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The latest news, updates and features on France, a large country in Western Europe. France is known for its capital city Paris, and landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and Notre-Dame cathedral, as well as major cities such as Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice. The country's current president is Emmanuel Macron.

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French firefighters and rescue services working near the La Guicharde middle school.

Teacher fighting for life after 'being stabbed repeatedly by pupil'

World 3 hours ago By Peter Allen

A picture taken on April 4, 2020 shows the entrance of the Rangueil hospital in Toulouse, southern France

Man turns up at hospital with a WWI bomb stuck up his backside

World 1 day ago By Sarah Hooper

Jenny Forsyth in a pink top and black shorts, standing with an e-bike in front of a green area.

I went on a 'softies' cycling tour — here's how it went

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TOPSHOT - People watch as firefighters work on a fire that broke out the evening before at the five-star Grandes Alpes hotel in the upscale French Alpine ski resort of Courchevel, forcing the evacuation of 83 occupants, on January 28, 2026. More than a hundred firefighters were still working on January 28 morning to bring under control the violent fire, which origin remains undetermined, and nearly 300 people were evacuated. (Photo by Alex MARTIN / AFP via Getty Images)

Fire rips through one of most luxurious hotels in the Alps

World 5 days ago By Peter Allen

Starmer mocks Macron by donning a pair of aviator sunglasses

World January 27, 2026 By Sarah Hooper

A DFDS seaways ferry crossing the English Channel under a blue sky.

New £3,500,000,000 ferry linking Scotland and France could finally set sail

Travel January 27, 2026 By Ellie Hutchings

TOPSHOT - AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2025 Migrants try to board a smuggler's boat in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France on August 12, 2025. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP via Getty Images) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2025

French police told to stop using weapons to prevent migrants reaching Britain

World January 26, 2026 By Sarah Hooper

TOPSHOT - France's President Emmanuel Macron gestures during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 20, 2026. The World Economic Forum takes place in Davos from January 19 to January 23, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Firm behind Macron's sunglasses says there's been a surge in demand for his aviators

World January 24, 2026 By Brooke Davies

Images show the joint operation as the oil tanker is intercepted.

UK helps France seize 'Russian oil tanker' in commando-style raid

World January 22, 2026 By Herbie Russell

A bright view of the historic port of Marseille, with boats sitting on the water in front of the Marseille Citadel ,and the Notre-Dame de la Garde on top of a hill.

I explored Europe’s newly-crowned 'most authentic city' – it’s perfect for winter

Travel January 21, 2026 By Alice Murphy

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures during a plenary session at the Congress Hall during the 56th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, 20 January 2026.

Here's why Macron was rocking aviator sunglasses at Davos

World January 21, 2026 By Isobel Frodsham

People enjoying skiing on the slopes of Hemsedal, Norway.

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Travel January 19, 2026 By Eleanor Noyce

FILE PHOTO: A group of migrants on an inflatable dinghy leave the beach of Petit-Fort-Philippe in northern France in an attempt to cross the English Channel to reach Britain, in Gravelines, near Calais, France, September 27, 2025. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/File Photo

Ten British far-right activists are banned from France for harassing migrants

World January 14, 2026 By Sarah Hooper

Dunkirk town by twilight, with boats and waterways in the background, under a dark sky.

New ferry linking Scotland and France to finally set sail in spring 2026

Travel January 27, 2026 By Ellie Hutchings

(FILES) This photograph shows a general view of La Plagne ski resort, south eastern France, on January 6, 2010. Two people died on December 26, 2025, in avalanches in winter resorts in the French Alps, local authorities said, calling on skiers to be wary of changing weather conditions. A 60-year-old mountain guide died after he and a group he was leading were caught by an avalanche in an off-piste sector of the La Plagne resort with a second skier dying after being swept away by an avalanche hours later near the village of Valloire beneath Mount Jovet. Four cross-country skiers were swept away by the avalanche. One of them suffered cardiac arrest and could not be resuscitated. Two others were slighty injured. (Photo by JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT / AFP via Getty Images)

Brit killed by avalanche in the Alps after 'skiing off piste'

UK January 11, 2026 By Barney Davis

Owners of Le Constellation bar Jacques Moretti (L) and Jessica Moretti arrive for a hearing at the Office of the public prosecutor of the Canton of Valais, in Sion, on January 9, 2026. The French couple, facing charges of manslaughter by negligence, bodily harm by negligence and arson by negligence, have been called in for questioning after 40 people, most of them teenagers, were killed, while 116 were injured in a fire that ripped through a bar in the luxury Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)

Swiss bar owner told waitress to 'get atmosphere going' before inferno killed 40

World January 12, 2026 By Molly Lee

Venice Carnival Traditional Mask. Venice. Veneto. Italy. Europe. (Photo by: Mauro Flamini/REDA/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Travel January 9, 2026 By Deborah Cicurel

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 20: U.S. President Donald Trump calls on reporters during a meeting with Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese (L), Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles during a bilateral meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on October 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Albanese is visiting the U.S. Capital to meet with President Trump and later visit the Pentagon. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

EU leader says Trump is 'destroying world order' after leaving 'woke' UN agreements

US January 8, 2026 By Sarah Hooper

A dusk view of a red and blue train riding over a bridge over the Douro river in Porto, Portugal, with houses lining along the riverside.

Spectacular train journey that spans 3 European countries now starts in London

Travel January 7, 2026 By Sophie-May Williams