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'New jobs plan' for France after National Front election scare

The French government is reportedly promising new measures to boost employment in the wake of the regional election results which saw a record score

France

French police hunt for man who stabbed teacher as a "DAESH warning"

A huge manhunt is underway in St Denis north of Paris after a teacher was stabbed in a nursery school before classes began. Police immediately sealed

France

'Une petite surprise' for France's far-right National Front

France’s far-right National Front has failed to win the big breakthrough it was hoping for in Sunday’s (December 13) local election run-offs after

France

France's far-right fails to win a single region in elections

There was applause for the leader but the indications are France’s far-right National Front has failed to win a single region in the second round of

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Defeat for Marine Le Pen - exit polls

Defeat for France’s far-right National Front party in three key target regions according to exit polls. Leader Marine Le Pen lost out to the

Sport

Kristoffersen stuns Hirscher in Val d'Isere

Hello and welcome back to Gravity. A host of big names, including the likes of Jean-Claude Killy, Franz Klammer, Ingemar Stenmark, Hermann Maier and

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Paris remembers one month after the attacks in the French capital

Paris was in sombre mood on a dull December day. It is one month since the City of LIghts suffered its darkest day since World War 2. Flowers and

France

France goes to the polls in regional elections

It is the run-off in regional elections in France with indications that the turn out is around 60 percent – an approximate 10 percent rise from the

France

COP21 Delegates vote to adopt historic deal

Nightfall in Paris has brought the promise of a new dawn in the bid to arrest global warming. One hundred and ninety five countries have agreed a

Sport

UEFA Euro 2016 draw: Roy Hodgson's men to face Wales in France

With six months to go before the Euro 2016 gets underway in France, a host of big names from the world of football gathered at the Palais des Congrès

World News

Football: EURO 2016 draw

The draw for the final stages of the European Football Championship has just taken place in Paris. The 24 teams will compete in six groups starting

Sport

Hirscher triumphs in Val d'Isere

Austria’s Marcel Hirscher earned a record fifth win in Val d’Isere on Saturday with a dominating performance in a World Cup giant slalom on the

France

COP 21 proposed deal to keep temperatures below 2C

An historic deal, sustainable and for life. The enthusiasm from leaders at the COP 21 climate change conference has been effusive after reaching a

France

Paris climate talks: Fabius announces "ambitious" final draft

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has presented a landmark climate deal in Paris. The accord, which he described as “historic and ambitious” was

France

COP21: climate campaigners set 'red line' for leaders to strike deal

Climate campaigners laid out a red line at the COP21 venue in Paris on Saturday – to pile pressure on leaders to reach the right deal. After all of

France

COP21: climate deal draft agreed after marathon talks

Negotiators at the UN-sponsored climate summit in Paris have come up with a draft agreement that will be presented to ministers at 1030 GMT, a French

France

COP21 deal won't happen before Saturday, says French minister

A climate change deal won’t be agreed at the global COP21 meeting in Paris until at least Saturday, according to the French minister in charge of the

France

COP21: new draft accord raises hopes of sealing climate deal

The heat is on to seal a deal on the final day of the COP21 climate conference in Paris. After lots of talking in the French capital, a new draft

France

COP21 activists keep hope alive as zero hour arrives for climate deal

Many activists at the COP21 are now worried that the summit may decide to go for a deal everyone can agree on rather than the deal the planet needs

Sport

Benzema suspended from France team

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has been suspended from the France national team due to his alleged attempt to blackmail international teammate