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With talk of sending troops to Ukraine, the French president is asking how far the west will go to stop Putin. But his bombshell could backfire, says Paul Taylor, a senior fellow of the Friends of Europe thinktank

French administration has not always made it easy for those born on 29 February, but one entity has embraced – and lives for – the date: the Bougie du sapeur, a bissextile publication that takes a long view of the news, every four years.

Don't bet the family farm on it. Politicians in Paris, Warsaw, Brussels and New Delhi won't magically find the quick fix for an agriculture sector that's gone global at the expense of small producers. Why is it erupting all over, including here in France?

French senators voted to enshrine access to abortion in the country's constitution on Wednesday. If the bill is approved by a three-fifths vote of both houses, expected on Monday, France will become the first country in the world to constitutionally ensure access to the procedure.

Senior church officials in Rome decline to act, citing worsening health of French clergyman known as ‘devil priest’

Owen Farrell said it was a difficult decision but he was excited to swap England for France after breaking his silence on his move at the end of the season

Emmanuel Macron's refusal to rule out sending Western troops to Ukraine has exposed deep divisions with France's traditional partner, Germany, which could play into the hands of Russia, analysts warned Wednesday.

Member of the French resistance who served as a courier behind enemy lines during the second world war

Myanmar's opposition National Unity Government (NUG) supports the rebel groups that have been fighting the ruling junta since late last year. These groups "have regained almost 60 to 70 percent of the territory," opposition foreign minister Zin Mar Aung told FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman about the ongoing conflict.