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Ryanair 24 hour sale with £14.99 flights to Spain, Italy and more launched - full list of destinations

A last minute sale of cheap Ryanair flights to 38 destinations is on until midnight tonight, March 2.

Daily Record · Mar 2, 2022

Séries Mania chooses Ukrainian producer Julia Sinkevych as jury president

The international Séries Mania festival, which will take place at the end of March in Lille, northern France, has entrusted the presidency of the jury of its international competition to a Ukrainian producer, Julia Sinkevych, a symbolic gesture motivated by the war in her country, it said on Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 2, 2022

Feminist icon of French left drops out of presidential race

A French feminist who is a champion of minority groups and an icon of the left is dropping out of France’s presidential race

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2022

France to push EU into using law to help fleeing Ukrainians settle more easily

France is expected to flex its muscle as president of the Council of the European Union to resuscitate an unused law making it easier for Ukrainians escaping the conflict in their country to settle elsewhere on the continent. The EU commissioner for crisis management says the war could force 4…

Radio France Internationale · Mar 2, 2022

Wales can still win the Six Nations if precise sequence of results goes their way

It's looking highly unlikely, but it's not impossible

Wales Online · Mar 2, 2022

Left-winger Christiane Taubira drops out of French presidential race

Former justice minister Christiane Taubira pulled out of France’s presidential race on Wednesday, acknowledging her failure to collect enough signatures from elected officials to become an official candidate in April's two-round election.

France 24 · Mar 2, 2022

E3 Group Rejects Compromising IAEA Independence amid Tehran Pressure

Tehran is demanding the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) shut down a separate inquiry into suspected undeclared Iranian efforts to build a nuclear weapon and linking finding a political solution to unresolved issues at the Vienna talks. At the same time, the E3 group, which includes France, the UK and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 2, 2022

Oil price jumps to nearly $114; natural gas prices reach record highs – as it happened

US and European shares push higher, while rouble drops 8% and Moscow stock exchange stays shut for third day, as Russia bombards Ukrainian cities

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2022

Former Russian president calls out French finance chief over economic war claim

Former Russian president Dimitry Medvedev has hit out at France's finance minister Bruno Le Maire after he claimed that Europe was waging economic war against Russia.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 2, 2022

An emotional exhibition of Benin's returned royal treasures

After 130 years away, 26 stolen artefacts from Benin are finally being displayed at home after having been returned by France. The pieces were looted by French soldiers from the kingdom of Dahomey in 1892 and are now taking pride of place at the presidential palace. Our team on the…

France 24 · Mar 1, 2022