The Latest Breaking News from Emmanuel Macron

King Charles III’s first state visit as monarch has been scaled back, dashing hopes for a triumphal tour to win hearts and minds abroad just as his mother did so successfully during her 70 years on the throne

The trip, which was to begin on Sunday and be followed by a state visit to Germany, had been in the planning by the UK and host nations for months,

French feared King’s security could not be guaranteed ‘because of his interest in mingling with crowds’

Videos shared on social media showed flames engulfing Bordeaux's historic Hotel de Ville front doors, as cheers can be heard from a crowd of people gathered in the town square in France

Britain's King Charles on Friday cancelled a state visit to France next week after social unrest over President Emmanuel Macron's new pension law erupted into some of the worst street violence seen in years across the country.

Tensions between France and Germany driven by differences over nuclear energy and combustion engines cast a shadow over a meeting of the 27 European Union leaders Thursday.

Protests against raising of retirement age reached most intense level yet on Thursday

President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said he would press ahead with reforms, dodging a union leader's call to suspend a new pension law amid some of France's worst street violence in years.

Protesters angry at French President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms continued with scattered actions on Friday amid slowed train traffic, rows of trucks blocking access to Marseille's commercial port and debris still littering the Paris streets following the previous day's mass demonstrations. Over 450 protesters were arrested in Paris and beyond…