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Deadly storms in South of France cause travel chaos

Severe storms in the south of France have left three people dead and caused major travel chaos in Languedoc. A couple in their eighties were killed

23/08/2015

Sport

Ogier on course for third World Rally Championship title

Sebastian Ogier finished the three-day asphalt Rally of Germany 23 seconds ahead of his team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala. Fellow Volkswagen Polo Rally

23/08/2015

France

'Dude, I tried to shoot him': video shows moments after train attack in France

Video footage is released showing moments after suspected gunman in Thalys train attack is restrained in the carriage.

23/08/2015

France

France train gunman suspected to have ties to 'radical Islamist movement'

Fingerprint evidence has shown the heavily-armed man suspected of launching an attack on a French train is a Moroccan national known to the European

23/08/2015

France

Is airport-style security now needed for train travel?

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has called for urgent talks with other European governments to seek more security on cross-border railway

22/08/2015

France

'Train terror attack': Praise for passengers who tackled gunman

Presidents and prime ministers have praised passengers who disarmed a suspected Islamist gunman apparently poised to commit mass murder on a busy

22/08/2015

France

Passengers speak out about taking on France train gunman

Several passengers intervened to overpower a heavily armed man on a French train on Friday evening. The attacker had seriously wounded two people

22/08/2015

France

American passengers overpower armed attacker on French train

An anti-terrorism inquiry was launched in France on Friday, after an armed man injured three people, two of them seriously, on a train before being

21/08/2015

France

American passengers overpower armed attacker on French train

Three people have been wounded in a shooting on board a high speed train en route from Amsterdam to Paris. One of those reportedly injured is

21/08/2015

France

[In pictures] Paris migrants take over disused school

21/08/2015

France

France: Le Pens further divided as National Front votes to oust founder

The rift deepens between one of France's most controversial families as the National Front's Jean-Marie Le Pen is voted out of the party he founded.

21/08/2015

France

Le Pen: Jean-Marie excluded from France's Front National

Jean-Marie Le Pen has been suspended from France’s National Front, the party he co-founded. The Honorary Party President triggered the showdown by

20/08/2015

France

Fire at Paris science museum blazes for six hours

A major fire at one of Europe’s biggest science museums, the Cite des Sciences in Paris, has been brought under control after raging for six hours

20/08/2015

France

Calais struggles with its migrant hotspot status

With their eyes on the UK, Calais in France is the last stop on a long journey migrants hope will end on the other side of the Channel. In 1999 the

20/08/2015

France

Britain, France seek to tackle Calais migrant crisis

Britain and France plan to work together more closely to stem the flow of migrants into the UK. The two countries’ interior ministers agreed on

20/08/2015

France

British and French ministers to sign Calais migrant deal

French and UK ministers are set to sigh a deal over migrant security in Calais as thousands live in squalid conditions waiting to cross into Britain.

20/08/2015

Sport

Marseille appoint former Real Madrid player Michel as manager

Out-of-sorts French first division side Marseille have appointed former Real Madrid player Michel as the club’s new manager. The 52-year-old Spaniard

19/08/2015

France

French boy, 6, first to receive 3D-printed prosthetic limb

A six-year-old boy from Isère has become the first person in France to receive an ultra-low-cost prosthetic limb. Costing less than 50 euros to

17/08/2015

France

Road deaths in France hit three-year high in July

14/08/2015

France

Paris beach party stirs geopolitical tensions

A summertime beach event in Paris has sparked geopolitical tensions. Hundreds of police have been deployed for the Tel-Aviv sur Seine celebration

13/08/2015

France

Hermione returns from historic voyage after making history of its own

The return Atlantic crossing was a rough one, with the ocean baring its teeth to greet Hermione from Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, the last land before

10/08/2015

France

Hero's welcome for French replica ship Hermione after US voyage

The replica ship, the Hermione, arrived back in France on Monday to a hero’s welcome, after an historic trans-Atlantic voyage celebrating past and

10/08/2015

France

Parents leave girl, 3, at French motorway services

10/08/2015

Sport

Marseille coach quits after just one match of the new season

Marseille coach Marcelo Bielsa has quit his post after just one match of the new season. Marseille manager Bielsa quit after the team's first match

09/08/2015

France

French hostage arrives in Paris after months held captive in Yemen

Back home, a Frenchwoman abducted in Yemen in February has arrived safely in Paris after being freed by her captors. Development worker Isabelle

07/08/2015

France

Jenson Button fears gas was used during Cote D'Azur burglary

A spokesperson for Jenson Button thinks anaesthetic gas was piped through the air conditioning during a burglary at his holiday villa in the South of

07/08/2015