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Research nation: whisper it, Europe still sometimes looks to the UK

Getting into a taxi with a stranger at 11pm could have been an awkward experience. Especially when the journey ahead was due to take one-and-a-half hours. Fortunately, when I arrived at Pisa airport last week and jumped into a car to be driven to Siena by Riccardo Chiantini, sitting next…

The Conversation

Adrien Rabiot: France midfielder agrees Marseille deal after Manchester United links

29-year-old had been a free agent since his Juventus contract expired at the end of last season

Evening Standard

French Jihadist Linked To Charlie Hebdo Attackers Goes On Trial

A French jihadist, who was close to the brothers behind the 2015 massacre at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, went on trial in Paris on Monday.

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Iranian exile Marjane Jangjoo on her hopes for real change in Iran

An Iranian woman who fled to France after taking in protests in Iran two years ago following the death of Mahsa Amini has spoken to FRANCE 24, saying her actions against the Iranian regime were worth it. Marjane Jangjoo escaped after 30 men came to her workplace to arrest her…

France 24

Macron nominates Sejourne as EU Commissioner after Breton's surprise exit

French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed Stephane Sejourne, the country's outgoing foreign minister, to replace Thierry Breton as its European commissioner, after Breton announced he would be quitting, claiming EU chief Ursula von der Leyen had asked Paris to withdraw his candidacy.

Radio France Internationale

France's Breton Quits EU Commission In Reappointment Row

France's powerful European commissioner Thierry Breton on Monday announced he was quitting his role with immediate effect, claiming EU chief Ursula von der Leyen had sought at the last-minute to bar him from her incoming team.

International Business Times

France's Breton resigns as EU commissioner in public clash with Ursula von der Leyen

French European commissioner Thierry Breton announced he was standing down from his role effective immediately Monday, publicly accusing European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen of having tried to block him from being reappointed. Breton, one of the most influential figures in Brussels, has taken a strong line against some…

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France’s European commissioner resigns amid row with von der Leyen

Thierry Breton, who had been appointed for second term, cited von der Leyen’s ‘questionable governance’ in EU

The Guardian - UK

A late summer break in Montpellier, one of France’s sunniest cities

The reinvention of Montpellier from ancient university town to ‘Berlin by the Med’ is in full swing, and late summer is the best time to visit

The Guardian - UK

France's foreign ministry unveils two-year gender equality strategy

France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has adopted a new ‘action plan’ for professional equality between men and women for the period 2024-2026, which is intended to be ‘more ambitious’ than a previous gender parity programme.

Radio France Internationale

Tried for double murder and adored by the French left: the violent life and crimes of Pierre Goldman

He was a street-fighting revolutionary with a taste for flash cars and crisp shirts – a moralising bank-robber who was eventually gunned down in the streets of Paris. As a film recreates this astonishing figure’s notorious trial, we speak to his old acquaintances

The Guardian - UK

Kisnorbo moves on from brutal French experience

Humbled but undeterred by a horror stint in France, new Melbourne Victory boss Patrick Kisnorbo is ready to show he is a better coach for the experience.

AAP

Lithuanian artists affirm identity, Western links with major cultural festival in France

With the shadow of the war in Ukraine to its east, the Baltic nation is seeking to reaffirm its ties with the West. The Season of Lithuania in France, running from September to December, will be an opportunity for Lithuania to anchor itself in the West with over 200 events…

France 24

European Championships: Tim Merlier fastest in bunch sprint to win elite men's road race title

Olav Kooij second, Madis Mihkels third, and Jasper Philipsen fourth in Hasselt

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Radio France Internationale

'Dahomey' film invites colonial past to speak through Benin's stolen treasures

In her award-winning documentary Dahomey, director Mati Diop imagines the voice of royal treasures looted from West Africa by European colonisers and only recently sent back to their homeland in present-day Benin. She tells RFI she hopes it will prompt reflection on displacement, exile and return – not just of…

International Business Times

Eight Migrants Die In Channel Crossing Attempt

Eight migrants died early Sunday when their overcrowded vessel capsized while trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French authorities said, less than two weeks after the deadliest such disaster this year.

Radio France Internationale

Eight migrants die in Channel crossing attempt: French authorities

The Independent UK

A least 8 people have died trying to cross the English Channel, French authorities say

Authorities say at least eight people have died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France

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Netflix Just Quietly Added The Best Mystery Noir Thriller You've Never Seen

A mystery involving dead nuns and a mysterious boy unfurls across the South of France in this supremely underrated TV thriller, which is finally streaming now on Netflix. Here's why you should check it out.

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Tragedy Strikes As Migrants Attempt English Channel Crossing

Tragedy strikes as lives are lost in failed English Channel crossing attempts from France, prompting rescue operations and community support.

The Independent UK

Several people have died trying to cross the English Channel from France, authorities say

Authorities say several people have during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France

International Business Times

Thousands In France Protest 'Rape Culture'

Thousands took to the streets across French cities on Saturday to demand an end to rape and support the main plaintiff in a mass sexual assault trial that has shocked the country.

The Guardian - UK

Virginie Despentes: ‘I wasn’t writing Baise-Moi from a very good place’

The French author of the rape-revenge story on drug addiction, her debt to Charles Bukowski and her new #MeToo book set in publishing

Radio France Internationale

French Olympic and Paralympic athletes enjoy 'golden' send-off in Paris

France bid a final and reluctant farewell to the Paris Olympics on Saturday with a parade on the Champs-Elysees followed by an evening concert. Many of France's medal winners were presented with the country's top award, the Legion d'Honneur, by President Emmanuel Macron.

Radio France Internationale

Rallies across France in support of woman who was drugged, raped

Around 30 rallies took place Saturday in Paris and across France in support of Gisèle Pelicot, a rape victim whose story has shocked the country. In a trial that opened last week, her ex-husband admitted to enlisting dozens of strangers to rape her while she was drugged, over a period…

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