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UK: Dover ferry port delays leave France-bound tourists stranded

The summer holiday getaway was not supposed to begin in gridlock!

Sport

Cliff Diving World Series: Reigning champ Hunt pulls off stunning comeback to win in La Rochelle

Britain’s Gary Hunt produced a remarkable comeback to win the La Rochelle stop of the 2016 Red Bull Cliff diving world series – the fourth leg of nine this…

Economy

Eurozone business growth weakens

Economic activity in the eurozone fell less than expected in July, but was still at its lowest since the start of 2015. The Brexit effect was not as bad as economists had feared.

Cinema

A trip down memory lane with re-release of French classic La Grande Vadrouile

In cinema summer is often a season to revisit the classics and enjoy cherished old favourites that we know by heart.

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My Europe Series

Animal cruelty: is violence inherent to abattoirs?

Shocking hidden camera videos have reignited the debate on animal cruelty. We talk to a farmer, abattoir workers and a sociologist about the killing of animals for food.

France

Man arrested in Paris anti-terror raids

A man has been arrested after security forces launched an anti-terror operation in a Paris suburb, swooping on two private residences.

World News

Brexit - a question of timing for Hollande and May

The journey matters as much as the destination for Theresa May, and she is clear she wants to take her time exit the EU.

Sport

Catch Chris Froome if you can as Sky rider wins stage 18

Christopher Froome's thus far unchallenged ride to victory in the 2016 Tour de France continued with a blistering and dominant triumph in the stage 18 time trial.

World News

The quite different states of emergency in France and Turkey

The extraordinary recent events in Turkey and France have led the governments of both countries to declare and extend, respectively, extraordinary measures: a national state of…

Cinema

Spielberg takes us on a magical mystery tour with The BFG

The BFG – based on the 1982 book of the same name by Roald Dahl, – about a young orphan (Ruby Barnhill) taken away by a friendly, big-eared giant (Mark Rylance), marks a return for Steven Spielberg to

France

France forces through controversial labour reform

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has forced a controversial labour reform bill through parliament without a vote.

France

France set to extend emergency rule after Nice attack

French lawmakers have approved a six-month extension of emergency rule, in the wake of last week’s deadly truck attack in Nice.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

World News

Radicalisation the key ISIL strategy

Politicians in the West along with security services, the business community and the general public feel ever more under threat.

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.