01:40Prosecutors on Tuesday sought stiff sentences from five years to life in jail for 14 suspected accomplices of the Islamist gunmen who murdered cartoonists and killed hostages at a
09:54France sends war planes for a flyover mission in the Central African Republic as President Emmanuel Macron says it condemns attempts to disrupt this upcoming weekend's elections. M
03:30French lawmakers tackle a bill on Monday to dig up radical #Islam by its roots in the country, beliefs that authorities maintain are creeping into public services, associations, so
01:38France will impose an earlier curfew in 15 northeastern and southeastern departments from Saturday to combat the spread of the coronavirus, starting at 6pm instead of 8pm, the gove
01:42France is closing its borders to people arriving from outside the European Union starting Sunday to try to stop the spread of new variants of the coronavirus and to avoid a third l
04:31France is closing its borders to people arriving from outside the European Union starting Sunday to try to stop the spread of new variants of the coronavirus and to avoid a third l
01:31The French government is considering whether or not to impose a third national lockdown. France is now under a 6pm curfew but coronavirus cases have still continued to rise. A fina
01:51French authorities will swoop down Thursday on dozens of mosques and prayer halls suspected of radical teachings as part of a crackdown on Islamist extremists following a spate of
01:30French Interior Minister Gérald #Darmanin on Tuesday said he was launching a probe into clashes that broke out late Monday after police cleared out a new #migrant camp at Place de
05:16#France’s lower house of parliament is voting Tuesday on a #bill that would strengthen government oversight of mosques and religious schools and crack down on polygamy and forced m
01:40The French government has vowed to ramp up its Covid-19 vaccinations after an outcry from health professionals. France has lagged far behind other nations, including the UK and Ger
04:46President Recep Tayyip #Erdogan criticised his French counterpart Emmanuel #Macron's proposal to defend his country's secular #values against radical Islam as an "open provocation.
39:46Smack in the middle of a pandemic comes a culture war, with the first shot fired by Emmanuel Macron's own government. Some 600 French academics have signed an open letter calling f
06:09France is known around the world for its gastronomy and love of food. In this week's show, we take a closer look at what's been called the food lover's bible: the Michelin Guide. A
12:30This week, we're focusing on France's end-of-high-school diploma, the baccalaureate. Two school years of Covid-19 disruption have taken their toll on pupils all around the world. B
12:29Film critic Lisa Nesselson takes us through the frontrunners for this year's #César awards in #France, despite the fact that many of them got very little screen time in cinemas las
03:03A nightly curfew is failing to slow the spread of #coronavirus infections in #France and tighter curbs are under consideration, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday
01:25The region around the northern French port of #Dunkirk will start enforcing a weekend #lockdown from this weekend to halt a spike in #Covid-19 infections, Health Minister Olivier V
39:53It is no longer labeled a law against religious separatism and you will not find in it the words "radical Islam". But as Emmanuel Macron's justice minister openly states, it is abu
02:54A #Paris court on Monday found French former President Nicolas #Sarkozy guilty of #corruption and influence peddling and sentenced him to one year in #prison and a two-year suspend
11:37This week, we're happily ensconced at a Parisian café terrace, as we celebrate the partial reopening of the country's bars and restaurants! The French are rekindling what is a long
04:04Like various other countries over the past year or so, France has seen mass protests against police brutality. Now, authorities have begun a review of the police in a bid to improv
01:45The verdict is expected on Monday in a landmark #corruption and influence-peddling #trial that has put French former President Nicolas #Sarkozy at risk of a prison sentence if he i
01:35#Summer #festivals will be able to go ahead in #France this year despite the enduring #Covid-19 crisis, but attendance will be capped at 5,000 people and the public must be seated,
13:02Hundreds of Nigerian schoolboys are reunited with their families in Katsina State, as questions continue over the role Boko Haram played in their kidnapping. A decade after the Tun
02:35France’s parliament voted to approve a controversial law Friday that will ban the publication of images of on-duty police officers as well as expand the use of surveillance drones
01:15The #Covid-19 #virus is circulating more quickly every week and a tighter #curfew put in place earlier this month has not managed to curb the spread of the virus, French Health Min
00:24New #variants of the #coronavirus are circulating more widely every week and a tighter #curfew put in place earlier this month has not managed to curb the spread of the virus, Fren
