The Latest Breaking News from Radio France Internationale

French authorities want to give legal rights to the River Seine to better defend the world-famous waterway in court and protect its fragile ecosystem. Following the example of New Zealand, the move is part of a global movement to grant legal personhood to nature.

In a historic step, France’s lower house of parliament has voted unanimously to recognise the suffering of people repatriated to the mainland from the colonies in Indochina in the 1950s. The bill, brought by the Socialists, proposes a national day of remembrance on 8 June, compensation and the creation of…

Four prominent opposition figures in Côte d'Ivoire have been excluded from the final electoral list, officials announced on Wednesday, leaving them ineligible to contest presidential elections later this year.

Second seed Coco Gauff saw off her fellow American Madison Keys in three sets on Wednesday to reach the semi-finals at the French Open.

Nicole Croisille, whose six-decade career spanned music, dance, film and theatre, was best known internationally for the soundtrack of the 1966 film A Man and a Woman – inscribing the refrain "chabadabada" into the pantheon of French song. "All I like is a good laugh," she said, as she continued…

Pornhub, RedTube and YouPorn have started blocking French users in protest against a new law requiring adult websites to verify the age of their visitors.

French prosecutors have said that the French policeman who shot and killed a teenager at point-blank range in 2023 outside Paris, sparking days of riots, is to go on trial on a murder charge.

At the prospect of facing a player 355 notches above her in the world rankings for a place in the semi-finals of the French Open, Lois Boisson declared herself prepared for combat with Mirra Andreeva

The European Union has said it "strongly regrets" a fresh move by US president Donald Trump to double import tariffs on steel and aluminium to 50 percent, warning the decision risks derailing efforts to resolve an escalating trade dispute with the United States. The new tariffs took effect on Wednesday.