French news

Météo France has issued an orange alert - the second-most severe - for flooding in the Aude and the Pyrénées-Orientales, with additional yellow alerts for the Hérault, the Tarn, and the Haute-Garonne.

Prime Minister urges demonstrators to respect the law during Saturday's fuel price protests

Six people have been questioned as part of an enquiry into over fifty thefts of jewellery, by "gang members" disguised as utilities workers, who tricked elderly victims into handing over their belongings.

Demonstrations against rising fuel prices are to go ahead in France tomorrow (Saturday November 17), with some petrol stations closing in solidarity, despite the conciliatory measures announced by the Prime Minister this week.

An unknown man in Grenoble (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) surprised staff in a sandwich shop this week after he paid for all of the remaining food stock, so that all future customers that day would eat for free.

Country is one of only six in EU not to have an anti-smacking law

Details emerged overnight of the deal that has now been reached in principle between the UK and the EU – here we look at what it means for British people in France.

October's 13.8% drop in road deaths compared to same month last year is the third drop in four months since July

Scheme would be part of a 'future mandate' if Anne Hidalgo is re-elected as mayor in 2020

The British cabinet has agreed to back a Brexit deal negotiated between Prime Minister Theresa May and the EU, following what Mrs May has called “long, detailed and impassioned debate”.

The French government has released €40 million to help fund research into new antibiotics, as antibiotic resistance in France rises up the medical agenda.

American president Donald Trump has hit out at France and President Macron, criticising the idea of a European Army, denouncing Mr Macron’s approval rating, and calling French wine tariffs “not fair”.

At this time of year when we remember the sacrifices servicepeople made in the past, a British museum director has contacted Connexion with an interesting (and mysterious) Franco-British story linked to a wartime tragedy.

The average temperature in the Pyrenees - in France, Spain and Andorra - has risen by 30% on the global average in the past fifty years, prompting climate change authorities to highlight ten urgent challenges the area will face.

British citizens who live in the UK should be able to travel into the EU for short trips without a visa even if there is no Brexit deal, the European Commission proposed today.

An open letter from 23 climate lobby associations has called on the French government to “release their citizens from dependence on diesel and petrol”, amid ongoing anger over rising petrol prices.