to share their windfall if we help them out financially. The victim's bank account is…

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Richarlison can repay £60m Tottenham transfer fee by fulfilling Champions League dream vs Milan

Richarlison has yet to score for Tottenham since his Champions League double in their Group D opener against Marseille at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at the start of September

Football London

PSG suffer Kimpembe blow after Messi and Mbappé orchestrate romp at Marseille

Ligue 1 pacesetters Paris Saint-Germain confirmed on Monday key defender Presnel Kimpembe will miss the rest of the season after rupturing his achilles tendon during Sunday night's 3-0 victory over Marseille.

Radio France Internationale

Marseille relish chance to pressure PSG in race for Ligue 1 crown

With the benefit of hindsight, Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille clashes have prefigured current economic worries – a whole heap of inflation without the boom – so far ahead have PSG been.

Radio France Internationale

Eurostar and airlines hit with disruption as French strikes kick off over half term

EasyJet, Ryanair, British Airways and Air France have been hit by air traffic controller strikes part of a movement against the raising of the pension age, with airports in Paris, Toulouse, Marseille, Lyon, Montpellier and Nantes impacted

Daily Mirror

State of Emergency at PSG ahead of Bayern Champions League Clash

Having shown worrying shortcomings in all departments this year, Paris St Germain desperately need to get their act together if they want to stand a chance against Bayern Munich in their Champions League last 16 clash next week. The Ligue 1 leaders have lost three games in 2023, the latest…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ryanair adds new routes from Prestwick Airport with flights for under £10 starting next month

Flights to Marseille in France and Pisa and Italy have been added in time for the Summer 2023 season

Daily Record

Pope planning India, Mongolia trips after Lisbon, Marseille

Pope Francis is planning to visit India next year and is studying a possible trip to Mongolia later this year

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Paris Olympics torch relay to start in Marseille

The southern port city of Marseille will host the Olympic flame in April 2024 before it continues its journey across France to Paris, organisers announced on Friday.

France 24

Paris 2024 Olympic torch relay to begin in Marseille after arriving from Greece by sea

The Paris Olympics torch relay will start in France's southern port city of Marseille in April 2024, organizers announced Friday, after arriving by ship from Greece.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Olympic Flame to Take Seaborne Journey to 2024 Paris Games

The Olympic flame is going for a sail. Instead of arriving overland, the symbolic flame alighting the 2024 Paris Games will take to the seas from its birthplace in Greece, arriving aboard a three-masted tall ship in the French port of Marseille. Paris organizers announced the flame’s journey on Friday…

The Independent UK

Olympic flame to take seaborne journey to 2024 Paris Games

The Olympic flame is going for a sail

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French city of Marseille struggles to provide decent housing to residents

In France, between 450,000 and 600,000 people live in accommodation that is deemed not fit for purpose. The southern city of Marseille is particularly affected. Our reporters Julia Guggenheim and Jonathan Walsh met local residents, four years on from the tragedy in Marseille's central rue d'Aubagne, where eight people died…

Radio France Internationale

Ligue 1, Scene 2: PSG lead but plot thickens

Fittingly, a rumbustious Breton derby launched the second half of the Ligue 1 season with seventh-placed Lorient entertaining fifth-placed Rennes at the Stade du Moustoir.

France 24

A forgotten crime: Remembering the 1943 Marseille roundup

In this edition on Holocaust Memorial Day, we discover a little-known chapter of French history. In 1943, the Germans had occupied the southern French port city of Marseille. With its working class, immigrant and Jewish neighbourhoods around the Old Port, the city had come to represent everything that Hitler and…

Daily Mirror

10 no-fly holidays you can book under £200 including Vienna, Milan and Paris

Geneva, Paris, Bruges, Milan and Marseilles are just some of the amazing holiday destinations in 2023 which can be reached on a train from the UK in a few hours and for less than £100

Football London

Son Heung-min reveals talks over injury concerns as Tottenham star admits face mask problem

Son Heung-min has had to play with a face mask since November after sustaining a fracture around his left eye during the first half of Tottenham's Champions League win vs Marseille

Daily Mirror

Best European cities for winter sun including Barcelona, Seville and Marseille

Historical cities in Spain, Cyprus and Malta are good sunny bets for those looking to get away from the UK and its increasingly short and chilly days ahead of Christmas

The Conversation

A hydrogen pipeline is being built between Barcelona and Marseille – but can it help in the transition to cleaner energy?

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