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Pope Francis on Friday urged that “people who are at risk of drowning when abandoned on the waves must be rescued”, speaking against a background of heightened tensions in Europe over large numbers of arrivals by sea from the Middle East and North Africa.

The 2023 Rugby World Cup is under way in France

Locals waved French and Union flags as Charles and Camilla arrived on Friday

Deep in France's southern Lubéron mountains lies a stunning red and orange landscape reminiscent of the vast plains of America: the Colorado provençal. This spot of wild nature is in fact a former open-cast ochre quarry. Every year, some 300,000 visitors venture through these 30 unusual hectares, between fairy chimneys…

The warm state visit should remind both nations of the closeness they once shared – and could do again, says Agnès Poirier, a political commentator, writer and critic

France talisman’s tournament is hanging in the balance after a serious injury suffered in the rout of Namibia

Watch as King Charles and Queen Camilla visit Bordeaux as part of their three-day state visit to France on Friday, 22 September.

France's hopes of lifting a first rugby union World Cup suffered a setback on Friday when tests confirmed that skipper Antoine Dupont could be out of the tournament after suffering a facial fracture during the 96-0 romp past Namibia in Marseille.

The France skipper faces a World Cup fitness fight after being hurt against Namibia.