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Parisians are shocked by the horrific murder of a 12-year-old girl whose body was found in a container.

The Guardian says It has inspired French film-makers and songwriters, proven useful to cannabis smokers and aestheticians and served as an emergency bookmark or jotter – but now the Paris Métro ticket has reached the end of the line.

A strike on Friday by French air traffic control will disrupt travel for tens of thousands of passengers.

Billions of euros will be needed to compensate for “colossal” production losses linked to the drought, France’s agricultural federation said.

A go-karting event held at a prison near Paris has sparked massive controversy across France.

A 62-year-old French sailor survives 16 hours in capsized boat – by using an air bubble inside his boat after it capsized.  

Thousands of bullfighting fans have flocked to southern France for traditional summer ferias whilst opponents of the practice are trying to get an outright ban, believing they finally have public opinion on their side. 

France24 says Portugal and France on Sunday battled major forest fires as temperatures rose sharply this weekend. In Portugal, a blaze broke out in the Mafra area, north of Lisbon.

France24 says About 1,700 people had been infected with monkeypox in France, Health Minister François Braun said on Monday.

Travellers again stuck in broken Thalys train without aircon, 86 migrants found crammed into truck in North Macedonia.