Sport Chris Froome edges closer to third Tour de France title Britain’s Chris Froome took another big step towards a third Tour de France title when he dropped his main rivals in the finale of the 17th stage, a gruelling 184 km trek won by Russian Ilnur Zakarin 20/07/2016
France French Muslims apprehensive and alienated France is home to over 6 million Muslims around 9.6 percent of the population, the largest Muslim minority in Europe. 20/07/2016
France 'Paris Plage' beach festival opens amid heightened security The annual Paris Plage beach festival has kicked off in the French capital, amid heightened security measures. 20/07/2016
France Boosted reservist force a 'National Guard' for France, says Hollande Francois Hollande has called on reservists to boost security in the wake of the attack in Nice. 20/07/2016
No Comment Nice slowly returns to normal after attack Signs of normality could be seen returning to the Nice beachfront on Tuesday, July 19, five days after the Bastille Day truck attack that left 84 people dead. 20/07/2016
France French parliament votes to extend state of emergency France's lower house of parliament has voted early to extend a state of emergency nationwide for another six months. Critics say that it is too little too late. 20/07/2016
France France's National Assembly votes to extend state of emergency for six months France is currently debating new emergency powers at the request of the government in the wake of the Nice attack. 20/07/2016
France Muslims mourn their dead after Bastille Day truck attack in Nice All 84 people killed in the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice have now been identified. 19/07/2016
France Family of four seriously injured in French Alps knife attack A man has stabbed and wounded a woman and her three daughters in the French Alps for being scantily dressed, according to local media reports. 19/07/2016
No Comment Nice memorial for minute's silence Drone footage shows the thousands of people who gathered along the Promenade des Anglais for a minute of silence in memory of the Nice truck attack victims. 19/07/2016
France French leaders jeered during tribute to Nice victims Shouts of “where were the police” rang out as crowds jeered France’s Prime Minister during a tribute to victims of last week’s truck attack in Nice. 18/07/2016
Sport Tour de France: Sagan outsprints Kristoff to claim Stage 16 Slovakia’s Peter Sagan timed his sprint perfectly to claim Stage 16 of the Tour de France. 18/07/2016
France Terrorist attacks: Why France? The last 18 months have seen France suffer three deadly attacks that left more than 231 dead and hundreds injured. 18/07/2016
France Bastille Day killer ate pork, drank alcohol, then radicalised very quickly - prosecutor The man who rammed a lorry into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice showed signs of radicalisation only shortly before his attack, which killed 84 people and injured scores, Paris prosecutor Fran 18/07/2016
France France: Anti-government anger as Nice honours truck victims Jeers and calls for France’s political leaders to resign overshadowed a minute’s silence in the southern coastal city of Nice on Monday as Prime Minister Manuel Valls and others paid tribute to the vi 18/07/2016
France Nice attack - what we know about the victims Following the attack on Friday in which a suspected terrorist drove a truck through crowds of Bastille Day revelers, the dust in Nice is starting to settle, and the victims of the attack that left 84 18/07/2016
France France holds one minute silence for victims of Nice truck attack Prime Minister Manuel Valls joined thousands packing the Nice seafront for a minute of silence in homage to the victims. 18/07/2016
France Anger as search for missing relatives in Nice continues For two days Tahar Mejri searched the hospitals of Nice for his missing son, having already lost his wife Olfa. 17/07/2016
France 49.3, French politics' imperfect number Politics, it is often said, is about compromise. But for the French government at the moment compromise on the contentious issue of labour reform is 17/07/2016
France Attack in Nice: France calls up 12,000 reservists as security questions mount Amid a wave of mounting criticism, France has called up 12,000 police reservists to help boost security in the wake of Thursday’s attack in Nice. 17/07/2016
Sport Tour de France: Mark Cavendish closes in on Eddy Merckx's record Mark Cavendish collected his fourth stage win at the 2016 Tour of France. 16/07/2016
France Can France prevent another attack? The French authorities are now faced with an enormous security challenge: how do they prevent another Nice style atrocity? 16/07/2016
France Attack on Nice: France seeks answers to what drove killer As France tries to come to terms with the horror of Thursday night’s events in Nice which saw 84 people killed, including at least 10 children, investigators are still focusing on what pushed Mohamed 16/07/2016
France Running for cover in Nice With France reeling from last night’s attack in Nice which claimed the lives of 84 people, investigators are still trying to work out why a man with no apparent links to a terror organisation would co 15/07/2016
Sport Tour de France: Dumoulin claims Stage 13 as Froome extends overall lead Tom Dumoulin won the 13th stage of the Tour de France, which resumed under heightened security following the Nice terror attack. 15/07/2016
France Paris Prosecutor says Nice attack bears hallmarks of Islamic terrorism A terror inquiry has been launched into Thursday night’s attack in Nice that killed at least 84 people and wounded scores more. 15/07/2016