Michael Ratcliffe    Revered and influential theatre director who took drama out of the auditorium to stages and spaces all over the world Peter Brook one of the most original and influential theatre directors of the th century who has died aged was a questioner all his life He disliked being called a guru

Kenan Malik    Marine Le Pen might have lost the presidential election but the RN leader s influence runs deep in FranceIt is not often that the election of deputy speakers to a parliament can be described as portentous The appointment last week of vice presidents the equivalent of deputy speakers of the

Matthew Reisz    The Cosquer cave near Marseille astonished the diver who discovered it with its ancient depictions of sea and land animals Now it has been painstakingly recreated in the French port for all to enjoyIt was in that the diver Henri Cosquer discovered along the coast from Marseille what has

Kim Willsher in Paris    Bas Smets project featuring trees and a cooling system aims to create a more pedestrian friendly space around Paris landmarkFor most of the last year the Belgian landscape architect Bas Smets could be found walking purposefully around the Île de la Cité in central Paris staring at and thinking

AFP in Bordeaux    Discovery of of printing machinery used to make fake labels led to arrest of people in seven areas of FranceFrench police have broken up a gang that had allegedly produced hundreds of thousands of bottles of fake Bordeaux wine in an elaborate counterfeiting operation prosecutors said on Friday

Kim Willsher    Australian prime minister says he wants to reset relations between Canberra and Paris after Aukus deal riftFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app morning email briefing and daily news podcastThe Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has said he is

Elias Visontay (now) and Stephanie Convery (earlier)    The French president Emmanuel Macron has met his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese in Paris in an effort both agreed to repair relations between the two countries after a diplomatic spat over a cancelled submarine deal In October Australia opted for nuclear powered

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris    Mark Butler urges Australians to get boosters as new subvariant circulates nation records Covid deaths This blog is now closedWestern Australia s EPA urges year extension of country s most polluting gas projectNot just a number families of five Australian pandemic victims reflect on loss

Philip Carr    Australia s prime minister Anthony Albanese says conversations with the French president Emmanuel Macron will stay private ahead of a meeting in Paris The relationship between the two countries was damaged when the former government in Canberra cancelled a submarine contract with France in

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris    Abdeslam was only survivor of man terrorist unit that struck in city killing people in Salah Abdeslam the only survivor of the man unit that carried out coordinated terror attacks in Paris in has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to full life in prison the toughest

Elias Visontay, Mostafa Rachwani and Stephanie Convery (earlier)    July Priests nuns peasants and schoolchildren line the roads on the day the race caravan passes their district while a million Parisians are said to have turned out to see the startFrom Philip Carr July Continue reading

Kim Willsher in Paris and Daniel Hurst in Canberra    Trial hailed as crucial step for France in facing its collective trauma over terror attacksIt was the biggest criminal trial ever held in France where hundreds of people who survived the deadliest peacetime attack on French soil gave shocking details of their ordeal from crawling past

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor    Defence minister blames Coalition for submarine delay nation records Covid deaths This blog is now closedTurnbull says Albanese is not Scott Morrison and that s a big advantage Australia s new prime minister will have an easier time mending relations with the French because he is not Scott

PA Media and Guardian sport    Former Australian PM calls successor s conduct over submarine deal disgraceful ahead of Anthony Albanese s meeting with MacronFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app morning email briefing and daily news podcastAustralia s new prime minister will have an

Kim Willsher in Paris    With most of the country facing drought a record number of would be water diviners have begun training in the Burgundy village of PouillouxName Water divining AKA Dowsing Continue reading

Kim Willsher    Analysis Talks close with pledge to support Kyiv for as long as it takes but price caps on Kremlin oil and gas remain sticking pointRussia Ukraine war latest updatesWestern leaders ended the three day G summit in Germany promising to increase the economic and political costs to Vladimir

Peter Bradshaw    Darmanin stops short of apology for blaming Liverpool fansMP Ian Byrne calls comments a hugely significant moment The French interior minister Gérald Darmanin has apologised to everyone who suffered from bad management at the Champions League final in Paris Darmanin s comments were

   Sole surviving member of cell alleged to have carried out terrorist attacks insists I m not a killer The sole surviving member of a cell alleged to have carried out the November terrorist bombings and shootings across Paris insisted he was not a killer as the nine month trial drew to a

   City hall targets anarchic parking and pollution with move but bikers say it is just another taxFor years Paris drivers have complained that while they have been hit with rising parking charges the city s estimated half a million motorbike and moped owners have had a certain liberté to park

   French Senegalese film maker Alice Diop offers a sensitive portrayal of the disparate communities that live along one of Paris s commuter rail linesAlice Diop s calm and subtle documentary is very loosely and freewheelingly structured around people and communities that she has found along the RER