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French voters in COVID-hit Shanghai unable to cast ballots in Sunday election

French citizens under lockdown in COVID-hit Shanghai will be unable to vote at a city polling station in Sunday's tightly contested first round of the presidential election, France's embassy in Beijing said on Friday.

Reuters

West Ham will be ready for hostile Lyon atmosphere with European dream on line, says Craig Dawson

Craig Dawson says West Ham will be ready for a hostile reception in France next week when they look to finish the job against Lyon and continue their Europa League dream.

Evening Standard

French election: who are the candidates running against Emmanuel Macron?

On April 10, 48 million French will be asked to vote in the first round of France’s 2022 presidential election. Of the 12 candidates, only two will qualify for the second-round runoff taking place on April 24. These are the candidates in the running.

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Police hunting for man who left a parcel bomb at Toulouse Cathedral

Police forces were hunting for a man who left a parcel bomb in the Cathedral of Toulouse, Southwestern France, on Friday, ahead of the first round of voting in France's presidential race on April 10, police said.

Reuters

Wales to celebrate another centurion as Helen Ward to hit 100 caps in World Cup qualifier against France

Wales face France in a World Cup qualifier in Llanelli

Wales Online

UN demands urgent access to site of alleged Mali massacre in Moura

With strong backing from France, a UN envoy has demanded access to the Malian village of Moura, the site of an alleged massacre last month by local forces and suspected Russian fighters.

Radio France Internationale

Dimitri Payet taunts Arsenal star William Saliba over France call-up

Arsenal's French defender William Saliba - currently on loan at Marseille - won his first senior international cap for France during the March fixture against Cote d'Ivoire

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Documents of Brits involved in English Channel plane crash wash up on beach

Official documents belonging to two British nationals involved in a light plane crash in the English Channel have washed up on a beach in France.

Evening Standard

Voting in France: Paper ballots, cast in person; no machines

French voters in Sunday’s presidential election will use the same system that’s been used for generations

The Independent UK

France's Le Pen Says 'So Close' as Election Battle Enters Crucial Stage

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said Thursday she had never been "so close" to power at a jubilant final rally before this weekend's election, which polls suggest is an increasingly tight battle between her and President Emmanuel Macron. In front of around 4,000 upbeat supporters chanting "President Marine!"…

Asharq Al-Awsat

France's Macron makes last-minute appeal to voters as Le Pen reaches all-time high in poll

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday appealed to younger, progressive-leaning voters in his last scheduled interview before Sunday's first-round presidential vote while his forecast lead over far-right candidate Marine Le Pen further evaporated.

Reuters

France's Macron says Le Pen's programme will scare international investors

If French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is elected this month, her social programme will drive away international investors, President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with daily Le Parisien.

Reuters

Test Ride The Suzuki GSX-S1000GT In France And Win Cool Prizes

Suzuki France is set to debut the new GSX-S1000GT. To celebrate it’s launching a contest wherein those who book test rides can win awesome prizes.

RideApart

Dan Sheehan says he would have been 'naive' to leave Leinster for Munster for more game time

The exciting young hooker is enjoying a lot of big match exposure after Rónan Kelleher was injured against France and he will start against Connacht tonight

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Liverpool Echo

Updated Easter Holiday travel rules for European countries as Spain makes changes

A full guide to requirements when travelling to Spain, Greece, France and Turkey

The Independent UK

UN demands Mali allow peacekeepers into town where 300 died

The top U.N. envoy in Mali is demanding that the country’s military leaders allow U.N. peacekeepers to visit a town where Human Rights Watch says the Malian army and foreign soldiers suspected to be Russian recently killed an estimated 300 men, one of several alleged rights abuses denounced by the…

Reuters

In final major push to voters, France's Le Pen appeals to history

Marine Le Pen sought on Thursday to cast her possible election in historic terms as she made her final major push to become France's first female president before the country votes in the first round.

France 24

Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the veteran leftist standing in the way of a Macron-Le Pen rematch

In the space of a decade, Jean-Luc Mélenchon bounced back from a lifetime on the fringes of the Socialist Party to become the dominant force in France’s post-Socialist left. As voters head to the polls on Sunday, he is hoping to prevent a repeat of President Emmanuel Macron’s 2017 duel…

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The Hindu

The storyline in the race for the French presidency

The campaign has been the most far-right in France’s modern history, with a close race between Macron and Le Pen

Al Jazeera

What is behind the rise of the far right in France?

Mainstreaming of far-right politics in France due to public ‘pessimism’ and acceptance of hardline views, analysts say.

The Guardian - UK

British man and son missing after dive off coast of Malaysia

Adrian Chesters and son Nathen, 14, and Alexia Alexandra Molina from France did not return from training dive

Radio France Internationale

Podcast: Yellow Vests' revenge, rising abstention, the end of France's brothels

Yellow Vest militants hope to vote Macron out of office. How younger generations are shifting their relationship to voting. And the WWI spy who lobbied successfully to shut down France's brothels in 1946.

The Times of India

Srihari Nataraj tops 'B' final in French Elite Open Swimming Championship

NEW DELHI: Ace Indian swimmer Srihari Nataraj clocked 55.28s to win the men's 100m backstroke 'B' final at the French Elite Open Swimming Championship in Limoges, France.

France 24

'Compromise with Russia is impossible after Bucha,' says Ukraine's ex-president Poroshenko

The town of Bucha has become the "symbol" of massacres by Russian troops and "compromise with Russia is impossible after Bucha", Ukraine's former president Petro Poroshenko told FRANCE 24 in an interview from Kyiv. Poroshenko added that Vladimir Putin "wants to have all of us dead", calling the Russian leader…

The Guardian - UK

Macron steps up warnings over French far right before first-round vote

President criticises ‘very clear xenophobia and ultraconservative aims’ as Marine Le Pen gains ground

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