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Fils fights off Munar in five-set thriller to reach third round at French Open

France's top player Arthur Fils reached the third round at the French Open for the first time on Thursday following a five-set thriller with the Spaniard Jaume Munar.

Radio France Internationale

Chelsea: £16m signing to finally make debut at Club World Cup as Enzo Maresca conversation is revealed

Blues youngster’s stock has risen after a successful loan spell in France with Strasbourg

Evening Standard

EU and six member states ratify UN treaty on high seas ahead of Nice summit

The European Union and six of its member states have ratified the treaty to protect the high seas, 10 days ahead of France hosting the UN Ocean Conference in Nice. However, the treaty is still far short of the 60 ratifications required for it to come into force.

Radio France Internationale

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British woman in France wins back pre-Brexit right to vote in EU elections

Court decision in favour of Alice Bouilliez reignites push for bilateral treaty on electoral enfranchisement

The Guardian - UK

French adult-only holidays at risk as campaign launches to end child ‘intolerance’

France's high commissioner for childhood says the country is institutionalising the ‘absence of children as a luxury’

The Independent UK

France and Indonesia enhance cultural ties with new partnership agreement during Macron visit

The French president, currently on a week-long diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia, arrived in Indonesia with First Lady Brigitte Macron on Tuesday evening, the second stop of his tour after Vietnam.

Euronews

'Compared to last year, we have taken another big step' – Visma management rate Jonas Vingegaard as favourite for Tour de France

'You could perhaps say that Pogačar is better on Tour of Flanders-like courses, but this is about a three-week race'

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Righting history's wrong: Will France posthumously promote Alfred Dreyfus 90 years after his death?

France’s National Assembly Defense Committee has unanimously approved a bill to posthumously promote Captain Alfred Dreyfus - a symbolic step that may lead to Dreyfus' inclusion in national necropolis the Panthéon.

Euronews

Macron Decorates Indonesia Leader, Announces Cultural Partnership

French President Emmanuel Macron bestowed Indonesia's leader with France's top award on Thursday, before announcing a new cultural partnership with Jakarta on a visit to the world's largest Buddhist temple.

International Business Times

France pushing for 'China-EU leadership' on climate to counter US withdrawal

The European Union and China must "take on global climate leadership" in the wake of US President Donald Trump's return to the White House, a French government source ahead of a top French official's visit to Beijing on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

Rigged diesel cars caused 16,000 deaths in France, study says

Diesel engines fitted with illegal software to cheat pollution tests have caused 16,000 deaths in France since 2009, according to the first study to calculate the human cost of the "Dieselgate" scandal that exposed widespread fraud by car manufacturers.

Radio France Internationale

French Court Jails Ex-Syria Rebel For 10 Years For War Crimes

A French court on Wednesday jailed a former Syrian Islamist rebel spokesman to 10 years for his role in atrocities committed in Syria's civil war in the country's first universal justice case.

International Business Times

‘The devil dressed in a white coat’: Inside France’s largest-ever child abuse trial after ex-surgeon victimised 299 patients

Tara Cobham and Rachel Clun report on the case of Joel Le Scouarnec, believed to be France's worst-ever paedophile. He abused victims over 25 years with an average age of just 11

The Independent UK

French surgeon sentenced to 20 years for sex abuse of nearly 300 people

Joel Le Scouarnec tells court he committed ‘despicable act’ in another mass rape case that shocks France.

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Euronews

French court sentences ex-surgeon to 20 years in prison in country's largest sex abuse trial

Joël Le Scouarnec received the maximum sentence for multiple rapes and sexual assaults on minors.

Radio France Internationale

French surgeon handed maximum 20-year term in paedophilia trial

A French court has sentenced Joël Le Scouarnec, the former surgeon who admitted sexually abusing hundreds of patients, mostly children, to the maximum 20 years in jail. The trial has highlighted failures in France's health system.

Radio France Internationale

Macron courts Jakarta, offers Indonesia 'third way' in regional power play

French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Indonesia is part of France’s ongoing efforts to increase its engagement in Southeast Asia and pursue a strategic role as a balancing power in the Indo-Pacific region.

Euronews

Espresso Riviera: This night train will whisk passengers from Rome to the French coast this summer

The blissfully named Espresso Riviera is returning to the rails after a successful summer season last year.

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DRC’s plan for the world’s largest tropical forest reserve would be good for the planet: can it succeed?

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo passed a law in January 2025 to lead efforts to establish the largest tropical forest reserve in the world. It will be set up as a 2,600km long green corridor the size of France – 540,000km² – situated in the Congo Basin.

Euronews

Macron meets 'great friend' Subianto in Indonesia to discuss defence and trade

French President Emmanuel Macron is in Indonesia to discuss boosting defence and trade with his counterpart Prabowo Subianto. It marks the second stop on his week-long Southeast Asia tour.

Evening Standard

Joël Le Scouarnec: France's worst paedophile who sexually abused hundreds of children given maximum jail term

Joël Le Scouarnec was found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting 299 children

Reason

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International Business Times

French Surgeon Handed Maximum Term For Abusing Children For Decades

A French court on Wednesday gave the maximum 20-year jail term to a surgeon who admitted sexually abusing hundreds of patients, most of them children, during more than two decades.

The Guardian - UK

Brigitte Macron’s push has reverberated around the world. Why was it met with a shrug in France?

Whatever the explanation for the incident, the reaction points to backward French attitudes – including from the president himself, says French journalist Pauline Bock

The Independent UK

Ex-surgeon jailed over sex attacks on 299 victims in France’s largest child abuse trial

Joel Le Scouarnec was standing trial over three decades of violence against child patients, some of whom were unconscious at the time

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