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  • French officials dismiss UK fears of Calais 'go-slow' after Brexit

    France — Link

    Xavier Bertrand, president of the Hauts-de-France region which includes the port, said ensuring the 'fluidity' of trade was essential.

  • French father jailed 'for rotting boys' teeth with Coca Cola'

    France — Link

    Man, who was described as an alcoholic, was jailed for three months after court found he had failed to meet his obligations as parent.

  • Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy loses latest court appeal

    France — Link

    Former president had appealed against decision to send him to trial over charges of illegal campaign financing, in so-called 'Bygmalion affair'. 

  • France's niqab ban violates human rights, UN committee says

    France — Link

    UN body said two women fined for wearing full-face Islamic veils should be compensated and asked France to review its controversial 2010 law.

  • Macron evades questions on halting Saudi arms sales

    France — Link

    French president was asked if France would stop weapons sales to Riyadh after it admitted journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in its consulate.

  • French ex-minister goes on trial for rape and sexual assault

    France — Link

    Georges Tron, who was a minister under Nicolas Sarkozy, is accused of attacking female staff at town hall where he is mayor.

  • Former students sue French state for 'racist' stop and search

    France — Link

    Case is latest legal battle in France over men of black and north African heritage being routinely pulled over and asked to show identity papers.

  • Outrage in France after teacher threatened with fake gun

    France — Link

    The incident, filmed and put on social media by one of the 15-year-old's classmates, has sparked a top-level meeting to discuss school violence.

  • Macron ambiguous over post-Brexit visas for UK residents

    International — Link

    Speaking at the European Union summit in Brussels dominated by the struggling negotiations to find a mutual agreement for conditions of the UK's exit from the union, French President Emmanuel Macron described reports that British citizens would require a visa to enter or remain in France as 'fake news', but also did not rule out the possibility.

  • French minister rolls out plan for city traffic congestion charges

    France — Link

    French transport minister Élisabeth Borne said a draft law on mobility is now being vetted by the state council and will be presented to parliament next month which allows for cities to introduce urban tolls on vehicle traffic and to set limits on how much these would cost.

  • French firebrand leftist leader Mélenchon quizzed over funding

    France — Link

    Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the France Insoumise (France Unbowed) party, who has led opposition to President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policies, was questioned for several hours at the headquarters of anti-corruption police investigating allegations he used EU funds for European Parliament assistants to pay staff for work carried out in France and irregularities in his 2017 presidential campaign accounts.

  • Gay rights activist latest victim of homophobic attacks in Paris

    France — Link

    Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has called for a 'collective' reaction against a rising number of reported attacks on homosexuals in the capital, after Guillaume Mélanie, who heads a gay rights association, was assaulted on a street in the city centre by a stranger and left with a broken nose and bruising on Monday evening in what he described as clearly motivated by homophobia.

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