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Paris says it will appeal to EU Commission in September for an end to negotiations for the TTIP free trade agreement with the United States.

UK's home secretary to have scheduled talks on security with French counterpart amid calls for British border controls in Calais to be reviewed.

Frank McCourt, former owner of Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, described the French club as 'one of the most iconic brands in all sports'.

Regional president Xavier Bertrand says migrants in Calais seeking asylum in the UK should be allowed to lodge their claim in France.

Temperatures on Sunday dropped to a relatively cool sub-30°C over most areas after reaching close to 40°C in much of the country during the past week.

Jean-Marc Ayrault called for the UN Security Council, which includes Russia, to take a stand over Syrian government troops use of toxic gases.

The French tennis federation, the FFF, suspended Kristina Mladenovic, Caroline Garcia and Benoît Paire for their 'late nights' and attacks on FFF at Rio games.

Stifling temperatures reaching 38° Celsius that have kept most of France sizzling over the past week, with extreme heat arriving from North Africa and Spain, are due to begin falling on Sunday.

Alain Juppé, the leading contender for conservative Les Républicains party primaries, launched his campaign Saturday with a meeting in which he proposed a more conciliatory tone towards French Muslims.  

The main rivals to become conservative Républicains party's 2017 presidential election candidate have clashing ideas over an increasingly tense national debate on Muslim identity in France.