The Latest Breaking News from France

Brigitte Macron faces cruel gender rumours as her daughter exposes the toll on her health and marriage, sparking a landmark French trial on online misogyny.

Designed and made in France, the Pulsion Evo marks Peugeot’s confident return to the small GT scooter segment.

The 22-year-old France international made his first start in Wednesday’s 3-1 Carabao Cup win at Swansea after suffering a thigh injury in August.

IN FOCUS: There has been renewed focus on nuclear arsenals after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, James C Reynolds and Maryam Zakir-Hussain report

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy has received a prison visit from the justice minister, a source close to the case said on Thursday, despite a prosecutor warning that it could undermine judicial independence.

France is dotted by former camps where Harkis – Algerians who fought for the French during Algeria's war of independence – were housed with their families after France lost its colony. Held in bleak conditions, scores died and were buried in makeshift graves. For years, relatives have fought to locate…

Three Bulgarian men are on trial in Paris this week for alleged involvement in spray-painting blood-red hands on the city's Holocaust Memorial – an act of vandalism that French intelligence services link to a destabilisation campaign by Russia.

France and Togo are co-hosting a conference in Paris on Thursday to support peace and prosperity in the Great Lakes region of Africa. A coalition of international NGOs will urge participants to step up their financial response to the "unprecedented humanitarian crisis" in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring…

We have no crown jewels: the Louvre panic is a distraction from the real threat the far right poses to our democracy

Matildas midfielder Sarah Hunter has re-joined Sydney FC, two years after leaving Australia for France as the A-League Women's best young footballer.

The French Senate gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill defining rape and sexual assault as any non-consensual act, making France the latest European country to enshrine the principle of consent in law.