France star Antoine Dupont insists talk of a Guinness Six Nations Grand Slam is premature, despite Saturday’s thrilling 30-24 victory over Ireland.

Some 7,000 officers have been mobilised for the weekend protests

Police in Paris have banned road blockades threatened by groups organising protests against Covid-19 restrictions, in part inspired by protesters in Canada.

People who are not vaccinated against Covid-19 are no longer allowed in France’s restaurants, bars, tourist sites and sports venues unless they recently recovered from the virus.

Dupont captained France in the autumn in Charles Ollivon’s absence and could continue with the armband given the regular skipper’s long-term recovery from knee problems.

More than 91% of French adults are already fully vaccinated, and some critics have questioned whether the “vaccine pass” will make much of a difference

France announced a staggering 332,252 daily virus cases on Wednesday, as hospitals prepared drastic measures to brace for patient surges and the government strained to avoid a new lockdown.

French President Emmanuel Macron has provoked an outcry in parliament after using a swear word to describe his strategy for pressuring the unvaccinated to get coronavirus jabs.

Non-essential travel from the UK to France has been prohibited since December 18 in a bid to limit the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus,

France’s government is forging ahead with efforts to increase pressure on unvaccinated people to get coronavirus shots, as the country reported 208,000 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday – a record fuelled by the Omicron variant.

Starting from next week, big events will be limited to 2,000 people indoors and 5,000 people outdoors

France has opened 400 investigations into networks providing fake Covid-19 health passes, the interior minister has said, as virus-related hospital admissions rise sharply across the country.

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France’s prime minister has tested positive for Covid-19, hours after returning from a visit to neighbouring Belgium and just as France is seeing a nationwide resurgence of infections, according to his office.

President Joe Biden has told Emmanuel Macron the US had been “clumsy” in its handling of a secret submarine deal with Australia, an arrangement that left France in the lurch and rattled Europe’s faith in American loyalty.

The roadside spectator who caused a massive pile-up during the first stage of the Tour de France in June goes on trial on Thursday in what a riders' union said it hopes will help raise awareness over safety risks in cycling races.

Algeria has accused its former colonial ruler France of “genocide” and announced the recall of its ambassador from Paris in anger over what it said were “inadmissible” comments attributed to French President Emmanuel Macron.

François Vérove took his own life and mentioned crimes in suicide note after being called in for questioning

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit France next week as the Biden administration tries to smooth over hurt feelings.

People in France qualify for the jab if a minimum six-month period has passed since they were fully vaccinated with the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine

Some two million workers in restaurants and other service jobs in France must now show a health pass to go to work, as part of government virus-fighting efforts.

French President Emmanuel Macron visited Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, which suffered widespread destruction during the war to defeat the so-called Islamic State group in 2017. He vowed to fight alongside regional governments against terrorism.

People in France are now required to show a QR code proving they have a special coronavirus pass to enjoy restaurants and cafes or travel across the country.

French President Emmanuel Macron has appealed for national unity to fight the resurgent coronavirus, and lashed out at those fuelling anti-vaccination sentiment and protests.

Far-right activists and members of France’s yellow vest movement are holding protests against a bill requiring everyone to have a special virus pass to enter restaurants and other venues and mandating Covid-19 vaccinations for all health care ...

Marchers chanted “Liberty!” and carried signs denouncing a “medical dictatorship” and Mr Macron

France is to allow international travellers who have had AstraZeneca’s Indian-manufactured coronavirus vaccine into the country.

The Eiffel Tower has greeted tourists for the first time in nearly nine months, reopening to the public even as France introduces new rules aimed at taming the fast-spreading Delta variant of coronavirus.

Nearly one million people in France made vaccination appointments in a single day, as President Emmanuel Macron cranked up pressure on everyone to get jabs to save summer holidays and the economy.

French President Emmanuel Macron has ordered all health care workers to have coronavirus vaccines by September 15 and urged all his citizens to get vaccinated as soon as possible, to fight resurgent infections that are threatening the country’s ...

Didier Deschamps admitted France’s penalty shootout elimination “hurts” but stood by Kylian Mbappe who saw his crucial spot-kick saved in the shoot-out as Switzerland reached the quarter-finals.

More than 58% of France’s adult population had received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose

France’s government spokesman said the coronavirus situation has “clearly improved” as the country reopened indoor spaces in restaurants and cafes as well as gyms and swimming pools.

France is welcoming back international visitors who have been vaccinated against Covid-19. The French government has announced it is removing the need for coronavirus tests for vaccinated Europeans.

France is to impose a mandatory quarantine on visitors from the UK to prevent the spread of the Indian variant of coronavirus, the government has said.

France may introduce stricter coronavirus restrictions for British visitors when tourism reopens this summer to prevent the spread of the Indian variant, a minister has said.

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France’s cafe and restaurant terraces reopened after more than six months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.

President Emmanuel Macron has said the outdoor terraces of France’s cafes and restaurants will be allowed to reopen on May 19 along with museums, cinemas, theatres and concert halls under certain conditions.

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The French government bears “significant” responsibility for “enabling a foreseeable genocide”, a report commissioned by the Rwandan government has concluded about France’s role before and during the horror in which an estimated 800,000 people were ...

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Pakistan blocked access to all social media, after days of anti-French protests across the country by radical Islamists opposed to cartoons they consider blasphemous.

Tan France’s Queer Eye co-stars shared their delight at the fashion designer’s baby news. France, 37, announced he and husband Rob are expecting a child via surrogate, revealing they will become parents this summer.