Ukraine-Russia war latest: UK announces Project Nightfall to provide Kyiv with new missiles UK vows to arm Ukrainians with advanced weapons after Putin's hypersonic missile strike on Lviv The Independent UK · Jan 9
France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year Draft bill to be submitted for legal checks as France aims to follow Australia’s world-first ban on platforms including Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2025
Shein Can't Sell Sex Toys Unless It Checks IDs, French Court Says Laws requiring porn platforms to age-check visitors are becoming "a Swiss army knife for the government." Reason · Dec 22, 2025
Council of Europe ministers back ECHR plan to tackle illegal migration European ministers have agreed to negotiate a new approach to the continent's main ECHR human rights treaty, that would make it easier to deport illegal migrants. The decision comes as more governments argue that the treaty restricts their ability to control their borders. Radio France Internationale · Dec 11, 2025
French Far-Right Politicians Want To Reopen Brothels as Sex-Worker Cooperatives The current system, in which paying for sex is illegal, doesn't work, said Jean-Philippe Tanguy, a National Assembly member. Reason · Dec 10, 2025
French far right wants to reopen brothels and put sex workers in charge National Rally (RN) lawmaker Jean-Philippe Tanguy said his proposed bill would allow sex workers in France to be "empresses in their kingdom." Euronews · Dec 9, 2025
Exclusive: Meta strikes multiple AI deals with news publishers Meta's new partners include USA Today, People Inc., CNN, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner and Le Monde. Axios · Dec 5, 2025
France to approve new plans to halt small boats crossing the Channel Keir Starmer has urged French authorities to intervene before asylum seekers board vessels heading for the UK The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2025
France agrees to stop migrant boats at sea after pressure from Starmer French police agree to intercept migrant ‘taxi boats’ at sea, according to leaked document The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2025
French police to use nets to stop small boat migrants crossing Channel New tactics to stop boats set to be introduced despite warnings there is ‘no way’ to carry out such manoeuvres safely The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2025
France treats cyber harassment differently to rest of EU. These are the other high-profile cases Brigitte Macron mounted a cyber harassment case against 10 people who claimed France’s first lady is transgender or was born a man. What other cases are there in France? Euronews · Nov 4, 2025
Crying the news with Ali Akbar, the last paperboy of Paris Ali Akbar of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, has been hawking newspapers in Paris’s Left Bank district for more than five decades. While sales are dwindling, the job has allowed him to lift his family out of poverty and earned him a knighthood – a testament to a local legend, and the end… Radio France Internationale · Nov 2, 2025
‘The nuclear option’: How the world’s media reacted to King Charles stripping Andrew of his titles From Australia to the US, the King’s unprecedented action made headlines around the world The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2025
Louvre heist highlights thorny issue for museums: How to secure art without becoming fortresses Many museums began reassessing security after the stunning jewelry heist at the Louvre in Paris The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2025
International Business Times UK · Oct 21, 2025 Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy Jailed: The Real Reason Behind His Five-Year Prison Shock Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has begun a five-year prison sentence after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy over alleged Libyan funding of his 2007 campaign, marking a historic moment for France's political accountability.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2025 How the EU’s far right has seized on Charlie Kirk’s killing Leaders from Orbán to Le Pen have framed the shooting as evidence of persecution – a strategy that experts say could further normalise extremism across the continent
Euronews · Sep 11, 2025 Claims that French intelligence chief resigned peddled by Russian propagandists Disinformation about the resignation of Céline Berthon, the first woman to lead France's domestic intelligence agency, emerged on social media during the summer.
Fortune · Sep 6, 2025 To lead is to be French. Why do so many French nationals lead major companies overseas? French nationals head about 30 major foreign companies with a total valuation of $2 trillion, comparable to the entire market cap of France's CAC 40 index.
International Business Times · Sep 5, 2025 The Massive Debt Behind France's Political Turmoil France's growing debt pile is at the heart of the confidence vote that could topple the government of Prime Minister Francois Bayrou next week.
The Conversation · Aug 15, 2025 Is mineral water ‘natural’ if it’s filtered? The debate gripping France today has raged since the 18th-century A year ago, French newspaper Le Monde and Radio France broke a scandal in big water – Perrier was filtering its product. The filtering began due to worries about water contamination linked to climate change and pollution of spring sources.
The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2025 French skiing federation suspends Olympic medalist Joël Chenal amid sexual harassment allegations The French skiing federation has provisionally suspended Joël Chenal, an Olympic silver medalist and a former national coach, amid accusations of sexual harassment against minors
The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025 Iran confirms arrest of missing teenage French-German cyclist The cyclist is the third French national known to be detained in Iran
Al Jazeera · Jul 10, 2025 What’s in the one-in-one-out migrant deal between the UK and France? Macron and Starmer have agreed a deal aimed at preventing migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.
International Business Times UK · Jul 10, 2025 Netizens Slam UK's Plan To Return Just 50 Channel Migrants Weekly To France—Despite 44,000 Arrivals This Year Starmer's deal to return 50 migrants weekly to France sparks fury. Is it enough to stop Channel crossings?
Latin Times · Jul 9, 2025 Trump Leans on Bush-Era Legal Playbook in Creating Revved-Up Version of 'War on Terror': Report The current administration is supercharging many of the post-9/11 legal, tactical and political strategies Bush used, as a new sprawling report by Axio explains