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Wave of polar air threatens Europe-wide cold snap

Along with the arrival of December could be the arrival of a fresh wave of cold polar air, according to weather experts.

Ivory Coast

EU's most wanted criminals on run for over 20 years arrested

Lacote was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud in an organised gang, death threats and participation in an association of criminals. Van Acker was given two years as an accomplice.

France

Winegrowers release Beaujolais amid challenges at home and abroad

Some growers had their production hit by an untimely frost on the vineyards this year, while Donald Trump's wine tax has complicated the export market

Ireland

More than a dozen migrants found in lorry on France-Ireland ferry

More than a dozen migrants have been found in the back of a lorry on a Stena Line ferry en route to Ireland.

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France

Court acquits mountain guide charged with helping asylum seekers

The volunteer faced a three-month suspended sentence if the court had upheld his conviction for “facilitating irregular entry”

France

#MovieMoney: French police warn of fake bank notes in circulation

Fake bank notes create filmic furore. Made to be used in films, the shonky sheets have been circulated in eastern France and beyond

France

Pregnant woman, 29, mauled to death by dogs in northern France

Police have launched a manslaughter investigation after a pregnant woman was mauled to death by dogs while she was out walking near her home in northern France.

France

French nannies strike against government 'coercive' reform

The strike is a "big shot of anger" at "purely budgetary logics which should not apply to childcare," a spokesperson for the movement told Euronews.

France

Insufficiencies in French justice system on violence against women

As France has a national conversation on violence against women, a new report looks at the country's efforts to better their legal system.

France

Watch: Beaujolais Nouveau ready for release amid US tariff tension

Beaujolais Nouveau is always released on the third Thursday in November, at 12.01am.

World News

Two dead and several injured after bridge collapses in France

A suspension bridge near Toulouse collapsed as a lorry, a car and possibly a van were crossing

France

Violence as 'yellow vest' protesters mark one-year anniversary

Did you forget about France's fluorescently-clad protesters? Well, on Saturday, they were back to show their frustrations haven't gone away.

France

France to end tax breaks for palm oil in biofuel

France's parliament on Friday voted to remove tax breaks for the use of palm oil as a biofuel, a day after a ruling in favour of maintaining the advantage led to howls of protests from environmentalists.

France

A year on, is the future bright for France's 'yellow vest' protesters?

“It would just take one mistake from the government for the fire to resume," says Jerome Rodrigues, who said he lost his sight in one eye in clashes with police.

France

Thousands of French hospital workers protest years of cutbacks

"Exhausted caregivers = endangered patients", "Public hospitals in life-threatening emergency" were some of the protesters' mottos.

World News

MEPs reject Hungary's pick for EU commissioner... again

It hasn't been second time lucky for Budapest, so far.

Spain

Police clash with Catalan independence activists on border with Spain

Police were dispersing hundreds of Catalan pro-independence demonstrators who had been blocking a major road link that connects the Spanish region with France for nearly 24 hours.

France

Four injured as unusually strong earthquake hits France

The quake was felt from Lyon to Montpellier

France

Watch back: France marks 101st anniversary of WWI armistice signing

French President Emmanuel Macron marked the 101st anniversary of the end of World War I.

Destinations

New eco-luxury wooden houses open for booking in France

We stayed at Cottages Antoinette, a trio of unusual accommodation overlooking a sea of vines in the Champagne region.

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