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French call for nuclear safety improvements

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Parliamentary report puts pressure on state-backed power utility EDF which operates nuclear plants and faces massive bill to extend their life.

Suspects in France bomb plot to be sent to Belgium

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The men, including an Iranian diplomat,will face claims they were involved in a plot to bomb an Iranian opposition rally on the outskirts of Paris.

Macron visits Nigerian music legend's nightclub

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French president went to club founded by Afrobeat star Fela Kuti hours after holding talks with President Muhammadu Buhari during 2-day visit.

Clashes erupt in western France after fatal police shooting

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Cars were burned and a shopping centre partly set alight in Nantes after a 22-year-old man was shot dead by an officer during a police check.

Tech entrepreneur to head French business lobby group

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Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux set to give technology sector even higher profile as President Macron bets on it to spur the country’s economy.

Macron talks security with African leaders

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French president held talks at the 31st African Union summit taking place in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott.

Diplomat arrested over 'attack plot' on Iranian group in France

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Four people held for allegedly plotting bombing of rally by MEK - a fringe group loathed in Tehran - attended by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

France accused of aiding bloody Egypt repression through arms sales

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Study commissioned by human rights groups found French arms sales to Egypt rose from €39.6 million to €1.3 billion between 2010 and 2016.

Macron leads Panthéon tributes to Simone Veil

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President said France loved the Holocaust survivor, best known for legalizing abortion in the 1970s, for her 'struggles'.

Notorious thief escapes from Paris jail by helicopter

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Rédoine Faïd, jailed for robbery in which a police officer died, was aided by armed men causing diversion outside prison while helicopter landed.