The Latest Breaking News from France

President Emmanuel Macron returned to Paris on Sunday after a visit to cyclone-devastated Mayotte and East Africa, as a France racked by political deadlock awaited the appointment of a new government.

Paul Pogba's quest to resurrect his football career following an 18-month ban for doping took a strange twist this week after the directors of an escort agency in Brazil said they wanted to help finance a deal to bring him to Corinthians in Sao Paulo.

France on Saturday connected its most powerful nuclear power reactor to the national electricity grid in what leaders hailed as a landmark moment despite years of delays, budget overruns and technical setbacks.

A week after Cyclone Chido ravaged Mayotte, France’s poorest territory, the island remains in crisis

France’s anti-terrorism court has convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty outside his school near Paris four years ago – a horrific death that shocked the country.

Credit rating agency Moody’s has downgraded France’s seven largest banks this week – just days after lowering the country’s own sovereign credit rating. The move signals rising borrowing costs for France, adding to a €3.2 trillion debt burden and deepening the pressure on an already fragile government.

With a seriously ill mother in Scotland and an arduous journey to France via Amsterdam, it had the makings of a nightmare day for everyone

The European Union has responded to France's request for assistance for its overseas territory of Mayotte, devastated by Cyclone Chido, as President Emmanuel Macron told angry locals they would be "10,000 times" worse off if they were not in France.

French president makes remark when confronted by residents still without water after huge storm last week