The Latest Breaking News from France

Updates from day eight of the winter Games as Jaclyn Narracott took Australia’s first ever medal in skeleton

San Francisco asks when it will rain and four people are confirmed dead at a Japanese factory

Simon Forster says his story mirrors the plot of Home Alone 2 after he and his girlfriend were sent to Paris instead of Copenhagen just before Christmas.

Checkpoints have been set up at toll points on major entry roads with riot-control barriers erected across the city centre ahead of planned weekend rallies

French President Emmanuel Macron's department on Friday announced new plans by the United States and France to protect the environment, including an expansion of the protection of the French Antarctic territories, as France hosted the "One Ocean" summit. Political leaders around the world are keen to burnish their environmental credentials,…

A day after police banned a protest by the ‘Hijabeuses’, women footballers fighting for the right to wear religious headscarves in competition, the ban was overturned by a court. Victories are beginning to mount for the activist group: France’s equality minister has also voiced her support for them. The affair…

Envoys at Brest summit sign up to measures to tackle fight against illegal fishing and cut pollution

French voters go to the ballot box on April 10 and 24 to elect a new president or to re-elect the incumbent Emmanuel Macron, who is eligible to stand for a second and final consecutive five-year term. France's head of state enjoys considerable powers compared to many other world leaders.…

The conservative contender in the French presidential election, Valerie Pecresse, is fighting to keep her campaign afloat after a string of defections from her camp to President Emmanuel Macron and criticism from her party's former head Nicolas Sarkozy.