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  • France asked US not to bomb Lafarge factory in Syria in 2014

    France — Link

    Email shows that France's Syrian envoy thought it 'legitimate' to approach US over cement plant in area controlled at the time by Islamic State.

  • After the hugs, Macron stands up for all Trump vowed to destroy

    France — Link

    French president addresses Congress, presenting himself as an advocate of liberal world order – the opposite of Trump’s image

  • On Anzac Day, France remembers the thousands who died

    France — Link

    Australia's prime minister Malcolm Turnbull was in France to mark a special centenary for those who died in battle on French soil.

  • Open letter linking Islam to anti-Semitism sparks backlash in France

    France — Link

    Signed by prominent figures, it drew a link between anti-Semitism and Islam, blaming Islamist radicalisation for a 'quiet ethnic purge' of Jews.

  • Macron pitches new Iran deal to keep Trump on board

    International — Link

    French president’s offer seems calculated to appease US president's discontent with the current ‘bad deal’ on Iran’s nuclear programme.

  • French tycoon Bolloré questioned by police over Africa operations

    France — Link

    Bolloré, who has business interests in West Africa, is suspected of corrupting foreign officials and complicity in corruption, his lawyer said.

  • Trump hosting glitzy White House state dinner for Macron

    France — Link

    On Monday president and First Lady dined with Macron and his wife, Brigitte, at Mount Vernon, home of first president, George Washington.

  • Red carpet treatment belies differences as Macron arrives in US

    International — Link

    Presidents Trump and Macron are expected to tackle pressing foreign policy issues from Iran deal to Syria as French leader starts US state visit.

  • French MPs approve controversial immigration bill

    France — Link

    One MP from ruling LREM, Jean-Michel Clément, rebelled and announced he was quitting the president's party after voting against the reform.

  • France to ban meaty labels on vegetarian foods

    France — Link

    Sales of non-meat products which use terms on packaging labels adopted from products of animal origin, such as 'veggie burger' or 'soy sausages', are to be banned in France after parliament adopted a bill submitted by an MP and farmer from President Emmanuel Macron's LREM party.

  • Mont-Saint-Michel evacuated in security scare

    France — Link

    The Mont-Saint-Michel, the small tidal island home of a monastery and abbey off the Normandy coast and one of the most popular tourist sites in France, was briefly evacuated on Sunday after a man made threats to attack police there before apparently escaping a vast manhunt involving helicopters and police reinforcements.

  • Syria's Assad returns legion of honour award from France

    International — Link

    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has returned his Legion d'honneur award, France's highest recognition of civil merit which was given to him in 2001, in retaliation for French participation in airborne strikes against the Damascus regime earlier this month and just days after Paris announced it intended stripping him of the decoration.

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