The Latest Breaking News from France

Mali’s armed groups fill a government vacuum – addressing this is key to ending the violence

Mali has been in a state of political turmoil since 2012. That year saw a military coup as well as armed groups taking over northern regions of the west African country. In the intervening years, efforts at establishing transitional governments have failed, culminating in the military junta dissolving and banning…

The Conversation · Apr 29

The world’s best beaches have been revealed, and number 2 is in Europe

Sandy stretches in destinations including Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, France and Ireland all made the top 50 ranking this year.

Euronews · Apr 29

France investigates return of banned website linked to rape and sexual abuse

France has launched an investigation into the reappearance of the website that enabled Dominique Pelicot to recruit dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife, Gisèle, after it was banned two years ago.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 29

France unveils roadmap to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050

France on Tuesday announced a "first of its kind" plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and gas by 2050 during a global conference aimed at breaking reliance on fossil fuels.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 29

‘If we played that game 10 times, we’d win it nine’ Olivier Giroud recalls the most painful defeat of his entire career, and why it made him the player he became

Giroud won the greatest prize in football at the 2018 World Cup, but it might not have been possible without his lowest ebb two years earlier

FourFourTwo · Apr 28

Cadmium crisis pushes France towards long-delayed political test

France is facing mounting pressure over cadmium – a toxic heavy metal linked to cancer and found in everyday foods – as fresh health warnings, public anger and political action intensify around a long-running contamination crisis now heading for a parliamentary battle.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 28

French high-tech mission reveals secrets of 16th-century shipwreck

A remotely operated submarine has begun uncovering the secrets of a 16th-century shipwreck lying 2.5 kilometres beneath the Mediterranean off southern France, where researchers are delicately recovering brightly coloured ceramic treasures from the deepest wreck ever found in French territorial waters.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 28

EU parliament approves resolution to define rape as sex without consent

The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a resolution calling for an EU-wide definition of rape based on the absence of freely given and informed consent.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 28

Why the government’s ‘one-in, one-out’ migrant deal with France is in trouble

IN FULL

The Independent UK · Apr 28

'I can see him on the podium in Paris at the end of the three weeks' – The case for sending Paul Seixas to the Tour de France

On current form, there’s only one rider in the world capable of getting close to Tadej Pogačar, but he’s not even 20, yet

Cycling Weekly · Apr 28