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The prefecture for the Paris region together with the local water supply company have dismissed as 'fake news' rumours circulating on social media that drinking water in the French capital is contaminated by dangerous levels of the radioactive isotope tritium.

The mysterious deaths of livestock on some French farms, which remain unexplained despite a recent scientific study, are being blamed by some farmers on electromagnetic fields created by nearby wind turbine installations and mobile phone transmitters.

Far-right Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini has declined to take part in a meeting of his European counterparts in Paris on Monday aimed at defining a common policy towards relocation and repatriation of migrants arriving on the continent in clandestine crossings of the Mediterranean, arguing that France and Germany are ignoring 'the demands of the most-exposed countries like us and Malta'. 

A new search, involving US company Ocean Infinity, to find a French navy submarine that disappeared without trace with its crew of 52 during a naval exercise in January 1968 has finally located the wreck of the vessel, La Minerve, at a depth of 2,370 metres and about 45 kilometres from France's Mediterranean port of Toulon.

New report by the Defence Innovation Agency said the writers will 'propose scenarios of disruption' that military strategists may not think of.

In Paris, car horns could be heard beeping as crowds waving Algerian flags headed towards the Champs-Élysées to celebrate win over Senegal.

Under plans, workers could still retire at 62 as promised by Macron in campaign, but they would have to work 2 years more to get full pension.

French met office expects very hot and dry weather next week, with a slight risk of a heatwave in the southeastern part of the country.

Transport minister replaces de Rugy who quit after a week of reports by Mediapart about his high spending on private dinners and renovations of his ministerial residence.

Reports claim a teenager who died may have been poisoned by hydrogen sulphide, a toxic gas released as the sea lettuce algae decomposes.