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Probe into 100 sexual assaults and rapes at French engineering school

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An anonymous audit was conducted among 2,386 students, by email, in June and July this year. The survey "highlights particularly worrying situations of sexist and sexual violence", CentraleSupélec said in a statement.

France calls on UK to ‘pay what it owes’ for policing Channel

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Interior minister Gérald Darmanin says negotiations should begin for migration treaty between UK and EU.

French minister slams parliamentary sexism in language row

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Barbara Pompili clashed with MP Julien Aubert and other MPs from the right-wing opposition after he addressed her as "Madame le ministre", using the masculine form of the definite article in French.

France rebukes bishop who said abuse revealed at confession is 'secret'

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Following  publication of a report about sexual abuse of children by the clergy, Eric de Moulins-Beaufort said in a radio interview that the secrecy of the confession rite takes precedence over the laws of the republic.

Australia hopes for detente as France plans to send back ambassador

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After submarine deal row, diplomat Jean-Pierre Thébault will head back to Canberra to ‘redefine’ the relationship. 

Far-right TV host Zemmour overtakes Le Pen in French polls

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New figures suggest commentator and polemicist Éric Zemmour would qualify for the second round in the election runoff next spring.

French senators visit Taiwan despite China protests

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Chinese embassy warned that the visit would damage the interests of China, Chinese-French relations and "the image of France" in recent comments on its website.

Estimated 330,000 victims of child sex abuse in French Catholic Church

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Report said an estimated 3,000 child abusers - two-thirds of them priests - worked in the church from 1950 to 2020.

France threatens to cut UK and Jersey energy supply in fishing row

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French government pushing EU to take stronger stance in dispute over access to Channel waters.

Hostage situation at high-security prison in France ends

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An inmate at the jail at Conde-sur-Sarthe in north-west France who had taken two guards hostage and injured one of them, surrendered after negotiations with authorities,  the justice minister said.