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How 184 random citizens helped shape France’s debate on assisted dying

French MPs will on Tuesday vote on two landmark bills on palliative care and assisted dying. They're the result of months of debate shaped by a rare democratic experiment that brought together 184 randomly selected citizens to grapple with one of society’s most intimate and divisive questions: how should we…

Radio France Internationale

Germany and Ukraine’s other allies scrap range limits on arms sent to Kyiv

Removal of restrictions, which is backed by UK, France and US, improves Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russia

The Guardian - UK

'He's got amazing numbers' - Tadej Pogačar enjoys weekend off at Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix during Tour de France training

UAE Team Emirates-XRG leader to ride Critérium du Dauphiné and complete Tour de France recon in June

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Marcel Ophuls obituary

Documentary film-maker best known for The Sorrow and the Pity and Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

The Guardian - UK

EU to deploy 650 firefighters to wildfire high-risk zones

Since the beginning of the year, more than 166,000 hectares have been burnt across the 27 member states, nearly three times the average recorded over the same period between 2003 and 2024.

Euronews

Marcel Ophuls, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who forced France to face its WWII past, is dead at 97

Marcel Ophuls, the Academy Award-winning German-born filmmaker whose landmark 1969 documentary “The Sorrow and the Pity” shattered the comforting myth that most of France had resisted the Nazis during World War II — has died at 97

The Independent UK

'Just Joking': Macron Denies Dispute With Wife, Blames Disinformation

French President Emmanuel Macron denied Monday having a domestic dispute with his wife Brigitte after a video appeared to show her shoving his face away when they touched down for a visit to Vietnam, blaming disinformation campaigns for trying to put false meaning on the footage.

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Marcel Ophuls was the unflinching chronicler of France’s suppressed wartime shame

The Sorrow and the Pity punched a hole through France’s self-excusing myths and saw something nastier, shabbier, more political and more human

The Guardian - UK

French President Macron looks stunned after wife shoves his face in viral caught-on-video ‘squabble’

First lady apparently shoved French president in his face as they prepared to get off their aircraft

The Independent UK

French journalists call on France to help evacuate collaborators from Gaza

Several French journalist associations are calling on the French government to help the evacuation of Palestinian journalists, fixers and drivers who have been covering or helping to cover the war in Gaza for the past 18 months.

Radio France Internationale

Emmanuel Macron shoved in face by wife Brigitte before getting off presidential plane - watch the video

French president tells reporters he was ‘joking with my wife’ as video of the incident makes headlines around the world

Evening Standard

Marcel Ophuls, Oscar-winning director of 'The Sorrow and the Pity', dies aged 97

His most famous work, The Sorrow and the Pity (1969), was a groundbreaking four-hour documentary that shattered France’s myths about resistance during World War II.

Euronews

France's Macron on a visit to Vietnam urges for greater cooperation in defense and trade

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for closer cooperation between Vietnam and France amid rising global instability

The Independent UK

Iran summons French diplomat over praise of Palme d'Or-winning film

Iran has summoned France’s representative in protest after the French foreign minister praised a prize-winning Iranian film as “a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime’s oppression.”

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France's Macron secures major Airbus deal during Vietnam visit

In his first visit to Hanoi in nearly a decade, Macron signed a slew of deals with Vietnam, aiming to strengthen trade relations and cooperation.

Euronews

Can CCS meet Europe’s climate targets? Three projects beset with problems suggest not

High costs, local opposition and technical issues threaten the viability of the EU’s multi-billion euro gamble on CCS to decarbonise heavy industry.

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Robin Thicke proposes to April Love Geary for a second time

Pop star Robin Thicke has proposed to his fiance April Love Geary for a second time - getting down on one knee to pop the question on the steps of the famous Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cannes, France.

Radio France Internationale

Iran summons French envoy, calling minister's Cannes comments 'insulting'

Iran summoned France’s envoy in Tehran over what it said were “insulting” comments by the French Foreign Minister following Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s win of the top prize at the Cannes film festival.

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The Independent UK

A basketball player was sidelined for her headscarf. France may now ban them in all sports

Thousands of young Muslim women in France are sidelined from competitive sport because rules in several disciplines ban uniforms and other clothing carrying a religious or political significance

The Independent UK

A headscarf ban is keeping basketball players off the court. A new bill could make it law in France

Thousands of young Muslim women in France are sidelined from competitive sport because of rules in several disciplines including basketball that ban uniforms and other clothing carrying a religious or political significance

The Guardian - AU

Marcel Ophuls, Oscar-winning film-maker of The Sorrow and the Pity, dies aged 97

The German-French documentarian, who fled the Nazis twice as a child, spent his career exploring wartime atrocities and conflicts

International Business Times

France's Macron In Vietnam To Offer Third Way Between US, China

France's Emmanuel Macron will hold talks Monday in Vietnam at the start of his Southeast Asia tour, an opportunity to test his "Indo-Pacific strategy" in a region caught in the middle of the confrontation between the United States and China.

International Business Times

France's Macron Arrives In Vietnam For Southeast Asia Tour

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Vietnam on Sunday for the first leg of a tour of Southeast Asia, where he will pitch his country as a reliable alternative partner to the United States and China.

The Independent UK

Alex Mitchell confident English clubs can stop France’s Champions Cup dominance

Saints showed their quality in outstanding Champions Cup campaign.

The Independent UK

Suspected arson causes a second major power outage in south of France

A second major power outage has hit southeastern France, this time in the city of Nice, after a suspected arson damaged an electrical facility

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