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French PM vows no change to labour law reforms despite strikes

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Manuel Valls said French are 'too used to feeling that reform is impossible and it’s enough to contest it in the street for reform not to happen'.

French rail strike adds to travel chaos

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Rail unions' strike, upping pressure on negotiations over future working conditions, comes as France faces severe disruption because of flooding.

Karim Benzema says France coach Didier Deschamps 'bowed' to racists

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The French forward, implicated in a sex tape scam, tells Spanish magazine he was left out of squad for Euro 2016 because of his North African origins.

France confirms EgyptAir blackbox signal detected

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The signal was picked up by a French navy search vessel in the eastern Mediterranean where flight MS804 was lost on May 19th for still unexplained reasons.

US State Department warns of terror threat at Euro 2016 in France

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The US travel alert warns of dangers of attacks throughout Europe this summer, and notably at the Euro 2016 games lasting from June 10th to July 10th.

Islamic State 'emir' appears back from the dead on French TV

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Omar Diaby, a jihadist recruiter wanted by France, said his announced death in battle in Syria was made to fool security services while he had surgery.

Heavy and persistent rain causes flooding in northern France

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The floods have hit towns and villages from the north-central loiret region to the Channel coast, while in Paris the river Seine has spilled over its banks.

As strikes begin Hollande insists labour law reform will not be removed

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The French president said the contoversial legislation offered 'best performance for businesses' and 'new rights to employees' will not be withdrawn.

Hailstorms ravage French vinyards

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The winegrowing regions of Cognac, Chablis and Beaujolais have been badly hit by weekend storms raising fears of a serious blow to this year's harvest.

David Ginola returns home after quadruple heart bypass operation

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The 49-year-old former French football star and model, now a sports commentator, suffered cardiac arrest while playing a football match earlier this month.