Head coach Christophe Galtier and star player Kylian Mbappé had been asked about the French champions' recent jet trip to the western city of Nantes., and Gaultier joked they might now use a 'sand yacht'.
In a repeat of long delays in July for British holidaymakers travelling to France from Dover, apparently triggered by post-Brexit border control checks, travellers returning to the UK from Calais this weekend queued for up to six hours beyond schedule before boarding cross-Channel ferries.
Robert Hendy-Freegard, 51, a convicted conman who is wanted in France on suspicion of 'attempted murder' after driving at and injuring two French police officers last week, has been arrested in Belgium.
In an effort to lessen the energy supply crisis, utilities giant EDF has committed itself to bringing back into service by this coming winter all 32 of its 56 reactors in France that have been shut down for maintenance and repairs, energy transition minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher said on Friday.
An elite gendarmerie group has entered into contact with hackers who have paralysed the computer systems of a large hospital close to Paris and negotiated a reduction of their ransom demand from 10 million euros to 1 million euros, according to French press reports.
Russian paratrooper Pavel Filatiev, 34, who took part in the invasion of Ukraine, last weekend requested asylum in France after fleeing his regiment in face of what he said were threats of years in prison for having denounced the war and the poor state of Russia's military.
