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The rise and rise of France’s far-right Marine Le Pen

National Rally leader is closing gap on Emmanuel Macron in polls for this month’s presidential election

The Guardian - UK

UFO researcher claims he prevented a hoax invasion that 'could have led to mass panic'

Nigel Watson says he came across an international conspiracy to fool people in the UK, America, France and South Africa by flying customised drones over major cities

Wales Online

Carlos Alcaraz confirms arrival among elite with Miami Open success

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Casper Ruud 7-5, 6-4 in Florida while Britain’s Jack Draper won his fourth Challenger title of the season, in France

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Islamophobia on the rise as French presidential election nears

Muslims have increasingly been portrayed as a threat to French society under Macron’s presidency, analysts say.

Al Jazeera

In Chablis vineyards, fear grows that destructive frosts may become the norm

For French winemaker Thomas Ventoura, the spring frost that hit the Chablis vineyards of northeast Burgundy over the weekend has a bitter taste of déjà-vu.

Reuters

Russia 'must answer for crimes' in Ukraine says French president

French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned the "unbearable" images of murdered civilians in the Ukrainian commuter town of Bucha, near Kyiv, and said Russian authorities "must answer for these crimes".

Radio France Internationale

Macron seeks to fire up voters, coax leftists onside amid far-right challenge

Just weeks ago, Emmanuel Macron's chances of not running away with the French presidential election looked about as likely as April snow in Paris. And yet wintry winds blew anew on Saturday as Macron finally hosted his first – and only – re-election campaign rally. With eight days to go…

France 24

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Explainer-How could Russia's Putin be prosecuted for war crimes in Ukraine?

Ukraine has accused Russia of war crimes in the town of Bucha just outside Kyiv, with Germany, France and others expressing outrage at the images of dead civilians.

Reuters

France condemns 'massive abuses' committed by Russian forces in Ukraine

French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Sunday condemned what he called the "massive abuses" committed by Russian forces" in Ukraine in recent weeks.

Reuters

Far-right politician booted out of Zinedine Zidane’s football club

Eric Zemmour ejected after club says it does not want its image associated with French presidential candidate

The Guardian - UK

Canada: An invader, warrior, peacekeeper and arms supplier in conflicts near and far

Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, has compared the Russian invasion of Ukraine to Benito Mussolini’s Italian invasion of Ethiopia in the 1930s.

The Conversation

‘It plunged me back to waiting for a period’: Annie Ernaux and Audrey Diwan on abortion film Happening

An award-winning new drama tells of a young woman’s quest for an illegal abortion in 1960s France. Its director and the writer on whose autobiography it is based explain why the subject is still important

The Guardian - UK

UFO expert prevented 'mass UFO invasion' that would have sparked huge panic

UFO researcher Nigel Watson says he came across an international conspiracy to fool people in the UK, America, France and South Africa by flying customised drones over major cities

Daily Mirror

French Far-Right Leader Le Pen Softens Image for Election

French nationalist leader Marine Le Pen has softened her rhetoric and her image to broaden her appeal in next week’s presidential election — but is under threat from a provocative rival who has broken her monopoly as the watchdog of the country’s identity that they claim is under threat. For…

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Secret Intelligence Has Unusually Public Role in Ukraine War

The war in Ukraine is the conflict where spies came in from the cold and took center stage. Since Russia invaded its neighbor in late February, intelligence agencies in the US and Britain have been remarkably willing to go public with their secret intelligence assessments of what is happening on…

The Independent UK

French far-right leader Le Pen softens image for election

French nationalist Marine Le Pen has softened her rhetoric and her image as she tries to unseat centrist President Emmanuel Macron in the upcoming election, taking place in two rounds on April 10 and 24

Asharq Al-Awsat

Warsaw Accuses Paris, Berlin of Being too Close to Moscow

Poland's deputy prime minister accused France and Germany of being too close to Russia in an interview published Sunday, as he condemned Berlin's behavior towards Moscow before the invasion of Ukraine. "Germany, like France, has a strong bias in Moscow's favor," Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who is also leader of the ruling…

The Independent UK

Secret intelligence has unusually public role in Ukraine war

Secret intelligence is playing an unusually public role in the war in Ukraine

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The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the French election and rightwing populism

Emmanuel Macron is expected to win but voter support for Marine Le Pen shows the threat of the far right must be tackled

The Guardian - UK

Rescuers search for light aircraft with two onboard missing in Channel

P-28 plane took off from airfield in Warwickshire and was bound for Le Touquet in northern France

Reuters

Macron warns against Brexit-like election upset at mass campaign rally

French President Emmanuel Macron warned of the risk of a Brexit-style election upset in his only campaign rally before the first round of the presidential election, in a bid to convince dispirited voters and re-energise a lacklustre campaign.

The Conversation

How Senegal decolonised diplomacy -- starting with Kennedy and Senghor

In their fight for freedom from France, what the people of Senegal keenly understood was that securing independence would simply not be enough. True victory would be achieved by a sustainable independence.

Dublin Live

Ireland fall to second Six Nations defeat as France prove too powerful in Toulouse

The French had the bonus point wrapped up by half time and added two more in the second half as they made light work of a positive but error-prone Irish side.

The Guardian - UK

Doug Bannister, head of the Port of Dover: ‘We’re at the centre of Brexit. I signed up for that’

The US executive took over the port in 2019, in the heat of the debate about the EU. He’s not surprised it’s been a challenge

The Guardian - UK

Lower inflation, better jobs … in France la vie est belle

Emmanuel Macron’s reforms have seen the country pull ahead of the UK on most economic measures

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