The Latest Breaking News from France

French B-boy Dany Dann hopes to spin gold at Paris Olympics

European 2022 breakdance champion Danis Civil, aka Dany Dann, hopes to become one of the first breakdance Olympic medalists in history. The event makes its debut at the Paris Games this summer, but won't be part of the Los Angeles Games in 2028.

Radio France Internationale · May 19, 2024

France Mobilizes Police To Regain Control Of New Caledonia

France mobilizes police forces in New Caledonia to restore peace and security amidst escalating violence.

Top News · May 19, 2024

French security forces work to regain control of airport highway in violence-scorched New Caledonia

French security forces are working to retake control of the highway to the international airport in violence-scorched New Caledonia, shuttered because of deadly unrest wracking the French Pacific archipelago where indigenous people have long sought independence from France

The Independent UK · May 19, 2024

Revealed: Our changing travel tastes, by guidebook sales

The Man Who Pays His Way: Comparing bestsellers over 30 years is enlightening

The Independent UK · May 19, 2024

'The real Giro started today' - Tadej Pogačar gains time but stays cautious before high mountains

Slovenian still looking for time trial perfection in view of the Tour de France

Cycling News · May 18, 2024

Syrian exiles hunt down Assad’s torturers in gripping Cannes thriller

“Ghost Trail”, which opened the Critics’ Week sidebar in Cannes this week, follows a Syrian exile’s pursuit of the man who tortured him during the country’s civil war. FRANCE 24 spoke to French director Jonathan Millet, whose impressive Cannes debut delivered one of the festival’s early hits.

France 24 · May 18, 2024

Have the French fallen out of love with Europe?

Although France is a founding member of the European Union, surveys show Euroscepticism is on the rise in the nation. In the lead up to the EU elections, RFI looks at what's feeding the disenchantment and what, if anything, can be done to rekindle the flame.

Radio France Internationale · May 18, 2024

D-Day’s historic beaches threatened by rising sea levels

As France prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings that helped change the course of World War II, the historic beaches and coastlines where Allied forces landed are once more under attack – but this time from rising sea levels linked to climate change.

Radio France Internationale · May 18, 2024

Death toll rises to six in New Caledonia riots as unrest spreads

Hundreds of heavily armed marines and police patrol the French territory’s capital Noumea after a night of violence.

Al Jazeera · May 18, 2024

‘We will fight until Kanaky is free’: how New Caledonia caught fire

The frustration that erupted into deadly violence in the French territory last week has been building for years

The Guardian - AU · May 18, 2024