French zoo celebrates birth of twin giant panda cubs

A male giant panda sleeps high in a tree in his enclosure at the Bifengxia Panda Centre near the city of Ya’an in Sichuan Province, China (Chris Ison/PA)

A giant panda on loan to France from China gave birth to two female twin cubs, a French zoo announced.

The Beauval Zoo, south of Paris, said the twins were born shortly after 1am on Monday.