World Germanwings crash: lack of radio contact 'may not be surprising' The French authorities have confirmed that one of the black box flight recorders has been recovered from the site of Tuesday’s passenger plane crash 24/03/2015
France France: Search teams arrive at Germanwings plane crash site A plane carrying 150 people, including a group of schoolchildren, has crashed in the French Alps. Aerial footage shows the wreckage of the Airbus 24/03/2015
France Spanish, French, German leaders extend condolences to air crash disaster families On hearing the Germanwings disaster news, Spanish King Felipe VI aborted an official visit to France. Accompanied by Queen Letizia and flanked by 24/03/2015
France France plane crash: what we know An Airbus A320, operated by Lufthansa subsidiary Germanwings, crashed on Tuesday morning in a remote area of the French Alps. All 150 people on 24/03/2015
France Germanwings crash: search suspended Search called off overnight, 150 people presumed dead after Germanwings airliner crashes in French Alps Recovery teams have suspended the search for 24/03/2015
France New anti-pollution traffic ban cuts congestion, says Paris mayor The number of vehicles clogging up the roads in Paris was sharply reduced on Monday due to anti-pollution measures, according to the authorities. The 23/03/2015
France Sarkozy's UMP party knocks National Front into second place in French local elections Former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservative UMP party and their allies have won the first round of French local elections, denying Marine Le 23/03/2015
France French regional vote: Polls suggest Front National has mediocre first round Initial exit polls suggest Le Pen's Front National has had a disappointing first round in the French elections, while Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP looks set to triumph. 22/03/2015
France France regional elections: exit polls put Sarkozy's UMP in lead Exit polls following the first round of regional elections in France suggest President Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP Party will come out in the lead. The 22/03/2015
Sport World Cup skiing showdown sees Fenninger, Hirscher win big In this edition of Gravity we go to the French ski resort of Méribel as the World Cup draws to a close. The Giant Slalom was run on the Roc de Fer 22/03/2015
France Le Pen's Front National hopes to top local elections in France Voting began on Sunday in the first round of French local elections where the far-right Front National (FN) hopes to come top and consolidate leader 22/03/2015
France 10,000 people in Le Mont-Saint-Michel enjoy 'super moon effect' Ten thousand people have gathered in Le Mont-Saint-Michel in France’s Brittany region to see something unusual: an exceptionally high spring tide 21/03/2015
France Picasso's electrician found guilty of stealing artworks A court in Grasse, in the south of France, has found a couple guilty of stealing 271 artworks by Picasso. Pierre and Danielle Le Guennec were each 20/03/2015
Sport Switzerland win team event at World Cup finals Switzerland stunned the bigger guns to win the Nations Team Event at the World Cup season finals in Meribel. The action-packed parallel event saw 20/03/2015
France Cinema celebrates its 120th birthday It is exactly 120 years since the filming of what is widely considered the first motion picture in history. “Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory” was 19/03/2015
France French comedian Dieudonné guilty of condoning terrorism French comedian Dieudonné has been given a two-month suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of condoning terrorism by a Paris court. Days 18/03/2015
Sport Jansrud wins overall downhill title The men’s downhill title went to Kjetil Jansrud, who kept his composure to clinch the 10th World Cup win of his career and the seventh this winter 18/03/2015
Sport Vonn clinches downhill title in Meribel America’s Lindsey Vonn won the season-ending World Cup downhill at Meribel to secure the discipline’s crystal globe, the 18th of her career. The 18/03/2015
Culture news Selfie stick use splits France's cultural capital Selfie sticks for smartphones are now an everyday sight at tourist attractions worldwide but some users say they are being stopped from taking snaps 18/03/2015
France France passes 'deep sleep' bill for end of life patients French MPs have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the deep sleep bill. The draft law would allow terminally ill patients to opt for a deep sedation until they die. 17/03/2015
Cinema Matthias Schoenaerts, Kristin Scott Thomas co-star in adaptation of 'Suite Francaise' Based on Irène Némirovsky’s novel of the same name, ‘Suite Francaise’ centres on a romance between a French villager and a German soldier during the 17/03/2015
Sport Ibrahimovic faces new ban Sweden’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic could be suspended for losing his temper following PSG’s surprise 3-2 defeat at Bordeaux on Sunday. Although the 16/03/2015
France 2 French police officers on trial over electrocution of 2 youths Two police officers have gone on trial in France over the deaths of two youths that detonated an explosion of violence nearly a decade ago. Officers 16/03/2015
Europe News Strasbourg's Jews fearful, but staying put in France The future of Jews in France became a big issue in Israel’s election campaign after the attack in January on a kosher grocery store in Paris 16/03/2015