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France: man armed with explosives in custody

Wearing a yellow vest, the 45-year-old was demanding protestors be given an audience with the French President.

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Trump card? Strasbourg uses Donald to motivate voters for EU poll

Authorities in Strasbourg have found a novel way of getting voters out for next May’s European Parliament elections: Donald Trump.

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Paris con artist who charged €247 for a taxi ride is jailed

The defendant was not a registered taxi driver and prevented his victims from getting out without paying

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Euroviews. French anti-terror laws are robbing people of their freedom | View

By concentrating power in the hands of the [French] government - completely outside of the normal criminal justice system - administrative [anti-terrorist] control measures are open to abuse and discriminatory application, including toward Muslims.

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French court accepts ñ can be used in national language

Judges overturn earlier ruling that banned parents from officially naming their child Fañch.

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French court says posters showing woman tied to train tracks are legal

A French court has ruled that posters showing a woman tied to train tracks "do not promote violence against women".

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Which EU countries have an issue with the Brexit deal? | Raw Politics

Not every EU country is happy with the draft Brexit agreement between London and Brussels.

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Italian magistrates order for Aquarius migrant boat to be impounded

Italian magistrates have ordered for the MSF-operated Aquarius migrant rescue boat to be impounded.

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Euroviews. France's failure to tackle cigarette smuggling threatens EU safety

France is the most affected EU member state when it comes to cigarette smuggling, and inaction to tackle the problem is endangering Europe's safety.

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Fuel protest clashes

The French government says around 288,000 people took part in fuel price protests over the weekend in which one woman was accidentally killed and over a hundred people were arrested

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Yellow block road: France’s fuel price protests in pictures

The best images from a day of protests in France over rising fuel prices.

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Are France's fuel protests a good idea? | All Views

Euronews' Cristina Abellan Matamoros asked people around France how they feel about the upcoming mass protest.

World News

What will a nuclear waste warning look like in 100,000 years' time?

Experts are trying to come up with the best way to warn Earth's future inhabitants — whether 10,000 or 100,000 years from now — what precisely lies under their feet.

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What are the gilets jaunes so upset about?

Gilets jaunes (yellow vests) are continuing their protests all over France to protest the squeeze of living costs.

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Two dinosaur skeletons reconstructed ahead of Paris auction

Two fossilised dinosaur skeletons dating back to the Jurassic period were assembled in Paris on Tuesday ahead of an auction next week

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Balloons released in Paris to honour victims of 2015 terror attacks

Multicoloured balloons took to the sky above Paris in honour of the 130 victims of attacks on the Bataclan concert hall, Paris cafes and the national stadium.

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Paris honours victims of deadly 2015 terror attacks

It's been three years since France's deadliest ever terror attacks when Paris was hit by a series of coordinated attacks that left over 130 dead

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France's first jailed jihadist: From radicalisation to reformation

Euronews talks to David Vallat, a member of the group responsible for the 1995 bombings in Paris and Lyon and the first jihadist born in France to be imprisoned in France.

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France to 'embed' regulators at Facebook to tackle online hate speech

The French president described the pilot programme — a world first — as "an experiment, but a very important first step."

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French Army seemingly trolls Trump for rain no-show

"It's raining but it's not serious," The French Army tweeted.

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