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Johnson hosts Macron in London for de Gaulle anniversary

Boris Johnson hosts Emmanuel Macron on the 80th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle's famous speech from WWII

France

It is 80 years since France's fight back against the Nazis began

By June 1940, France had given up the fight against Adolf Hitler. Charles de Gaulle wasn't having any of it.

France

Nothing Lidl about crowds as surge makes supermarket scrap PS4 sale

The games console had been offered at a discounted €95 at a store in Orgeval.

France

Police brutality in spotlight after clashes at health workers protest

The images of violence ending the peaceful protest of the health workers in France has sparked a heated debate

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France

Sanofi invests €610 million in French vaccine research and production

Emmanuel Macron visited Sanofi's laboratory as they announced an investment in two French centres for production and research.

France

Chaos in Dijon after armed gangs burn cars and face off with police

The violence on Monday was believed to be a local reaction to three days of violence by Chechen gangs in Dijon.

France

Luce Douady, 16-year-old French world climbing champion, dies

Douady was considered one of the most promising young climbers in France.

France

France backtracks on chokehold ban after police protests

The interior ministry said that it would no longer teach the controversial technique but would not ban it outright.

Green News

What a 15-year-old and an 80-year-old can teach us about biodiversity

One makes a difference in the Amazon, while the other effects change from his back garden in France.

France

Police in France protest chokehold ban and racism accusations

"The police is not racist... it saves lives whatever the colour of the individual's skin," a police union told reporters.

Europe News

PIP breast implants: Only French victims can claim damages, rules ECJ

PIP sold an estimated one million faulty breast implants in 65 countries around the world.

Tunisia

Tunisian MPs reject asking France to apologise for 'colonial crimes'

The motion did not pass amid fears it would jeopardise relations with France, Tunisia's most important commercial partner.

France

French scientific council advises against second lockdown

France is preparing the end of its health emergency from July 10 followed by a period of four months in which the Prime Minister can re-issue a lockdown.

France

Paris prosecutor to investigate France's handling of COVID-19 crisis

The investigation follows dozen of complaints over failures to implement COVID-19 safety measures.

France

French woman hides homemade face masks for those in need

Demand for face masks has arguably never been higher after the World Health Organization recently began recommending people wear them to guard against COVID-19.

France

France vows 'zero tolerance' against racist police officers

"Racism has no place in society, let alone in our republican police," French interior minister Christophe Castaner said on Monday as he unveiled measures to tackle the problem.

France

Rwanda genocide: French court ruling could shed light on France's role

A court ruling in France could pave the way to opening up files that could shed light on what the French government knew and did about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

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Ceremony honouring the fallen on D-Day in Normandy

A small ceremony was held on Saturday morning at Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-Sur-Mer on the 76th anniversary of the D-Day landings, to honour the sacrifice of those who died.

France

Normandy landings anniversary marked on Omaha beach despite pandemic

A small ceremony was held in Saint-Laurent-Sur-Mer on Saturday morning to honour the sacrifice of those who died in the D-Day landings in June 1944.

Mali

French forces kill Al-Qaeda's North African commander

Abdelmalek Droukdel was widely seen as the symbolic leader of Al-Qaeda’s north African branch, whose operational centre was northern Mali, where he was killed.