The Latest Breaking News from Bruno Retailleau

France has stepped up police patrols around Jewish sites following the deadly shooting of two Israeli embassy staff in Washington. The attack is being treated as an anti-Semitic terror act. At the same time, Paris has sharply rejected Israeli claims that European governments are encouraging anti-Israeli violence.

President calls government meeting to address finding that Muslim Brotherhood poses ‘threat to national cohesion’

For-ransom hostage takings targeting cryptocurrency entrepreneurs in France are blowing up into a political issue for the government of President Emmanuel Macron and particularly for one of his ministers who could possibly challenge for France’s top job in elections in 2027

Bruno Retailleau's invitation comes a day after the latest violent kidnapping attempt in broad daylight in Paris, and a series of previous such incidents.

Islamophobia is rampant in France. Official denial, even of the word itself, is driving the hatred, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo

More than 300,000 people joined May Day rallies across France on Wednesday, unions said, with protests mostly peaceful – apart from in Paris where masked demonstrators targeted Socialist MPs and dozens were arrested. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau called the attacks “absolutely disgraceful and unacceptable”.

France is banning activist groups on the edges of the political spectrum as it tries to portray itself as the guardian of democracy against extremism

The fatal stabbing of a Muslim worshiper in a mosque in southern France has sparked controversy over the handling of Islamophobic crimes, with Muslim leaders and the victim's family criticising what they consider to be a delayed and inadequate government response. MPs held a minute's silence for the young victim…

A man suspected of stabbing a young Malian to death in a mosque in southern France and then filming his victim writhing in agony has surrendered to police in Italy, French and Italian authorities said on Monday.