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What is Bastille Day? Why the national French day is celebrated

The holiday marks the fall of the state prison, the Bastille, where political prisoners were often held and which symbolised the harsh rule of the Bourbon monarchy

Daily Mirror

French young women on TikTok show off ‘Christian headscarves’ to share their beliefs

Some girls and young women living in France who are interested in Christianity are turning to TikTok to share their beliefs. In hundreds of videos, some of which have accumulated up to 3 million views, they wear headscarves and veils that they say help them get "closer to God". We…

France 24

The war in Ukraine is playing a special role in France's Bastille Day parade

France is celebrating its national holiday with thousands of French troops marching down the Champs-Elysees avenue alongside Eastern European allies touched most closely by the war in Ukraine.

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"Out of phase" AlphaTauri hopes "large" French F1 updates fix "weaknesses"

The AlphaTauri Formula 1 team admits it's 'out of phase' with its midfield rivals, but hopes a 'reasonably large' update package for France will 'address the weaknesses' its car has.

Autosport

Holidaymakers warned of extreme heat in popular resorts with mercury rising above 47C

Scorching temperatures in Spain, France and Portugal are caused by powerful Atlantic anticyclone which is centred close to the British Isles

Wales Online

Ukraine plays special role in France's Bastille Day parade

France's Bastille Day has been shaken by the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Police Transfer Paris Attacker from France to Brussels

The sole surviving member of an ISIS group cell that killed 130 people in Paris in 2015 was transferred on Wednesday from France to Belgium, where he will be tried later this year. Salah Abdeslam, a 32-year-old Frenchman of Moroccan origin, was given a whole-life sentence in a trial in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Western Europe Heatwave to Peak in Spain

The heatwave sweeping across southwestern Europe is expected to peak Thursday in Spain, with blistering temperatures already fueling wildfires across the Iberian Peninsula and France.

Asharq Al-Awsat

France Nods to Ukraine in Bastille Day Military Parade

Paris's traditional Bastille Day military parade on Thursday is a salute to Ukraine, and to France's eastern European allies who are among guests of honor, officials said. French troops deployed close to Ukraine since the Russian assault in February have a special place at the event, attended by President Emmanuel…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Paris attacks terrorist Salah Abdeslam transferred to Belgium to face new trial

The sole surviving member of the terror squad that killed 130 people in Paris in 2015 has been transferred from France to Belgium, where he will be tried later this year for attacks there in 2016.

Radio France Internationale

Scorching heatwave sparks more than a dozen devastating wildfires across Europe

More than 6,000 people were evacuated from campsites in south-west France and major motorways have been blocked by authorities in Portugal as fires disrupt tourists' holidays

Daily Mirror

France go in search of Euro 2022 quarter-final spot on Bastille Day

Les Bleues play Belgium in Rotherham today

The Independent UK

La Grande Boucle, La Course and the return of the women's Tour de France

'The perfect women's Tour de France, in my mind, would be like we did it back in 1984' says inaugural winner Marianne Martin

Cycling News

Take A Look Inside A Yamaha Motorcycle Factory In France

Here's a unique peek behind the curtain at how some of your favorite Yamaha motorcycles and scooters come together in one European factory.

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France's Macron wants 'rethink' of French military postures in Africa

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he wanted a "rethink of all our (military) postures on the African continent" and had asked his ministers and army chiefs to work on it.

Irish Mirror

All you need to know about the rules per country if you test positive for Covid-19 while on holiday

Costs incurred from extending your stay in Spain are at the traveller’s own expense. As such, you are strongly advised to ensure that your insurance policy provides adequate cover

Evening Standard

Bastille Day 2023: When, celebrations and history

The annual French celebration falls on the same date each year

The Conversation

France reenters medical marijuana industry after more than a half-century hiatus – a cannabis historian explains

Early in 2022, the French legislature greenlighted the cultivation of cannabis inside French territory to supply the nation’s ongoing pilot program in medical marijuana. The clinical trials were launched in March 2021 with cannabis supplied from abroad and have been overseen by the country’s food and drug office, the Agence…

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Before Mali withdrawal, France prepares future Sahel strategy

France is stationing more forces in Niger and Chad to fight ‘terrorist groups’ amid 2,400 troops exiting from Mali.

Daily Record

West Lothian architect cycling Tour de France route helps raise nearly £800,000 for cancer research

The local architect is doing his bit to support the charity Cure Leukaemia

Reuters

Macron's inflation-relief bill faces narrow path to compromise in parliament

President Emmanuel Macron's French government, hunting for votes to enact a cost-of-living relief bill after losing its majority in parliament, is open to amendments backed by conservative opponents that would incentivise work, a government source said.

The National (Scotland)

Liverpool fans unfairly blamed for Champions League final chaos French Senate report finds

Police used tear gas on supporters as they waited to gain entry to the Stade de France.

Evening Standard

Liverpool fans unfairly blamed for Champions League final chaos, France admits

French Senate report finds authorities did everything to ‘blame Liverpool supporters’

The Independent UK

Report: Mistakes, not Liverpool fans, caused CL final fiasco

French senators say the chaos outside the national stadium that marred the Champions League soccer final was due to a series of mistakes by police and officials and not because of the actions of previously blamed Liverpool fans

Daily Mirror

Holidaymakers forced to flee wildfires as 'hell' 45C heatwave surges through Europe

Approximately 600 firefighters and six water-bomber aircraft were deployed to southwestern France today as thousands of sweltering tourists were evacuated from campsites

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