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Elshorbagy continues his World Series winning streak with victory in El Gouna

World number one Mohamed Elshorbagy continued his dominance of the PSA World Series after reining supreme at his home event.

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Europe Weekly: Abdeslam extradited to France

In this edition of Europe Weekly: Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam is extradited from Belgium to France; the Maelbeek metro station reopens; the

Sport

Egypt's Elshorbagy faces Frenchman Gaultier in El Gouna final

Egypt’s Mohamed Elshorbagy has powered his way through to the final of this year’s El Gouna International in the Red Sea resort. He thrashed

France

Unrest and arrests in Paris over labour reforms

A violent day came to a violent end in Paris on Thursday as police clashed with activists occupying a prominent square to protest at labour reforms

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Student protest turns ugly

Tens of thousands of young people and union members joined street protests across France against a labour reform bill that parliament will debate

France

UK to pay for Calais 'wall' to deter migrants

Migrants in the French port of Calais are resorting to increasingly desperate measures to get to Britain. After the so-called Jungle camp was

France

Clashes in Paris at French labour reform bill protest

Police clashed with protesters in Paris on Thursday. Thousands of protesters took part in a march against a labour reform bill in Paris on Thursday

Sport

Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho suspended for 30 days

UEFA has provisionally suspended Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho for 30 days after he failed an anti-doping test. The 26-year-old France

France

Paris attacks suspect Abdelslam at high-security Paris prison

Key suspect in the Paris Attacks, Salah Abdelslam, has spent his first night at Europe’s biggest prison. He will be kept in solitary confinement at

Belgium

Salah Abdeslam 'as bright as an empty ashtray', says his lawyer

“He has the intelligence of an empty ashtray, he is abysmally vacuous.” That was the stinging character assassination of Salah Abdeslam, the man

Sport

Squash: World number one Elshorbagy into El Gouna last eight

World number one and home hope Mohamed Elshorbagy advanced to the quarter-finals of the last PSA World Series event of the season in El Gouna

Cinema

Best foot forward for Millepied in documentary 'Reset'

Benjamin Millepied's tenure at Paris' premier ballet company is the subject of a new documentary by French filmmakers Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai.

Economy

Surprise fall in French jobless total, but underlying trend still grim

The number of people claiming unemployment benefit dropped by 60,000 in March, but much of the decline came from people not updating their job-seeking status so they were not counted.

France

Dutch "horror dentist" jailed for mutilating many mouths in France

A Dutchman known as the “horror dentist” for mutilating the mouths of more than 100 patients has been sentenced to eight years in France. Jacobus

France

Australia chooses France for lucrative submarines contract

Australia has chosen France to build a new fleet of submarines, rejecting Japanese and German bids

Sport

Liverpool defender Sakho benched after failed drugs test

Liverpool have benched their France international player Mamadou Sakho following a failed drugs test. The English Premier League side confirmed that

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Terrorist attack simulation in Cannes before film festival

French authorities staged a security exercise around the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, just a few weeks before the opening of its film festival

France

Police hold attack drill on Cannes red carpet ahead of film festival

French authorities staged a security exercise around the Palais des Festivals in Cannes on Thursday (April 21) in preparation for May’s grand cinema

Cinema

Sky: a journey through America, a voyage of discovery and new beginnings

Sky tells the story about a French woman, Romy (played by Diane Kruger), who is on holiday in the United States with her abusive husband Richard

France

France to extend state of emergency ahead of Euro football tournament

Hours before the announcement, security forces simulated an attack in a major Paris train station.

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