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A miscommunication between Arsenal goalkeeper Misa Rodriguez and England captain Leah Williamson gifts Paris FC a late equaliser as the sides draw 2-2 in the Women's Champions League.
The head of the company that runs the Eiffel Tower will step down at the end of the year after female staff at the landmark building in Paris were excluded during a visit by a Hindu religious group. The incident sparked outrage in France and prompted a staff walkout that saw the Eiffel Tower forced to close for a day.
In Paris from Wednesday for an economic forum, Javier Milei is looking for new investors for Argentina, while growth remains fragile and poverty is rising again. For researcher Jean-Jacques Kurliandsky, the president of the extreme right of Argentina comes mainly "to push doors that remain open to him in Europe".
Designer’s latest work takes bold steps away from the fashion house’s brand, creating a show that felt like an event “I want to land on a vibe.” This was how Dior designer Jonathan Anderson, one year into what is arguably the biggest job in fashion, summed up his assignment before his latest show. Expounding on chiffon and buttons with the intensity of a barrister delivering a closing speech in the high court, ruffling his hair as if his mind might at any moment explode with ideas, Anderson brings more brainpower to the pursuit of the vibe than the superficial phrasing suggests. The vibe is co
The head of the Eiffel Tower is set to step down in the wake of a controversy sparked by the removal of female workers during a private visit of the Paris landmark by members of the Hindu sect BAPS, which triggered a staff walkout earlier this month and sparked outrage in France.
French civil servants went on strike on Tuesday and high school students blocked the entrances to schools in a show of discontent with planned budget cuts ahead of next year's presidential election. Seven months before the election, and just two days before the government unveils its 2027 budget draft, opinion polls consistently show the deep unpopularity of France's centre-right government and of President Emmanuel Macron. FRANCE 24's Andrew Hilliar reports from Paris.
The singer appeared at the end of L'Oreal's annual show as the French fashion bonanza kicked off.
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.
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.
Spain's Swiftair was fined 225,000 euros in France for corporate manslaughter over 2014 Air Algerie disaster in Mali.
In recent years, the Catholic Church has taken a growing stance in favour of climate action, culminating with the Vatican's signing of the landmark Paris climate agreement in 2022. As Pope Leo wraps up his four-day visit to France, FRANCE 24's Valerie Dekimpe looks at where religion and the environment meet.
The Musée de l'info et de la presse (Musip) is to open its doors in Paris by 2029, announced Monday morning its founder-president, Antoine Mariotti, also a journalist in France 24. Supported by Unesco, numerous media – including Radio France, Le Figaro, AFP, Charlie Hebdo and regional press groups – and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the project aims to create around 20 million euros.
The visit of Leo XIV gives reservations to Metz and Lourdes. In Paris, hotel activity is also increasing, but the Pope's effect remains difficult to isolate. There is still no consolidated balance sheet to measure the economic benefits of these four days at this time.
After three days marked by popular enthusiasm and crowds of worshippers in Paris and Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV will end his four-day visit to France on Monday in the northeastern city of Metz with a Mass and a speech about the future of European integration.
England's Matt Fitzpatrick secures his fourth title of the season with a three-shot win at the French Open in Paris.
After two days in Paris, where he drew hundreds of thousands of worshippers, Pope Leo XIV is continuing his visit to France in the southwestern pilgrimage town of Lourdes. There, he is due to meet privately with survivors of clergy sexual abuse. His four-day trip is the first official papal visit to France in nearly two decades. For more reaction, we can speak to Marc Artzrouni, the French representative for the global coalition “Ending Clergy Abuse”.
Professional firefighters continue to mobilize to denounce their working conditions and demand additional resources. On Sunday, eight inter-union unions launched in Paris their "column of reinforcement of anger", before a walk and participation in the public service demonstration scheduled for 28 and 29 September.
You'll no doubt have seen the coverage of singer Céline Dion's return from illness and her Paris residency. But here's a different angle: the audio technology keeping her stage quiet, and the artificial intelligence isolating her voice from the noise of a 30,000-seat stadium.
Daniel Duigou, priest in the diocese of Paris and journalist, is our guest.
Leon XIV will fly Monday morning to Metz for the last stage of his visit, a more European and interreligious sequence.
