The French government has admitted its security measures had been "insufficient" to stem an arson and looting rampage by black-clad anarchists during Act 18 of the "yellow vest" protests along the famous Champs-Elysees in Paris on Saturday. So, what happens now?
Demonstrators looted and torched shops and businesses on the famed Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on Saturday, on the 18th straight weekend of "yellow vest" protests.
French customs officials protesting for better pay and more staff and for the extra work expected with Brexit, have turned down a new offer to end their action, unions said. Eurostar passengers in Paris, as well as EuroTunnel users were left facing yet more transport chaos.
While Westminster is in chaos three years after the referendum took place it appears some in France have had enough of the palaver and believe it's time for Britain to get out of the EU.
Eurostar passengers in Paris and people using the Channel Tunnel faced yet more travel misery on Thursday after French customs officials rejected a €14 million offer from the French government, saying it was not enough.
More than 10,000 people marched through Paris on Sunday in protest at "yellow vest" violence during the anti-government demos that have have drawn tens of thousands of people to the streets over the past 11 weeks.
The French government on Friday urged companies to start planning in earnest for Britain to crash out of the European Union without a divorce deal, advising them to seek out new potential business partners.
Newly-signed Cardiff City FC striker Emiliano Sala was on board a plane from Nantes that has disappeared in the English Channel, French police have told the AFP news agency.
With a cold spell descending on many parts of the country Tuesday, snow fell on Paris on Tuesday morning turning the capital into a winter wonderland and causing a fair amount of transport disruption. Here are some of the best pictures from Parisians.
Street artist Banksy has "blitzed" the Paris streets with a collection of murals recently as a tribute to the May 1968 uprising. In some of them he has taken aim at the French government's hard line on migrants. Here's where to find (most of) them.
A British ex-soldier suspected of around 40 burglaries in central France spent five months on the run in the woods before being caught this week, police said Wednesday.
Masked men armed with Kalashnikov rifles caused panic on a housing estate in Marseille on Monday when they opened fire and reportedly took one man hostage before getting involved in a gun battle with police.
Airlines have been forced to cancel scores of flights to, from and over France on Tuesday after French air traffic control unions joined the public sector walk-out.
Migrants camped along the Canal Saint Martin in Paris told The Local of the squalid conditions they are living in as aid groups called on authorities to address ever-worsening situation, which they say will lead to security and health risks.
The French minister Mounir Mahjoubi declared that he was gay on Twitter to mark the International Day Against Homophobia on May 17th and to speak up as a public figure who has himself suffered prejudice in
the past.
Three baboons are still on the loose after escaping from their enclosure in Paris's main zoo on Friday, forcing wardens to evacuate visitors while order was restored, the zoo said.
Unions staged new protests Thursday against an overhaul of France's labour laws, hoping to build pressure on President Emmanuel Macron days before his flagship reforms are expected to enter into
force.
Can cats be both solid and liquid? A French researcher who delved into this conundrum has been honoured with an Ig Nobel prize - an alternative award honouring research that 'first makes people laugh, then makes them think'.
A knife-wielding man attacking a soldier on patrol at Chatelet metro station in Paris is believed to have been the latest in a string of terror incidents targeting police and soldiers in France.
French President Emmanuel Macron has been blasted by politicians and the public alike for describing opponents of his highly controversial labour reforms as "lazy".
