The Latest Breaking News from France

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Duplomb law. There’s “On This Day”, “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, Ollia Horton’s “Happy Moment”, and a lovely musical dessert to finish it all off. All that and the new quiz and bonus questions…

French Prime Minister Sébastian Lecornu on Friday vowed to forgo an infamous article of the constitution that would have allowed him to steamroller a budget bill through parliament without a vote – but left him vulnerable to a vote of no confidence. The move means MPs must agree a compromise…

Widespread protests, which erupted late on Wednesday after the news broke out of Israel's interception of the Gaza aid flotilla, continued into Thursday.

A tanker accused of being part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” of sanction-busting ships resumed its voyage on Friday, six days after it was seized by the French navy off the coast of western France.

A tanker from Russia's "shadow fleet" detained by the French navy was heading towards the Suez Canal Friday with its captain back on board, according to data from maritime websites and a source close to the case.

Vladimir Putin denounces seizing of the vessel as an act of ‘piracy’ and warns it could provoke confrontation

Comes amid mounting concern Russia could be behind growing number of recent drone incursions in airspace of Ukraine's European allies

A petition to ban the brand has passed 270,000 names but French shoppers have not been immune to its inexorable rise

The nationwide strike, called by France's major unions, is the latest in a series of protests that started last month amid political turmoil and heated budget talks.