Jamilah Habsaoui, mayoress of the Burgundy town of Avallon, was arrested and detained along with two of her brothers after a gendarmerie raid on her home found a kilo of cocaine, 70 kilos of cannabis and gold bars, all of which she has denied knowing were there.
According to media reports, the French government, which has revised upwards its 2024 deficit target, is considering a further freeze on its spending and a possible increase in the tax on energy companies' profits.
French athlete Anouk Garnier, twice winner of the world obstacle course racing championship, has climbed a 110-metre, free-hanging rope dangling from the second level of the Eiffel Tower, breaking the previous world record of 90 metres, set by a male athlete.
French NGO Surfrider Foundation says analyses of water samples from the River Seine, where swimming events in this year's summer Olympics are to be held, show levels often double and sometimes even three-times higher than the maximum permitted amounts of E. Coli and enterococci bacteria.
A 32-strong contingent of the French Garde Républicaine joined with 40 Scots Guards in a 'changing of the guard' ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London on Monday in an official celebration of the 'entente cordiale' established between the UK and France 120 years ago.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has announced details of draft legislation to tackle problems in the country's health services, including a five-euro fine for patients who fail to turn up to appointments with their GP.
The French president will today mark 80 years since Nazi forces raided a Jewish orphanage in France and sent almost all its occupants to extermination camps.
A teenage boy has died in hospital after a group of people "tried to massacre him" as he left school. It was the second serious attack on a school student in France this week and has prompted a nationwide outcry.
