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France plans new cladding law after London tower block disaster

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Top fire regulations official says following Grenfell fire  no building over 28 metres in France will be allowed to be clad in flammable material.

Trump accepts Macron's Bastille Day invitation

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Macron's office said Trump will attend traditional military parade on Champs-Elysées, where US soldiers will march alongside French troops.

French general 'took fighter jet for weekends'

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General Richard Reboul flew the Alpha Jet from a training base in Bordeaux in western France to his property in Provence, report says.

France’s Macron invites Trump to Bastille Day festivities

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Donald Trump and First Lady asked to attend the parade on July 14 and French president’s office says US leader promised to examine invitation.

France 'lagging european neighbours' on procreation rights

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National ethics committee says French laws on medically assisted procreation should be extended to include lesbian couples and single women.

Former French prime minister Valls quits Socialist Party

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A source close to Manuel Valls said that the former premier would now be allied to President Emmanuel Macron's centrist group.

French PM overrules farm minister on pesticide ban

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Édouard Philippe reconfirmed ban on neonicotinoids hours after agriculture minister Stèphane Travert had said he wanted to soften it.

Vietnamese-French dissident blogger deported to France

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Former maths lecturer Pham Minh Hoang was put on a plane to Paris weeks after his Vietnamese citizenship was revoked.

The lone voices saying 'no' to Paris’s 2024 Olympic bid

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Not all Parisians are in favour of bid to host 2024 Games, though dissenting voices were rare as capital became giant Olympic park at weekend.

Second French journalist dies after Mosul mine blast

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Véronique Robert was wounded in the blast which killed two colleagues on Monday, and died despite being flown back to France for treatment.