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Easter Sunday set to be the hottest day of the year with UK weather warmer than Monaco

The UK is set to see temperatures rise to 18C over the Bank Holiday weekend making it the hottest day of the year so far and warmer than Monaco in the south of France

Daily Mirror

Macron’s favourite Paris restaurant set ablaze in ‘Black Thursday’

Emmanuel Macron’s favourite Paris restaurant was set ablaze today as anti-government demonstrators took part in another ‘Black Thursday’ of industrial action across France.

Evening Standard

Irish holidaymakers heading to Italy or France issued with new warning before travelling

Most surprisingly, these popular destinations are now being coined as Europe's 'pickpocketing capitals’

Irish Mirror

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Brickbat: Mon Dieu!

A woman in northern France, who wasn't named by the media, has been charged with "insulting the president of the republic" after calling French President Emmanuel Macron "filth" on Facebook. She faces a fine of up to €12,000 ($13,000) if found guilty.

Reason

Paris Asks Franjieh for Guarantees, Answer Lies with 'Hezbollah'

Qatar's Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al-Khulaifi held recently a number of meetings with Lebanese spiritual and political leaders, which highlighted the difference between Qatar and France's approach in dealing with the presidential issue. According to well-informed sources, Paris is likely…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Why are the French so angry over retiring 2 years later?

Hundreds of thousands of people will fill the streets of France Thursday for the 11th day of nationwide resistance to a government proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64

The Independent UK

Protests again Grip France but Macron Not Backing Down

Protesters disrupted traffic at Paris' main airport and gathered again in other French cities on Thursday for strikes and demonstrations seeking to get President Emmanuel Macron to scrap pension reforms that have ignited a monthlong firestorm of public anger. In Paris, rat catchers set the tone by hurling the cadavers…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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French minister blames ultra-left for clashes between police, protesters

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on Wednesday hit back at claims that police are too tough on protesters, telling a parliamentary committee that ultra-left groups were to blame for clashes with environmental activists and people marching against pension reform.

Radio France Internationale

Pension protesters target Paris bistro favoured by Macron

Clashes erupted in Paris next to a Left Bank brasserie favoured by French President Emmanuel Macron as protesters torched garbage cans and smashed two banks during the eleventh day of nationwide demonstrations against pension reform.

Reuters

French unions to hold day of strikes after talks with prime minister fail

First meeting between both sides since pension changes were presented in January was over in an hour, and unions emerged calling for more protests

The Guardian - UK

Dover port chief contradicts Brexiteer MPs who blamed France for coach delays

Exclusive: ‘When they knew we were having challenges, they actually turned up with more people to better support us’

The Independent UK

Downshifting: why people are quitting their corporate careers for craft jobs

Long coveted by job centres and PowerPoint presenters, the old image of moving up the career ladder makes less and less sense by the day. In France and other Western societies, it is increasingly common to see interior designers become bakers, ex-bankers opening up cheese shops, and marketing officers taking…

The Conversation

Farewell Charlie - the scarcely believable but true stories of the Pontypool front row, the Wales legends who never took a backward step

Wales and Lions great Graham Price looks back fondly on his playing days and special bond with the great Charlie Faulkner and Bobby Windsor

Wales Online

Pays de la Loire Tour: Bryan Coquard takes overall lead with stage 1 win

Crash and protests muddle start of four-day stage race

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The Independent UK

Maro Itoje calls on Premiership Rugby to halt player exodus to France

Itoje’s clear preference is to remain in north London but he is concerned by the number of England internationals signing for Top 14 clubs.

The Guardian - UK

Young migrants take over Paris building in protest at treatment

Young people had been sleeping rough across city after being rejected as minors by French authorities

The Independent UK

Why Macron and Von der Leyen face a tough trip to China – even if they are all smiles on the surface

The differing styles of the French president and the European Commission president may help create a united front over Ukraine, but Xi Jinping holds plenty of cards, writes Borzou Daragahi

Liverpool Echo

Faces of men who smuggled stowaways into UK in their car boots

Six Merseyside-based people traffickers were caught within days while returning from France

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Trial of alleged PKK figures accused of financing terror begins in France

The trial of 11 alleged senior members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), accused of extortion, terrorist financing and propaganda for the organisation has begun in a Paris court.

The Independent UK

France strike: Flights and Eurostar trains cancelled ahead of next major walkout

Thousands of British travellers set to have plans disrupted

The Times of India

Saina Nehwal knocked out of Orleans Masters tourney

NEW DELHI: Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal knocked out of the Orleans Masters tournament after suffering a straight-game first round loss to Turkey's Neslihan Yigit in Orleans, France on Wednesday.

The Times of India

Sameer Verma crashes out; Manjunath, Rajawat advance in Orleans Masters

NEW DELHI: Ace Indian shuttler Sameer Verma suffered a first round exit while Mithun Manjunath and Priyanshu Rajawat advanced to the men's singles second round of the Orleans Masters tournament in Orleans, France on Wednesday.

The Times of India

Sameer Verma crashes out; Manjunath, Rajawat advances in Orleans Masters

The Independent UK

Port of Dover boss promises smoother weekend for travellers heading to France

Exclusive: ‘As it stands right now, Good Friday is going to be the busiest for coach traffic,’ says Doug Bannister

Daily Record

Mum and son caught trying to smuggle Vietnamese nationals into UK in back of their car

James Liddiard and Andrea Cavanagh were two out of six traffickers that were caught attempting to transport illegal immigrants into the UK from France within the space of a week.

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