Au revoir Trident? Bonjour le bomb Francais!
For the last two years French President Nicolas Sarkozy as been trying to persuade Britain to look again at the idea of combining nuclear deterrence with France.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have met ahead of the eurozone summit, in a bid to achieve agreement on how to deal with Greece’s debt crisis.
French trade unions launch a new wave of strikes and protest marches against President Nicolas Sarkozy’s unpopular pension reforms.
For the last two years French President Nicolas Sarkozy as been trying to persuade Britain to look again at the idea of combining nuclear deterrence with France.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is stripped of her European parliament immunity and could now face charges over comments she made comparing Muslim street prayers to an occupation of France.
Thousands take to the streets of Paris in opposition of the French government’s legalisation of gay marriage last week in a final show of force, after months of debate that has hugely divided France.
They were familiar figures of the Iraq war. A decade on from the start of the invasion, some have faded into obscurity while the legacy of others endures. Where are they now?
With voters in Greece, France and Italy using elections to reject austerity, Channel 4 News looks at what happens next and whether a break-up of the eurozone is now on the cards.
Syria agrees on the terms of a ceasefire monitoring mission which will see more United Nations observers deployed.
Greece is successful in offering a bond swap to private creditors, after the deadline expired on a deal needed to avoid a debt default.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it has not been allowed to enter the stricken district of Baba Amro in Homs, where it had hoped to deliver food and medical supplies.
British photographer Paul Conroy is described as being “safe and sound” in Lebanon after being smuggled across the border from the Syrian city of Homs.
Words of praise flood in from across the world for veteran Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin after she was killed in a shell attack in the Syrian city of Homs.
The French government confirms it has lost its much-coveted AAA credit rating. Economics Editor Faisal Islam says the move has “huge significance” for the euro rescue plan.
The leaders of France and Germany use their new year’s day messages to predict that the coming year will be more difficult than 2011.
World leaders join Czechs in an emotional tribute to the nation’s first democratically-elected president, Vaclav Havel, at a pomp-filled funeral ceremony.