The French-Israeli relationship has always been turbulent, but the prospect that President Emmanuel Macron may recognize a Palestinian state has brought tension to a new level.

LOME, Togo (AP) — Togo has suspended broadcasts by two French state-owned networks for three months for an alleged lack of impartiality in their reporting, according to a statement from the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication on Monday.

Togo has suspended broadcasts of French state-funded international news outlets RFI and France 24 for three months, its communications authority said on Monday, accusing them of a lack of impartiality and rigour.

France said it has received a letter from the Palestinian Authority that contains “concrete and unprecedented commitments” to reform as Paris prepares to co-chair a conference on Palestinian statehood in New York.

Welsh cyclist Stevie Williams will miss the 2025 Tour de France and British National Road Race Championships. The 29-year-old, who won the 2024 Tour Down Under in Australia, has a knee problem and is left hoping to "be back on the start line soon".

The European Investment Bank will back a planned power interconnector between Spain and France with an investment of 1.6 billion euros ($1.84 billion), it said on Monday, after Spain and Portugal's governments sought EU help to improve their power links following a huge blackout in April.

At the age of 80, Carole Carson “screwed up” her courage and flew from California, where she’d lived all of her adult life, to southern France for a new beginning. Four years later, she’s still there.

France conducted nearly 200 nuclear tests in the South Pacific during the 20th century. Tahitians in the diaspora have been raising awareness through advocacy and art.

England head coach Steve Borthwick names an initial 36-player training squad for a match against France XV in preparation for the summer Tests against Argentina and USA.

ARGENS, France (Reuters) -Hichem Miraoui, a 45-year-old Tunisian barber, was at home in the south of France late in May, chatting on the phone with his mother and sisters, when a neighbour drove past and shot him dead on his doorstep.