The Latest Breaking News from France

The killing of 17-year-old Nahel M. during a police traffic stop this week was a depressingly familiar addition to France’s list of police brutality cases. But when the UN called on the government to address racial discrimination in its police force, the official reaction was just as familiar and depressing…

Emmanuel Macron has to find a way to deal with the anger and resentment simmering in communities on the margins

France is tallying the costs from a fourth night of street violence and looting as the family of the teenaged boy whose killing by police triggered a wave of anger prepared to bury him.

England’s head coach is determined to be up front with his squad about their chances of making the final 33 in France

President Macron cancels visit to Germany amid France’s worst violence for 18 years

This year’s Tour de France began amid a backdrop of orange on a strip of the Atlantic seaboard with a great cycling tradition

The Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for France, warning people their holiday could be disrupted by the demonstrations as tens of thousands of police officers have been deployed.

Adam Yates outlasted his twin brother, Simon, in the final metres to win the Tour de France’s opening stage and take the yellow jersey

The death of a teenage boy killed by police in a Paris suburb has sparked riots across France

Officers suffered wounds to the legs and groin, prompting a local police spokesman to say 'we have crossed a red line'

Riots have swept the country following the fatal shooting of a teenager by police