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After a summer of extreme wildfires in France, the former residents of one small community hit by a devastating blaze tell The Local about the things they've lost, the support they've received, and what happened next....
The US has warned southern states of a possible Moscow attack that would see Russia fire 600 km-range drones from commercial ships at Spain, France and Italy. We examine what is known and how the threat is mounting....
'C'était Ça ou Mourir,' the debut novel by Haitian-Quebecois writer Thélyson Orélien, has been a hit in France. But an anonymous account on X started a firestorm after claiming to have scanned the book through an AI detection tool....
At the request of France and Luxembourg, the EU removed two Russian oligarchs from its sanctions list in order to facilitate the release of Martin Ryan, who was arrested in December 2023....
Three départements in the south of France were placed on red alert on Monday, September 21st, due to a “very high risk of forest fires”, as hot and dry weather continued across southern France....
Thousands of people marched in Paris and other French cities on Sunday against a proposed law on the legitimate use of force that critics say would be a "licence to kill" for police and gendarmes....
In July, MPs in the Assemblée Nationale approved the bill, which says that any law enforcement official who uses force is assumed to have acted legally in using their weapon. It now faces a vote in the Sénat....
Two Germans were arrested Saturday after they stuck two paintings on a wall of the hall that hosts the Mona Lisa in Paris's Louvre museum, police sources said....
A police officer who follows “a violent radical far-right ideology” has been arrested in France on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack, sources have told AFP....
The officer was placed in detention pending trial in Paris in August on suspicion of making weapons and planning violent attacks, sources in law enforcement told French media on Thursday....
Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Joseph Aoun are set to meet on Thursday, amid an international summit on support for the Lebanese Armed Forces. The initiative shows Paris's determination not to be sidelined, especially as the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement reached under US aus...
Michaël M. was found guilty of sexually assaulting children aged 5 to 10 from 2022 to 2024. He was sentenced to one year of house arrest with an ankle tag, a four-year suspended prison sentence and a ban on working with children....
Protests are taking place across France on Tuesday, with fishermen, police officers, energy workers, university staff and other groups mobilising over a range of demands. Better pay, working conditions and the high cost of energy are among the main concerns....
From northern France, the candidate for the far-right Rassemblement National sought to set the agenda for her campaign by focusing on housing, recycling familiar themes of xenophobia, climate skepticism and tough-on-crime rhetoric....
Forty four people were injured - with one young woman in a critical condition - after a train derailed in Normandy on Friday evening. From the latest on the police investigation to rail disruption this week, here's what we know so far....
State authorities around the country are increasingly requiring electric scooter users to wear helmets. Cycling advocacy groups argue such a rule would be counterproductive and would not protect cyclists in most potentially fatal accidents....
A fragment of rail was found on the track in northwest France, with the possibility of a malicious act being treated as the main line of inquiry as a result, a source said....
The accident is currently being investigated by police and the train company. Meanwhile, tests for drugs and alcohol on the train driver came back negative....
Four municipal police officers in Carcassonne, southern France, were suspended from duty on Thursday after a video emerged in which they made racist and sexist remarks....
Stolen from the Musée Renoir in Cagnes-sur-Mer on Tuesday, the paintings add to a growing list of artworks taken in recent months, a trend that prompted the French minister of culture to announce an emergency action plan in July....
France's far-right Rassemblement National has expelled a police officer party member filmed making racist comments with colleagues while on duty. The incident, footage of which was released Tuesday, comes as Marine Le Pen's party seeks to make its image acceptable to voters ahead...
France's main far-right party has expelled a member who is a policeman after body cam footage of him making racist comments sparked outrage ahead of presidential elections it hopes to win next year....
Police in southern France are searching for two thieves who stole "four works of art" worth an estimated €9 million from the Renoir Museum dedicated to French impressionist, dropping one as they fled....
Thieves took four paintings during a break-in at the museum dedicated to impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir in Cagnes-sur-Mer on Tuesday, abandoning two as they fled, the town's mayor said. Police said the robbery appeared to have been well planned....
Police were on Tuesday hunting for two thieves who escaped with two Renoir paintings from a museum in southern France, after abandoning two others in its garden as they fled, a mayor said....
As the defendants face trial, survivors' testimony and a parallel probe into French naval response raise urgent questions about how the waters are policed....
Fourteen people are to go on trial in France on Tuesday over the loss of 31 people including a seven-year-old child in 2021, in the deadliest small-boat crossing accident recorded in the Channel....
French wine production is expected to suffer its worst harvest in some 70 years with the agriculture ministry on Monday forecasting a 6 percent drop in output after a summer of scorching temperatures, heatwaves and drought. France last week announced more than €1 billion in emerg...
France announced more than €1billion in emergency support for farmers after an unprecedented summer of heatwaves, wildfires and drought, but agricultural groups said the package falls short....
France has announced €1.1 billion in emergency aid for farmers after record heat and drought caused severe damage to crops, pastures and water supplies....
France experienced its hottest summer on record in 2026, marked by heatwaves, drought and massive wildfires, the environment minister said on Thursday....
Gaël Mocaër and Sebastian Perez Pezzani are expected to arrive in France as early as Wednesday evening, Le Monde has learned. They traveled to the African country to film a documentary for French television, before being arrested on July 27 and charged with making false statement...
The EU's Copernicus Earth observation service has reported more than 1.5 million metric tons of carbon were released in the fires, a figure not seen since measurements began in 2003. The findings come as France must speed up cuts to its greenhouse gas emissions and as its forest ...
The French weather forecaster Météo France has announced that it will change its 'yellow-orange-red' system of weather alerts to provide more detailed warnings of extreme weather conditions such as storms, flooding or heatwaves....
French police officer and LGBTQ rights campaigner Pierre Picavet has vowed to continue fighting discrimination after he was violently attacked outside a bar in Paris this weekend. The suspect of what Paris mayor has described as a "despicable" attack appears in court on Monday....
Several unions are planning to strike in September over pay, staffing levels and working conditions. Here's everything you need to know.
