From the student protests engulfing France to the vexed issue of police violence - via a brief divergence into why bins always end up on fire - and a vegetarian wolf, here are the latest news and talking points from France.
government
Some 140,000 voters are choosing between five rivals for the Socialist nomination, hoping to influence France's 2027 presidential election; after a cyberattack, voting now runs until Sunday 6pm....
government
Gabriel Attal is locked in a duel with Edouard Philippe to determine who is best placed to represent the heirs of Emmanuel Macron. In an effort to gain the upper hand, he has deliberately sought to clash with the leftist leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon....
News
Daggers have been drawn over the European Union's next seven-year budget, with Germany and France at loggerheads over whether Brussels should make deep cuts in a battle increasingly expected to overshoot the end of the year....
Local
A Paris court on Friday jailed a young Indian man to 20 years jail for leading a masculinist group that forced young girls, many of them minors, to perform sexual acts and in some cases tortured them....
schools
The student ran an online group specialized in ultraviolence and sextortion. His trial marks the first in France to address 'nihilistic violent extremism,' a movement that originated in the United States....
government
The first round of France's Socialist Party's primary has been extended until 6pm on Sunday after a cyberattack slowed down proceedings, organisers said. An investigation is underway....
schools
Criticism of France's admissions platform for higher learning institutions is one of the main drivers of student protests, where demonstrators want it reconsidered or removed entirely....
