Four Bordeaux-Begles players, including France winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey, were stranded at Bristol Airport after being denied entry into the UK because of an administrative issue on the eve of their Champions Cup opener against Gloucester.
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A minibus carrying truck drivers crashed into a train transporting vehicles through the busy Channel Tunnel between France and England has injured 19 people, French authorities said....
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The spectre of far-right leader Marine Le Pen winning France’s presidency with a pledge to go head-to-head with the European Union is already giving Brussels the jitters, and looming over Emmanuel Macron’s final months in power....
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A minibus was carrying truck drivers of various nationalities were heading to travel on a LeShuttle train, which carries vehicles and their passengers through the tunnel....
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The US Secretary of State, speaking before the Parthenon on October 7, presented nationalism as the sole future for Europe. Yet his message was undercut by Donald Trump's rudderless policy, mired in controversies and turnarounds, writes Le Monde's Gilles Paris in his column....
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France and Germany have agreed to ease EU pollution rules for new cars and to let Britain count as 'made in Europe,' in a deal meant to help the region's struggling carmakers....
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A minibus collided with a stationary train near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel in northern France on Thursday evening, injuring the driver and 18 passengers, French authorities said....
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Whether it's neighbours or strangers, a village tradesman or fellow passengers on the Paris Metro, readers of The Local share the moments that showed them the kindness of people in France....
schools
A 14-year-old charged with attempted murder in France after wounding a principal and a teacher in a school shooting this week said he acted out of revenge for bullying, prosecutors have said....
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The far-right presidential candidate argued for cutting France's financial contribution to the European Union, but her usual partners stopped short of endorsing her demands....
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview Thursday, stressed his country has a "win-win" defence cooperation with France, after Marine Le Pen said she would cut aid to Kyiv if elected French president....
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Courts are increasingly turning their attention to the women who joined the Islamic State armed group in Syria and Iraq, and then returned to France. The latest case opened Wednesday: that of Radia Tahar Aouidate, was one of 23 members of her family to travel to Syria, under the ...
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The government had submitted a measure to trim the cap on a 10% tax break for pensioners, hoping to bring in €1.4 billion for the public budget amid concern about France's debt. Lawmakers rejected the measure by 116 votes to 30....
