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French politicians and generals weigh up plans to send Leclerc tanks to Ukraine

Top French politicians and military chiefs were on Wednesday night thrashing out proposals over whether to send the country's Leclerc tanks to Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

France to withdraw troops from Burkina Faso within month - Foreign Ministry

France will respect the terms of Burkina Faso’s request to withdraw its forces from the West African country within a month, France's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

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France to respect Burkina Faso's request to withdraw troops within a month

France will respect the terms of Burkina Faso’s request to withdraw its forces from the West African country within a month, France's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

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Foreign Office travel warning as France advice changes again

Travellers are being urged to contact their operators ahead of leaving the UK

Liverpool Echo

High-ranking Russian officials escape Vladimir Putin's grasp to defect to the West

Vladimir Osechkin knows the risks of defying Vladimir Putin and the Russian state after would-be assassins invaded his home and tried to kill his family before he escaped to France in 2015

Daily Mirror

France 'won't rule out' using army to reinforce security at Paris Olympics

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said he could not exclude bringing in the army to ensure security at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Radio France Internationale

Paris 2024 Olympic security bill could enable use of surveillance using artificial intelligence

The NGO Amnesty International France and some left-wing politicians have expressed concern over the Olympic security bill being debated in the French Senate this week. The text would legalise the use of surveillance based on artificial intelligence systems for the first time, measures that could reach beyond the scope of…

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Education in the spotlight as watchdog warns of sexist ‘backlash’ sweeping France

France’s equality watchdog has called for an “emergency plan” to combat widespread sexism that is affecting youths in particular, amid concern that the country’s education system is failing to foster gender equality from a young and vulnerable age. While online exposure to pornography is cause for particular alarm, experts say…

France 24

FCO issue travel update for France amid strikes

Several unions in France have called for cross-sector strike action

Manchester Evening News

Fifty shades of rose: From French perfume to cuisine

The rose is the top-selling flower in France, with more than 22 million bunches sold every year. It has been grown for four generations by the Meilland family on the French Riviera. A symbol of lovers, the rose is also a favourite of perfumers. François Demachy, a perfume designer and…

France 24

UK state pension rise: highest and lowest retirement ages compared worldwide

The UK reviews its state pension regularly, considering life expectancy and impacts on workers. Here's how its age compares globally

Evening Standard

France rolls out five-year 'anti-drought' plan to save water

France has announced what it calls a “daily sobriety plan” to slash water consumption following a severe drought last summer that parched most of the country.

Radio France Internationale

Oban Lorne should be backed for long-overdue amateur World Cup - Martin Hannan

Later this year I hope to be cheering on Oban Lorne RFC as they try to win the World Cup. Ha, I hear you exclaim, just knew this Hannan guy was off…

The National (Scotland)

Sugar beet farmers cry foul after French U-turn on bee-killing pesticide

Sugar beet growers in France say a surprise decision to conclusively ban the use of neonicotinoids – insecticides that are harmful to pollinators and to overall biodiversity – amounts to a breach of trust by the government that will completely derail one of the country’s biggest industries.

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The Times of India

India, France joint naval exercise 'Varuna' starts

This edition of the exercise will witness participation of indigenous guided missile stealth destroyer INS Chennai, guided missile frigate INS Teg, maritime patrol aircraft P-8I and Dornier, integral helicopters and MiG29K fighter aircraft.

The National (Scotland)

China, UAE, France: Report details state-owned energy firms operating in Scotland

A NEW paper outlining the “galling” ownership of Scotland’s renewable energy resources by other countries’ state-owned companies has been…

InsideEVs

Toyota And Douze Cycles Team Up To Release New Electric Cargo Bike

Toyota France has teamed up with French e-bike specialist Douze Cycles to come up with a new cargo e-bike for last mile delivery services.

The Independent UK

Government refusal of £1.2bn cross-Channel energy project quashed by High Court

Aquind’s proposals for a new electricity link between the UK and France will have to be considered afresh by Business Secretary Grant Shapps.

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Algeria’s Army Chief on Discreet 1st-Ever Visit to France

Algeria’s powerful army chief is on a discreet but extraordinary official visit to Paris, the first by a top-ranked Algerian general since independence from France more than six decades ago. Gen. Said Chanegriha met Monday with President Emmanuel Macron, the Elysee Palace said, ahead of a meeting Tuesday with French…

France 24

British-Rwandan choreographer Dorothée Munyaneza explores collective memory in 'Mailles'

With her visceral mix of poetry, song and movement, performance artist and choreographer Dorothée Munyaneza finds powerful expression for often unspeakable horrors. Born in Kigali, she was just 12 in 1994 during the genocide of the Tutsi - a story she tells in one of her first shows "Samedi, Détente"…

The Independent UK

Algeria's army chief on discreet 1st-ever visit to France

Algeria’s powerful army chief is on a discreet but extraordinary official visit to Paris, the first by a top-ranked Algerian general since independence from France more than six decades ago

France 24

Curbing cow burps to help the planet

BUSINESS DAILY – Tuesday, 24.01.2023: We discuss how Microsoft is to invest billions in the artificial intelligence firm OpenAI, which created the software ChatGPT. In other business news: Spotify unveils mass layoffs, France decides not to request an exemption for neonicotinoids and finally, Bill Gates invests in an Australian company…

Radio France Internationale

Denmark 'squashes' opponents in France's top culinary competition, the 'Bocuse d'Or'

Denmark's ode to the humble squash helped propel the Nordic nation to victory Monday in prestigious culinary competition the Bocuse d'Or, beating host and defending champion, France.

France 24

How the 'Sonnedix Gabon' Ponzi scheme reeled in and scammed investors

A weekly news show produced with photos, videos and personal accounts from France 24 Observers around the world - all checked by our staff here in Paris.

The Independent UK

France: More women, children returned from IS camps in Syria

France has repatriated another group of women and children from former Islamic State group-controlled areas of Syria

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