The situation in France is currently stable, authorities say, but another heatwave is on the way.
Blazes are about 15km from Bordeaux, but the city's mayor says there are no plans to evacuate.
President Emmanuel Macron, who has championed the initiative, wants the ban in effect before the upcoming school year.
France’s Emmanuel Macron is overseeing his 10th and last national day parade as president on Tuesday. The annual military procession – which marks the July 14, 1789, storming of the Bastille fortress in Paris during the French Revolution – will rev up the crowds before France plays Spain in World Cup semi-finals at the end of the day. Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the celebrations in central Paris despite a scorching heatwave that has seen a forest blaze rage outside the...
Macron, who continued his visit after the blasts, said Syria must not be 'destabilised' by the attacks.
Damascus shaken by twin blasts during Macron's visit, marking heightened threats to Syria's fragile stability
Several hurt in Damascus blasts as Macron meets Syria's Sharaa
Blasts occurred near hotel French president was reportedly staying in shortly after he departs for presidential palace.
Explosions rocked Damascus on Tuesday as France’s president met with his Syrian counterpart in a landmark visit, wounding at least four people according to Syrian state media. Emmanuel Macron had entered the presidential palace to meet Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa when the explosions happened near the Four Seasons Hotel. Syrian authorities did not immediately comment on the incident. Syrian media reported that Macron was staying at the Four Seasons. The French president’s office said he was...
The French president is the first leader from western Europe to visit Syria since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad.
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Damascus on Monday for the first visit by a Western European head of state since Syria’s new authorities took power. President Ahmed al-Sharaa has been rebooting Syria’s international credentials and seeking to revive his struggling country after toppling long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad in December 2024. “I have come to reaffirm France’s commitment to the Syrian people. To a sovereign Syria, united in its diversity and at peace with its neighbours,”...
Thailand’s foreign ministry denied on Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron knelt before the country’s king during his state visit to Paris this week, after an AI-generated picture circulated online. King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida’s trip was the first official visit by a Thai monarch to France since 1960, marking the 170th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between the two nations. During a state dinner at the presidential palace, Macron presented the 73-year-old...