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Michael Olise's magnificent late strike gave France a 1-0 victory in Belgium in the UEFA Nations League on Monday as Zinedine Zidane made it two wins out of two since being named coach. The win follows a 1-0 success away to Turkey last Friday in Zidane's first game at the helm after succeeding Didier Deschamps as coach following the World Cup.
For the past week, high school students from Île-de-France have been mobilising in front of their schools to denounce overcrowded classrooms, the absence of teachers or too heavy jobs. The movement grew on Monday, with 28 secondary schools temporarily blocked in the Parisian agglomeration, and extended to the rest of France with demonstrations in Marseille, Lille, Lyon, Nice and Grenoble.
Teenagers in France have been blockading their schools and demonstrating since last week to protest a string of grievances. Standing in front of the Lycée Hélène Boucher, FRANCE 24 journalist Antonia Kerrigan said students there said there were "class sizes of more than 36 people". Click on the video for more.
After his victory in Turkey, the French team chained up on Monday winning in Belgium (1-0). A prestigious success achieved by a largely redesigned and rejuvenated team. Thanks to this victory, the Blues are leading Group A.
More than 170 rallies are planned on Tuesday across France to demand a salary increase of the civil servants and budgetary resources at the level of the missions of the public services. Firefighters, already in the streets of Paris yesterday to denounce "the lack of resources", will be in union processions, while dozens of high schools are blocked. Follow our direct.
Following their victory in Turkey, France won away at Belgium (1-0). Thanks to this victory, Les Bleus are now at the top of Group A in the Nations League.
Since the 1950s, Europe’s democratic and human rights system has developed through the gradual strengthening of protections for political expression, assembly and dissent.
Over 160 people were arrested and dozens injured after student protests in France descended into violence. With a presidential election approaching, senior politicians are pointing fingers at each other.
Pope Leo XIV was escorted by fighter jets to Metz, the final stop of his four-day France tour.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon traded barbs on Monday over high school students blockading classes to demand more resources. The students cite teacher shortages, deteriorating schools and heavy schedules. The dispute comes ahead of next spring’s presidential election and mounting pressure over France’s finances.
Italy bounced back in style on Monday, thumping Turkey 4-1 in the rain to revive their Nations League campaign, while France edged Belgium 1-0 in Brussels with a late winner from Michael Olise. Elsewhere, Sweden beat Poland 3-1, Bosnia and Herzegovina overcame Romania 4-2, and Northern Ireland held Hungary to a goalless draw.
Bardella rejects allegations of anti-Semitic private messages published by Mediapart, calling them forgeries.
Bayern Munich star Olise set off from inside his own half to score the winner in the 88th minute.
Trade unions in France have called on public sector workers – from train drivers to teachers, health workers and police officers – to stop work and protest at the government's plan to freeze the public sector's pay index, just days before the government is set to unveil its draft budget for 2027. Plus, as Paris Fashion Week kicks off, we speak with an expert on what the struggling luxury sector needs to do towards a more sustainable future.
Some 164 arrests took place on Monday in the vicinity of high schools following the protests and blockages of high schools, and on the eve of a call for a day of national mobilization. At the same time, the government and La France insoumée (LFI) accuse each other of the climate of tension in schools.
Pope Leo XIV completed on Monday an intense four-day visit to France with a speech with political accents in Metz. He called for peace and interreligious dialogue, while calling on Europe to combat "deceit and deception" in international relations. The Supreme Pontiff took off at the end of the day for Rome.
Pope Leo XIV urged Europe on Monday to draw from its Christian roots and tradition of dialogue to counter the "uncivilised" relations and "desire for domination" driving today's wars, as he wrapped up a four-day state visit to France that leaned heavily into politics and drew huge crowds at every turn.
There's a new Pope in town and he's got very different ideas on what France's far-right calls the defense of Christian civilization. Leo the 14th concluding his trip to France in the eastern city of Metz, hometown of a founding father of present-day European federalism Maurice Schumann. There, the head of the world's largest organized religion proudly stated fact, that Europe’s roots are Christian, dating back to the Romans, all the while hailing an EU model that transcends 'us versus them' ideology, which brushes aside ‘might is right’ in favor of human rights and international law.
France's largest wildfire since 1949 has been declared extinguished more than two months after it broke out in southwestern Gironde, forcing the evacuation of around 224,000 people and covering the city of Bordeaux with a thick plume of smoke. The blaze was put under control on August 1, but continued to smoulder underground for weeks.
Spain's Swiftair was fined 225,000 euros in France for corporate manslaughter over 2014 Air Algerie disaster in Mali.
