French news

France has become the 56th country worldwide to outlaw smacking and other similar forms of violence towards children, after a unanimous parliament vote.

Maurice, the most famous cockerel in France - who has become a symbol of the struggle between rural and urban living - will be supported by several other cockerels during his trial this Thursday (July 4).

Campaigners for rights of Britons in France will not pursue legal action on behalf of those who were unable to vote in the recent European elections after receiving professional advice that it would be legally complex.

Campaigners for rights of Britons in France will not pursue legal action on behalf of those who were unable to vote in the recent European elections after receiving professional advice that it would be legally complex.

The French government has announced a series of measures designed to protect and share the resource of clean drinking water, which is under threat from climate change.

A partial lunar eclipse will be visible in Europe this month (Tuesday July 16), following on from a total eclipse of the Sun that will be visible from South America today (Tuesday July 2).

100,000 homes without power and trains stranded overnight - while five departments are placed on orange storm alert on Tuesday, after a few weeks in which parts of France saw record high - and low - temperatures

An inquiry has been opened in Paris after hundreds of climate change protesters were forcibly removed from a bridge during a protest last week.

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Additional government money to pay bonuses and overtime to stretched emergency department workers