The Latest Breaking News from France

Dutchman fined for bumping Girmay in sprint, Philipsen denies causing Jakobsen crash

Cavendish took a gamble on the wheel of former world champion Mads Pedersen at the finish of stage four of the Tour de France, but it did not pay off

For decades, Annie Ernaux has written fearlessly about sex, abortion and illness – laying bare herself and society. Her deeply intimate and political work earned the French writer the Nobel Prize for literature last October. Ernaux spoke to FRANCE 24's Fatimata Wane at the Taormina book festival in Sicily, where…

Everything you need to know about the Tour de France 2025, taking place between 4-26 July

Paris city hall has said Monday it is "not worried" about knock-on effects from almost a week of riots on next year's Olympic Games.

Caleb Ewan second, Phil Bauhaus third in Nogaro

Cadan Murley is taking inspiration from the Manchester City striker as he looks to seal a spot in Steve Borthwick’s squad for France

International press portrays France as a place of darkness, raising questions of systemic racism and cultural polarization.

The largest riots France has seen since 2005 threatened to hinder the Haute Couture AW24 schedule, though labels including Dior, Chanel and Schiaparelli have powered on with starry front rows

UPDATE: An online fundraiser for the family of the police officer who shot and killed a 17-year-old in the suburbs of Paris last week was closed at midnight on Tuesday, having collected more than €1.6 million in four days. It came after the family of the dead teenager said they…

Jean Moulin was one of the many French Resistance fighters who stood up to the Germans during the occupation of France in World War II. A true symbol of the Resistance and the Republic, many streets, schools and universities have been named after the French hero since his death 80…