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The news following reports that Beirut's ambassador to France, Rami Adwan, has been accused of rape and violence. 

The decision by a group of customers to file a complaint follows unsuccessful discussions between Renault and the plaintiffs over faulty engines.

Les Échos reporters walk out amid concerns over Bernard Arnault’s editorial influence.

The tough new laws aim to protect French consumers from misleading or fake commercial practices online.

Paris is pushing for a fixed path for Ukraine to join the NATO military alliance, but Berlin is urging more caution.

However, international prop Mohamed Haouas is unlikely to serve time in prison after the assault, which took place in public at a shopping centre last week.

French prime minister Élisabeth Borne tackled the Rassemblement National by stating thy were the political heirs of the head of France's wartime Vichy regime which collaborated with the Nazis; but in a move suggesting tensions inside the government, the president said the far-right party should instead be confronted over its policies.

French president's warning came as countries met for a new round of talks in Paris on Monday with the "immense" task of ending plastic pollution.

Digital minister Jean-Noël Barrot  said that the US company would be banned from the EU if it refused to follow the incoming European Digital Services Act, which goes into effect throughout the EU at the end of August.

France is talking with debt rating agency Standard and Poor's, prime minister Élisabeth Borne said on Sunday, after a downgrade from rival Fitch reignited government finance concerns in the EU's second-largest economy.