France

UK government bans trade with Israeli settlements and accuses settlers of 'ethnic cleansing'

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

In response, Israel said it would close the British consulate in Jerusalem.

A tornado tears through a village in southern France, wrecking 300 homes

By Associated Press

A tornado ripped through a small village in southern France, damaging about 300 homes, destroying several cars and injuring dozens of people, authorities said Tuesday.

France's top court blocks under-15 social media ban, citing constitutional freedoms

By Associated Press

France last month became the first country in the European Union to pass a blanket ban on the platforms amid rising worldwide concerns about the harmful effects of digital content on kids.

UK records hottest day of the year as western Europe swelters once again

By Pan Pylas, Angela Charlton, Associated Press

Britain, like France, is experiencing its fifth heat wave of the year, with the first recorded in May.

Violators face hefty fines under new French law banning unsolicited telemarketing calls

By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

The law that took effect Tuesday requires businesses to obtain prior consent before contacting consumers.

UK and France prepare for another heat wave as western Europe has its 3rd hottest year on record so far

By Stefanie Dazio, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

Globally, so far this is the third-hottest year, behind 2024 and 2025, climate statistics show.

France is banning unsolicited telemarketing calls starting next week

By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

France next week will ban unsolicited telemarketing calls under a new law aimed at protecting consumers from intrusive sales pitches and shielding vulnerable people from fraudulent commercial practices.

Europe's hot, dry summer takes its toll with fires in France and Greece, and drought in the UK

By Derek Gatopoulos, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

Wildfires west of Athens jumped containment lines, a day after a midair collision between two helicopters killed two crew members.

Human-caused climate change made Spanish, French fires much more likely, scientists calculate

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Climate change's fingerprints are all over the extreme fire weather that sparked this week's devastating wildfires in Spain and France and has spiked Southern Europe's burning the past eight years, two new studies conclude.

Wildfires near Bordeaux threaten to squeeze France's struggling wine industry

By Eva Van Dam, Jamey Keaten, John Leicester, Associated Press

Bordeaux’s legendary wine has seen consumption plunge as young people turn to other beverages and competition from vineyards abroad has grown, while Trump’s tariffs have given winemakers an added hangover.