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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned Monday just hours after he unveiled his new cabinet, in a shock move that plunged the country further into political crisis.

Gisèle Pelicot, who survived almost a decade of rape involving dozens of men after she was drugged by her ex-husband, will attend court in France again on Monday after one of the men convicted of raping her faces a second trial after appealing against his verdict.

The captain of a suspected “shadow fleet” oil tanker detained off the coast of France will go on trial in February, accused of failing to cooperate with authorities.

Dramatic video captures the moment British stag partygoers were arrested on a Spain-bound Ryanair flight after their disruptive behavior forced the plane to divert to France.

A child has died off France while attempting to cross the Channel in a small boat, according to local media.

Europe is preparing to construct a massive defence layer called the "drone wall" to deter Russian incursions into NATO airspace.

French authorities report that around 100 individuals were trying to reach the UK on a makeshift boat

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been handed a five-year jail sentence.

A family of three, including a small child, has become the first arrivals from France under Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” deal, the Home Office has said.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, September 22, acknowledged a Palestinian state, leading a UN summit that already prompted other Western governments to take the landmark step that has angered Israel.

More than a thousand people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Friday as the Government sent a third person back to France.

France’s financial crimes office is probing ex-Lebanese premier Najib Mikati and his brother for alleged fraud.

A second migrant’s deportation flight has left the UK for France under the “one in, one out” deal after losing a High Court bid to have his removal temporarily blocked, the Home Office said.

French first lady Brigitte Macron is preparing to present "photographic and scientific evidence" in court to prove that she is a woman.

Shabana Mahmood accused migrants of "making a mockery" of Britain’s laws and generosity as she vowed to fight last-minute appeals against the Government’s "one in, one out" deal.

France has put forward a proposal to limit the use of British-produced military components in the EU’s €150bn defence fund, which could potentially complicate the discussions over the UK’s entry into the scheme.

For the second time in its long-standing dispute with Equatorial Guinea, the ICJ has ruled in favour of France, allowing the sale of former Vice President Teodorín Obiang’s multimillion-euro mansion seized in a corruption investigation.

As French President Emmanuel Macron struggles to maintain his fragile grip on power, manoeuvres are reportedly underway by his far-right rival Marine Le Pen’s populist party to clear a path to an electoral run in 2027.

Four people, including two children, have died in two separate incidents while attempting to cross the Channel to the UK in the past 24 hours, and three others are missing in a third incident.

French President Emmanuel Macron has named his defense minister and close ally, Sebastien Lecornu, as the new prime minister after Prime Minister Francois Bayrou resigned after losing a confidence vote.

The family of a woman killed by an ex-partner who inundated her with hundreds of messages and calls will ask a judge on Monday to compel the French authorities to explain why they failed to protect her.

A man has driven a car into a crowd outside a bar in northern France after a dispute in which one person was killed, and five others injured, according to prosecutors.