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'You sleep with us and you vote against us,' shouted a group of prostitutes outside parliament as a divided National Assembly began debating the bill.

Abdelhakim Dekhar was sentenced in UK to wear an electronic bracelet for assaulting his partner, according to French media reports.

The Malian, who allegedly shot a US diplomat in Niger in 2000, had escaped jail while serving 20-year sentence for killing four Saudi tourists.

Zahir Belounis, held in Qatar without pay due to the country's sponsorship system for migrant workers, has been granted an exit visa.

The French president was forced to backtrack after saying his pledge to bring unemployment down by year's end would take as long 'as necessary'.

The number of people registered as jobless in France fell by 20,500 in October - or by 0.6% - to a total of 3.275 million.

France and Germany echo UK calls to restrict welfare payments for EU migrants ahead of a predicted influx of Romanian and Bulgarian workers.

A French court has overturned a previous ruling that creche deputy director Fatima Afif was the victim of religious discrimination.

Arguing that the niqab is part of her "religious faith, culture and personal convictions" she calls for France's full-face veil ban to be overturned.

Outgoing PSA chief Philippe Varin said he would forego the huge pension package which caused an outcry as the firm cuts 10,000 jobs.