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France v Italy a Rugby World Cup nail-biter

France and Italy will lock horns in their World Cup opener at Twickenham on Saturday without key players. Rugby World Cup 2015: Wesley Fofana out of

France

Les Rencontres d'Arles: pictures from the edge

France

French scientists reveal details of breakthrough in infertility treatment

French researchers have revealed details of what they’re claiming is a breakthrough in infertility treatment. The scientists, in Lyon, have created

Musica

William Christie's 'Musical Gardens'

A very unique festival in the gardens of a country house in Vendée, North-west France; a Baroque music festival in the open air, amid clipped hedges

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Economy

BlaBlaCar receives 'record' new investment

The car-sharing group BlaBlaCar says it’s had $200 million (177 million euros) in new investment – said to be a record for a young French start-up

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: War of words follows military coup

A war of words follows the military coup in Burkina Faso as both the army and transitional powers claim leadership of the country.

France

Charlie Hebdo criticised for cartoon 'mocking drowned Syrian boy'

France’s Charlie Hebdo magazine is courting controversy again – this time with cartoons on migrants. One drawing plays on the harrowing photo of

France

France: PM Valls defends launch of air strikes against ISIL in Syria

There will be no French boots on the ground in Syria. That was the message reiterated on Tuesday by France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls. But he

France

Avalanche in French Alps kills 7

An avalanche has swept through the Massif des Ecrins in the French Alps, killing seven people. The prefect of the region said it hit three groups of

France

French consul in Turkey suspended for boat sales to migrants

A French reporter looking for the source of boats used by refugees to get to Europe from Turkey followed the trail to a shop belonging to the French honorary consul in the port town of Bodrum.

France

Monsanto guilty of chemically poisoning French farmer

A court in Lyon, France has upheld a 2012 ruling finding US biotech company Monsanto guilty of chemically poisoning a French farmer. Grain grower

France

'Olive Tree Killer' rife in Corsica

Some 68 sources of contamination by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa have been identified on Corsica, according to a report by local officials. Known

France

France: welcomes first migrants to come via Germany and Hungary

France has welcomed its first group of migrants to have arrived from Syria and Iraq via Hungary and Germany. 53 people are being housed in university

Cinema

US subprime crisis on screen at Deauville Film Festival

US actor Michael Shannon was at the American Film Festival in Deauville for the launch of ’99 Homes’ by American director Ramin Bahrani. Set in

Economy

Growth in eurozone economy revised upwards

Growth in the eurozone was higher than expected in the second quarter, mainly boosted by activity in Italy and Greece. The single currency’s economy

France

Major UN climate change conference in December 'risks failure'

The French foreign minister says immediate action is needed to ensure the success of a major United Nations conference on climate change at the end

Europe News

French farmers struggle amid slump in milk and meat prices

Thousands of farmers have been protesting in Brussels over falling milk and meat prices – and many of them are from France. Germain Krantz runs a

Cinema

Taste of America comes to Deauville for Film Festival

The 41st Deauville American Film Festival has opened with a special tribute to Canadian actor Keanu Reeves, whose decades-long career has seen him

France

French have strong security interest in fighting ISIL

One year ago, we saw the first US-led air strikes against the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIL) — in August 2014. They targeted jihadist positions

France

French bomber apologises for Rainbow Warrior 'murderous fiasco'

A retired French intelligence agent has apologised for planting explosives in a state-sponsored terror attack that sank the Greenpeace ship Rainbow