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Trade union chiefs walked out of a meeting with French prime minister Élisabeth Borne in under an hour as the stalemate on the pension reform persists.

The French case accuses Ali Mamlouk, Jamil Hassan and Abdel Salam Mahmoud of complicity in crimes against humanity, and war crimes.

French president said there would be a draft bill by the end of the summer on whether some form of assisted dying should be allowed.

Results of local vote show 90% support for ridding Paris of ‘self-service scooters’ whose riders are accused of flouting rules of the road.

The decision by the junior minister to appear fully clothed in the magazine's next issue in France has led to criticism from fellow female politicians. 

The action is the latest move the junta running the west African country has taken against French media. 

Sophie Binet, 41, emerged as the surprise pick to replace outgoing secretary general Philippe Martinez following a long night of deliberations. 

French president unveiled a water-saving plan with 50 measures, such as fixing leaking pipes, adapting the way farmers and the nuclear industry use water, and making water more expensive for those who use it in excess of basic needs.

The woman from northern France, who described the French head of state  as 'filth' in a Facebook post, was arrested and held for questioning and will stand trial in June. 

The 32-year-old has been fighting for his life in a coma since Saturday's thousands-strong environmental protest against a new  'mega-basin' gathering water for irrigation at Sainte-Soline in western France.