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Macron vows support for northern Syrians and Kurdish militia

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French president 'paid tribute' to Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces while Kurds say he has also promised to send more troops to area.

Sarkozy to go on trial for corruption and 'influence peddling'

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Case based on wiretapped phone-calls in which Mr Sarkozy allegedly sought to influence judge and get leaks into progress of investigation.

French police arrest man after driver 'tried to run over' soldiers

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 Driver shouted in Arabic as the soldiers of the 93rd Mountain Artillery Regiment, who were out jogging, managed to avoid oncoming vehicle.

French campuses on edge after Montpellier university attack

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As Macron government seeks major reforms, allegations emerge that academics were among masked group who attacked students at university.

Politics looms over Paris march to honour Jewish murder victim

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Heads of far-right Front National and hard-left France Unbowed had to quit march for Holocaust survivor killed in suspected anti-Semitic attack.

At state funeral, Macron hails Resistance spirit of heroic gendarme

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President said the 'greatness' of Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame who swapped places with female hostage, had 'stunned France'.

France to lower school starting age from six to three

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Change will only affect a small number of children, as most French families already send their children to nursery school aged three or even two.

Macron wants France to win Artificial Intelligence 'arms race'

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French president wants to avoid France and Europe falling behind Chinese and US giants such as Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft and Alibaba. 

Girlfriend of French supermarket terrorist 'known to security services'

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The 18-year-old French woman, whose boyfriend was Trèbes gunman Redouane Lakdim, is in custody and had showed 'signs of radicalisation'.

Killing of Holocaust survivor raises anti-Semitism fears in France

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Prosecutors probe whether anti-Semitism was a motive for killing of Mireille Knoll who was stabbed 11 times and left in her burning Paris flat.