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Eurozone GDP growth slows in Q2, French economy stalls

The eurozone's economic growth slowed between April and June. It was 0.3 percent quarter-on-quarter, half of the 0.6 percent growth recorded in the first three months of 2016.

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Watch some of France's best young gymnasts in 360-degree video

Gymnasts from the French club Val de Saone demonstrate their acrobatic routine, ahead of their participation at Eurogym 2016.

France

Corsica: dissident groups threatens retaliation if ISIL attacks

The so-called Islamic State is being warned there will be reprisals, if it targets the Mediterranean island of Corsica.

Business Series

EDF approves controversial Hinkley Point nuclear reactors, UK government delays with inquiry

French energy firm EDF has given the go ahead for Britain's first new nuclear plant in decades despite warnings the project could bankrupt it, but the UK government has ordered an inquiry.

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France

Reporting on terror: drawing the line between wanting and needing to know

Photos and videos of the recent attacks in France and those suspected of perpetrating them have been continuously featured across Europe’s news channels and other…

Russia

Moscow airport workers plead guilty over Total CEO's fatal jet crash

Two Moscow airport workers plead guilty to causing the jet crash that killed Total's CEO Christophe de Margerie in 2014.

World News

"France is still France, Mr Trump"

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls reacted with anger at US Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s assertion that “France is no longer France”.

World News

'World is at war', Pope on recent attacks

Pope Francis has said that the recent string of attacks, including the killing of a French priest, was proof the 'world is at war' but 'not a war of religions'.

France

Unity, Security, Solidarity: religious leaders meet French president after Normandy church attack

Religious leaders in France called for unity and solidarity after meeting with President Francois Hollande.

France

Priest killer was "under surveillance" yet still attacked French church

Shocked residents in Saint Etienne du Rouvray in Normandy have paid their respects with candles and flowers after the brutal killing of a catholic priest.

France

France demonstrates solidarity after second terror attack in two weeks

France is reeling from a second terror attack in under two weeks.

France

President Hollande speaks of "severe Islamist threat" following priest murder

Following the murder of an elderly priest in a church in northern France by two men thought to be linked to ISIL, French President Francois Hollande has warned that the militant threat in the country

France

Normandy church assailant identified as Adel Kermiche

One of the two Normandy church knifemen has been formally identified as Adel Kermiche, according to the Paris prosecutor leading the investigation.

Europe News

Terrorism expert calls latest attack a direct attack on rural, Catholic France

Belgian terror expert says latest attack in France is a direct attack on rural, Catholic France

Europe News

Latest attack in France provokes rural, Catholic France, says expert Didier Leroy

The latest terrorist attack in France is highly symbolic as it directly targets a Christian place of worship but it is not the start of a religious war, says Belgian researcher Didier Leroy.

France

Vatican condemns 'barbarous killing' of priest in French church

The Vatican has condemned what it called the “barbarous killing” of a Catholic priest with a knife in a French church.

France

ISIL says its 'soldiers' murdered elderly priest in French church attack

The group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL) says two of its “soldiers” carried out a church attack in the French region of Normandy in which a priest was murdered and worshippers taken…

France

ISIL 'soldiers' carried out France church attack, murdering Catholic priest

The group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL) says two of its “soldiers” carried out a church attack in the French region of Normandy in which a priest was murdered and worshippers taken…

France

Nice attack: French president seeks to defuse row over security report 'alterations'

The French president has sought to defuse a row over allegations government officials tried to alter a report into the Bastille Day attack in Nice.

Sport

Magnificent Froome seals third Tour de France title

Chris Froome became the eighth man to win the Tour de France at least three times after safely negotiating an uneventful final stage that ended in Paris.