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Bordeaux wine harvest will not have a 'smoky' taste after summer wildfires, winemakers say

Tests carried out on grapes to be harvested for wine in France's famous Bordeaux region show that the new vintage will not have a smoky taste as feared. This after massive fires swept through the southwest destroying thousands of hectares of forest near the vineyards over the summer.

Radio France Internationale

Charlie Josephine: why making Joan of Arc non-binary in a new Shakespeare’s Globe play is a joyful act

I, Joan has become the year’s most controversial play before it has even opened. There’s no need for alarm, says its writer

Evening Standard

Mourners mark Princess Diana's death in Paris, 25 years on

Mourners marked the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana's death in Paris on Wednesday, laying flowers and leaving messages on the bridge above the underpass where she was killed in a car crash.

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French tourism better than pre-COVID, despite climate woes

Tourism came back with a vengeance to France this summer, sending revenues over pre-pandemic levels

The Independent UK

Ukraine’s Kuleba Urges EU to Ban Russian Tourists

The European Union should ban Russian tourists, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Wednesday, urging a step the bloc's foreign ministers gathered in Prague are unlikely to take due to deep divisions on the matter. Kuleba also proposed a program in which Russian soldiers who surrendered would be rewarded…

Asharq Al-Awsat

West pays tribute to Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader who ended Cold War

Western leaders have paid tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union, who died on Tuesday in Russia at the age of 91. France’s Emmanuel Macron hailed a "man of peace whose choices have opened a path of freedom for Russians”.

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Top French court validates deportation of imam accused of hate speech

France's top administrative court has given the green light for imam Hassan Iquioussen, accused of hate speech, to be deported to Morocco. But police have been unable to arrest him.

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EU tightens travel rules for Russians, falls short of visa ban

European Union foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to fully suspend a visa facilitation agreement with Russia, making it harder for Russian citizens to enter the EU but falling short of an outright visa ban. The move comes as a team of IAEA nuclear inspectors arrived in the southern Ukrainian city…

France 24

Could your vacation end up changing the world?

As the United States sends stockpiles of weapons to Ukraine, another transatlantic mobilisation is underway. Freed from two years of Covid restrictions and testing requirements, Americans are once again travelling in large numbers. Market observers have predicted a six-fold increase in American tourism to Europe compared to summer 2021.  If…

Bangkok Post

EU members split over travel ban against Russians

A memo shows that France and Germany disagree over a proposed visa ban against Russian foreigners.

Al Jazeera

Rivers worldwide are running dry – here's why and what we can do about it

Rivers around the world have been drying up recently. The Loire in France broke records in mid-August for its low water levels, while photos circulating online show the mighty Danube, Rhine, Yangtze and Colorado rivers all but reduced to trickles.

The Conversation

France accuses Russia of weaponising energy after Gazprom cuts gas deliveries

France has accused Russia of using energy supplies as "a weapon of war" after Russian gas giant Gazprom reduced deliveries to French energy utility Engie.

Radio France Internationale

‘Dishonest narcissists’ – David Hare on why our unshameable Tory leaders should watch The Roads to Freedom

The BBC’s superb adaptation of Sartre’s story of love, shame and France’s fall is a stark reminder that self-reproach has gone from British public life. Why, asks playwright David Hare, do we tolerate a ruling class that can’t confess fault?

The Guardian - UK

Ryanair announces new service connecting Edinburgh and France

RYANAIR has launched its largest winter schedule in the UK, which includes a new connection between Edinburgh and France.

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France to expel imam for 'virulent anti-Semitic' hate speech

France's top administrative court on Tuesday gave the green light for the expulsion to Morocco of an imam accused of hate speech, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.

Evening Standard

Paul Pogba ‘tried to pay armed blackmailers £11million...but they had to settle for £85,000 cash’

A criminal investigation is currently underway in France into allegations that the star’s own brother, Mathias Pogba, and childhood friends were behind a blackmail plot

Reuters

Top court rules that France can deport conservative imam

France's highest administrative court ruled on Tuesday that a France-born Moroccan imam whom the government had accused of promoting hate could be deported, a court ruling showed.

Radio France Internationale

France Defence Council to devise 'roadmap' for energy crisis

As Europe rushes to overhaul its power market in the face of winter shortages, France has made the issue a matter of national security – with President Emmanuel Macron ordering a "Defence Council” aimed at shielding France from a worsening energy crisis.

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'Caméra Libre': a French plan to foster freedom of speech for muzzled filmmakers

France is to help filmmakers from countries where freedom of speech is under threat with a new residency programme that will support a dozen directors each year.

Reuters

Analysis-France braces for uncertain winter as nuclear power shortage looms

France, once Europe's top power exporter, may not produce enough nuclear energy this winter to help European neighbours seeking alternatives to Russian gas, and may even have to ration electricity to meet its own needs.

The Independent UK

French soccer star Pogba paid 100,000 euros to extortionists

French officials say World Cup winner Paul Pogba has paid 100,000 euros ($100,000) to an organized group including his brother that was trying to extort him into paying 13 million euros

The Independent UK

Germany upbeat on energy security; Russia cuts gas to France

Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany is well-prepared to tackle a possible energy shortage due to Russia’s squeeze on European gas supplies

Irish Mirror

Air France pilots break out in fight in cockpit minutes after take off

The onboard fight occurred on a flight from Geneva to Paris and had to be broken up by cabin crew

Reuters

France accuses Russia over gas supply as Nord Stream shutdown looms

France accused Moscow on Tuesday of using energy supplies as "a weapon of war" after Russia's Gazprom cut deliveries to a major French customer and said it would shut its main gas pipeline to Germany for three days this week.

Belfast Live

Warning for UK holidaymakers travelling to EU countries next year

There is set to be post-Brexit charge to enter countries including Spain and France

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