The Latest Breaking News from France

Shielders say lifting of England’s Plan B restrictions ‘complete nightmare’

Among the 3.7 million clinically extremely vulnerable people in England, the removal of Covid restrictions has raised concerns

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2022

How to watch Scarlets v Bristol Bears live on TV for free, team news and odds

Bristol Bears face Scarlets in the fourth pool stage game of the 2021/22 Heineken Champions Cup

Bristol Post · Jan 21, 2022

Thich Nhat Hanh, poetic peace activist and master of mindfulness, dies at 95

(This Jan. 22 story corrects to Princeton Theological Seminary from Princeton University in 12th paragraph)

Reuters · Jan 21, 2022

Canada, US and allies talk aid for Haiti at virtual meeting

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says immediate action is needed to fix the security situation in Haiti and he says additional aid is a central topic of a virtual conference that includes officials from Canada, the United States and France

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2022

France's Macron 'will implement' EU funding conditionality over rule of law degradations

In a week when France has been at the forefront of EU news thanks to heated exchanges between President Macron and Members of the European Parliament, we speak to leading French MEP from the president's political group, Fabienne Keller. The former Strasbourg mayor tells FRANCE 24 Emmanuel Macron is "determined"…

France 24 · Jan 21, 2022

French council allows vaccine pass, but not for political rallies

France's Constitutional Council has approved with conditions the government's controversial vaccine pass. From 24 January, people over 16 must show a certificate of vaccination to enter public places like restaurants, cinemas or inter-city trains.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 21, 2022

Victims of Storm Alex in southeastern France still struggling to recover

For various experts, Storm Alex, which ravaged south-eastern France in October 2020, was a "weather bomb". In the area north of the city of Nice, torrential rain burst the banks of rivers. Entire houses were swept away in the current, sometimes with their owners inside. The 2,000 inhabitants of the…

France 24 · Jan 21, 2022

No, French hospitals are not using mannequins as fake Covid-19 patients

Since early January, some people online have been sharing a photo of a dummy in a hospital bed, claiming it was used in a TV report by French broadcaster BFM in order to trick people about the severity of the latest wave of Covid in France. They say that hospitals…

France 24 · Jan 21, 2022

China condemns French parliament's Uyghur genocide declaration

The authorities in China have reacted angrily to a French parliament resolution on Friday that accuses Beijing of carrying out a genocide against its Uyghur Muslim population, a move that has further strained ties two weeks before the opening of the Winter Olympics.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 21, 2022

France's Constitutional Council approves Macron's vaccine pass

France's Constitutional Council on Friday approved - with conditions - the country's new COVID-19 vaccine pass, which will require people aged 16 and above to show proof of vaccination to enter public places like bars, restaurants and cinemas.

Reuters · Jan 21, 2022