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All the presidents' phone calls -- WikiLeaks heats up US-French connections

France

France demands answers despite US assurances over spying

The Elysee Palace says President Obama has vowed to end what he called unacceptable spying practices on allied countries. Earlier France’s President

France

Cameron urges more action on migrants crisis after Calais chaos

Britain is to put more resources into cross-Channel security – including possibly in France – after a day of chaos when migrants took advantage of a

France

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'Le snooping': WikiLeaks claim US spied on 3 French presidents

French President François Hollande has said his country “will not tolerate” any acts which threaten the security of France. The president issued the

France

Foreign ministers meet as security situation in eastern Ukraine deteriorates

The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia have held crisis talks in Paris as the situation in eastern Ukraine continues to

France

NSA "spied" on three French presidents - WikiLeaks

France media is awash with revelations that the United States’s National Security Agency (NSA) spied on three French presidents for a period of six

France

Eurostar: services remain suspended overnight

Hundreds of passengers have been left stranded after the tunnel linking France and England closed due to a strike in Calais. Rail company Eurostar

Sport

Paris joins race to host 2024 Olympic Games

Paris has thrown its hat into the ring to host the 2024 summer Olympics. The French capital joins Boston, Rome and Hamburg as the only cities so far

France

2024 Olympic Games hopefuls at a glance

Paris, Hamburg or Rome? Boston or Budapest? On the day that the French capital officially announced its candidature to host the 2024 Olympic Games

France

Fourth time lucky? Paris joins race to host 2024 Olympic Games

Economy

Paris and Berlin residents express their feeling on Greece bailout talks

As the eurozone heads into day two of its critical week of Greek bailout talks, it’s clear that it’s not only Greeks who are feeling the pressure. In

France

Lamb with jellyfish protein sold and consumed in Paris

France

Jack is Back: DSK makes a cryptic debut on Twitter

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has captivated the French public with a cryptic debut on Twitter just ten days after he was acquitted of

Indonesia

Atlaoui: no execution before the end of Ramadan

The authorities in Indonesia have revealed that Serge Atlaoui will not be executed during Ramadan. No actual date has been set for the French

Indonesia

Final appeal fails for Frenchman facing death sentence in Indonesia

One of nine men accused of illegal drug manufacture in Indonesia, and facing the death penalty, Frenchman Serge Atlaoui has had his final appeal

Israel

Israeli PM rejects international 'diktats' on Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he rejects what he called “International Diktats” or the forcing of peace plans on Israel. His

World News

Greece: Solidarity protests in Paris/Berlin as Tsipras calls urgent cabinet talks

In several European capitals, thousands of protesters allied in solidarity with Greece on Saturday ahead of an emergency summit of eurozone leaders

Russia

Russian asset seizure: Putin doesn't recognise court ruling

Russian President Vladimir Putin has responded publicly for the first time to the seizing of Russian assets by France and Belgium. The two countries

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Waterloo re-enactment kicks off in Belgium

It’s been two hundred years since Britain and her allies defeated Napoleon Bonaparte on the muddy battlefields of Waterloo, just outside of Brussels