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Prolific French screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, whose celebrated work includes Cyrano de Bergerac, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Tin Drum, and The Return of Martin Guerreand, who was awarded an honorary Oscar for his life’s work of around 80 screenplays and who also won acclaim as an actor, has died at his Paris home aged 89.

A senior French epidemiologist and advisor to the French government on management of the Covid-19 pandemic has warned President Emmanuel Macron against further delaying a third public lockdown as the highly transmissible coronavirus variant first recorded in the UK threatens an 'exponential' rise in Covid-19 cases. 

Campaigners call for the introduction of an age of consent as 20 French firefighters face charges.

Swedish parliament approved the deployment of up to 150 soldiers to the so-called Takuba task force in June last year, with reinforcements of up to 100 others.

In southern France, waters are starting to recede after the worst flooding in 40 years swelled the Garonne River between Bordeaux and Toulouse.

Frédéric Valletoux, president of the Federation of French Hospitals (FHF), said while the situation in hospitals was under control for now, it remained "very tense" in many areas.

François Asselineau, 63, who fronts the Popular Republican Union (UPR) was arrested over the case that could bury his hopes of another stab at the presidency in 2022.

Assadollah Assadi was denied diplomatic immunity because he was on holiday in Germany when he was arrested.

Richard Berry, 70, who has starred in successful theatre productions and films in a career spanning half a century, vehemently denied the allegations.

Jean Castex said that the rate of infection had not significantly strengthened over the past two weeks, even if the pressure on French hospitals remained strong.