All news on the topic: France

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Armed cops gun down woman after sources say she shouted ’Allahu akbar’ on train
Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand station in eastern Paris was evacuated amid rush hour as France, already on high alert following the fatal stabbing at a school this month, deals with the security incident
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Stars of David painted on Jewish homes in ‘despicable and intolerable’ attack
More than 60 Stars of Davids were painted on the walls of Jewish homes and businesses across France in a Kristallnacht-style attack as tensions over the Israel-Hamas war continue
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School where teacher fatally stabbed in terror attack evacuated over bomb threat
A teacher died after a horror stabbing at Gambetta High School in Arras, northern France, and two other were left seriously injured - and since all schools in the nation have increased security
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Teacher knifed in playground as embassy worker stabbed on 'Day of Jihad'
A police operation is now underway at a high school in the French Northern city of Arras, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said as one teacher is believed to have died
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Hotels 'deploying pest experts and UK could ground flights' over French bed bugs
The UK tourism industry is reportedly bracing for the invasion of bed bugs from Paris, with a hotel chain quizzing guests on their travel history and airlines preparing to ground planes
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Four key symptoms of bedbug bites to look out for include itching
A bedbug infestation has broken out in Paris and they creatures could infest luggage of passengers leaving the country - to the UK and elsewhere - so it's important to be alert
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Caribbean war heroes who fought for Britain - only to face racism and execution
Nothing sums up the bravery of the West Indian soldiers more than what is found at a small cemetery in Belgium in Poperinge, near Ypres - the grave of two soldiers
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Ryanair passengers cheer as police kick man off plane forced into diversion
A Ryanair flight which left Liverpool for Ibiza today was diverted to Bordeaux, France, with footage showing a man being frogmarched off the plane
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Horror bedbug outbreak threatens Paris Olympics as official says no one is safe
Paris’s deputy mayor, Emmanuel Grégoire said "No one is safe" as infestations have continued to rise due to an uptick in travel and increasing resistance to pesticides
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Panicked women beg for help as they're left locked in lorry and can't breathe
Four Vietnamese and two Iraqi women spent more than 10 hours in the cramped, freezing truck, before a BBC reporter helped intercept and rescue their lorry
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Ex-pats turn French village into 'little Britain' - 'English' shops
Steve and Helen Robbins, originally from Oxford, own traditional English butchers at the local Thursday market and they operate the stall in English, as most of their customers are English
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New hope in desperate hunt for missing boy, 2, as divers search lake in France
Divers from the local police force revealed they are inspecting a lake next to a public swimming pool in the tiny hamlet for the second time, in the search for Emile Soleil
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French politician hopeful admits digitally beautifying campaign photo for votes
Juliette de Causans used the feature to give herself a tan in publicity for parliamentary elections last year but this month took it a step further
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Rugby fan 'kidnapped and gang-raped by three men' after watching World Cup match
The 37-year-old woman, who was staying in central Bordeaux, was attacked around midnight after she'd been supporting her home team, Ireland, face off against Romania in a world cup title bout on Saturday
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British soldier found dead during military rugby tournament in France
The player's body was found on a beach in the Brittany region of France today, where the World Military Rugby Championship competition is being held
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Woman who saw Brit hiker hours before he vanished says he 'was in good spirits'
A fellow hiker, who met Aidan Roche on the day he vanished, has come forward to say what he was wearing and that he was in good spirits as his loved ones continue the search for him
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France wildfires force 3,500 evacuations with firetrucks burned to ash
The fire in southern France left around 350 to 400 holidaymakers without accommodation, Rodrigue Furcy, head of the administration in the Pyrenees-Orientales region, told the local radio
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Travel warning for Brits abroad as drivers could face fines over summer holidays
Drivers travelling through Aix-Marseille-Provence region, Bordeaux, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Nice, Paris, Reims, Strasbourg and Toulouse must beware
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France holiday home horror as 11 bodies found after fire destroys building
More than 70 firefighters dashed to "violent flames" at a cottage in Wintzenheim, northeastern France, with at eleven people killed in the blaze at a holiday lodge for disabled people
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Mum dies after falling 500ft off cliff in the Alps during hike with pal
Giulia Pozzebon was hiking with a friend on Monte Limidario, which straddles the Italian-Swiss border when they were hit by bad weather
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Eerie last texts of Brit hiker missing on 'not particularly difficult' mountain
Yorkshireman Aidan Roche, 29, was last seen on 22 June on the Eiger Trail in the Grindelwald area of the Bernese Alps, just two days before he was due to come home
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Mystery as 'experienced' British hiker missing for 42 days last seen in the Alps
Yorkshireman Aidan Roche, 29, was last heard from on June 22 while in the Grindelwald area of Switzerland on the twelfth day of a two-week trip
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Major health update on Brit family hurt in horror crash that killed mum-of-10
All members of the British family who were involved in a serious car crash in France are now "out of danger", a local emergency services source said today
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Dad dies and girl, 3, injured as water park inflatable blows 160ft into air
The unnamed 35-year-old man and his three-year-old daughter were trapped inside the ride at Wonderland Waterpark in southern France when it was blown 160ft in the air
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Brit mum-of-ten dies in France crash as 'many children injured'
Three people – including a British woman aged 40 – are known to have died and several others critically injured in the crash on the A26 motorway in Northern France on Sunday