MORE than half a million French workers took to the streets yesterday, unions said, for a one-day show of force against President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government over pension reforms.

A woman with a history of mental illness walked her young niece and nephew into oncoming traffic to commit a double-murder suicide, prosecutors said today.

French protesters are aiming to rally at least a million people for nationwide marches and strikes today against an employment law that has plunged the country into crisis.

French protesters, declaring themselves on the brink of victory, hoped today to rally at least a million people for nationwide marches and strikes against a law – aimed at stemming joblessness – that has plunged the country into crisis.

A powerful union leader threatened France with a general strike today over a contested jobs plan that sparked violent protests in Paris over the weekend.