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Screwfix continues to ramp up expansion plan with the opening of 85 new stores by 2024

It comes after the Somerset DIY brand saved 400 Birmingham jobs after a buyout deal

Birmingham Post

Screwfix planning to open 85 new stores over next year as part of huge expansion

The new store openings are part of Screwfix's target to have at least 1000 stores in the UK, the Republic of Ireland and France

Daily Mirror

Qatari Minister Holds Meetings in Lebanon amid International Action to Help Address Crisis

International action to help Lebanon overcome its crisis have recently come to the fore, especially the quintet meeting that recently brought together representatives of the United States, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar in Paris. In parallel, Qatar’s Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz…

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French unions to keep up pensions protest after talks with PM fail

France's labour unions will keep up their fight against a planned rise of the legal retirement age, they said on Wednesday, after a meeting with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne failed to end months of gridlock over a deeply unpopular reform.

Reuters

France Orders Syrian Officials to Stand Trial for Crimes Against Humanity

French judges have ordered on Tuesday senior officials of the Syrian regime to stand trial for collusion in crimes against humanity, a first in France, according to court documents seen by AFP. The order, signed last Wednesday, says the three officials are charged with complicity in crimes against humanity and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

France to try Syrian regime officials for crimes against humanity

French judges charge three senior advisers to Bashar al-Assad with complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes.

Al Jazeera

Simon Calder issues advice on UK passports, flight strikes and delays

Strikes in France and the UK affecting travel? How safe is Venezuela? And South East Asian highlights

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France travel warning to anyone crossing Channel by air, rail or boat

The UK Foreign Office is urging anyone with travel plans to take action

Liverpool Echo

'Unprecedented': How the papers reacted to Donald Trump's hearing

IN THE PRESS – Wednesday, April 5: We look at reactions from the US press over felony charges against Donald Trump, with a striking cover from Time magazine. Also, France announces it will prosecute three high-ranking Syrian officials over crimes against humanity. King Charles' gorgeous, colourful coronation invitations are unveiled…

France 24

Five crucial questions for France's Macron as he embarks on Chinese trip

As French President Emmanuel Macron starts his four-day visit to China, he will have to keep in mind Beijing's attitude on several crucial questions. These include democracy in Hong Kong and the status of the independent nationalist island of Taiwan.

Radio France Internationale

On China visit, Macron attempts diplomatic balancing act on Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrive in Beijing on Wednesday for a three-day state visit in a bid to dissuade China from supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But will the latest European leaders to visit China be able to manage the fine balance…

France 24

France’s Macron visits China seeking breakthrough in Ukraine war

French president is expected to push Chinese counterpart Xi not to side with Russia while shoring up economic ties.

Al Jazeera

Mum and son smuggled Vietnamese nationals into country in boot of their car

Six Merseyside-based smugglers were caught on their way back from France within days

Liverpool Echo

China's Xi courts Macron in bid to drive wedge between Europe and US

Xi Jinping is pulling out all the stops for French President Emmanuel Macron as China’s leader tries to create some distance between Europe and the United States in their approaches toward Beijing.

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Reuters

Ahead of Xi meeting, Macron warns against shunning China

French President Emmanuel Macron said Europe must resist reducing trade and diplomatic ties with China as he began a state visit on Wednesday, seeking to refute any sense there was an "inescapable spiral" of tension between Beijing and the West.

Bangkok Post

Macron faces delicate Ukraine balancing act in China

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron will visit China from Wednesday, hoping to dissuade Beijing from supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine but without alienating a crucial trade and geopolitical player.

The National (Scotland)

Dodson to judge Townsend on team's potential rather than past deeds in contract talks

Dodson told BBC Scotland’s Rugby Podcast that he had been “pleased but not delighted” with the third place finish in this year’s Six Nations.

Liverpool Echo

Spain, France, Turkey and Greece travel advice issued for Easter holidays

Holidaymakers should note the FCDO's current safety advice as strikes, protests and earthquakes cause disruption

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Daily Mirror

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 hosts confirmed as Lionesses look to retain title

Switzerland have won the race to host the UEFA Women's Euro 2025, fending off competition from France, Poland and a joint-bid from four Nordic countries

Radio France Internationale

France to boost military budget to €413 billion over next seven years

Proposed spending for the French military for the next seven years is projected to hit a record high of €413 billion. The Minister of Defence and the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, says the increase is necessary due to a deterioration in the geopolitical context and to technological changes.

Radio France Internationale

French and European leaders visit China, the 'systemic rival'

French President Emmanuel Macron is in China for a four-day visit, hoping to dissuade Beijing from directly supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The French leader won't want to alienate a crucial trade and geopolitical player. Macron is accompanied by the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.

The Independent UK

France boosts military spending amid war in Ukraine

The French government has approved a key budget bill presented as the country's biggest military spending spree in more than 50 years

Radio France Internationale

Three Syrian regime figures to face trial in France over 2013 arrests, killings

French criminal investigators have called for the trial of three officials of the regime of Syrian President Bachar al-Assad. The three are suspected of involvement in the 2013 detention and subsequent deaths of two Franco-Syrian citizens, Mazzan Dabbagh and his son Patrick.

France 24

Palestinian Authority’s Abbas has ‘cut down’ every potential successor

Palestinian human rights lawyer and former diplomat Ghaith al-Omari, a prominent advocate of the two-state solution and negotiations with Israel, gave FRANCE 24 a lengthy interview on a recent visit to Paris. In this second of a two-part series, he lamented the Palestinian Authority’s stagnation under longstanding President Mahmoud Abbas.

The Independent UK

Why England and France’s dominance is bad for the Women’s Six Nations

The Red Roses, meanwhile, are set to move training base mid-tournament

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