Amanda Morrow with RFI    Scandal has hit France s reshuffled government after freshly minted Minister for Solidarity Autonomy and Disabled People Damien Abad was accused of raping two women

Amanda Morrow    As he handed over the baton of France s foreign affairs portfolio outgoing minister Jean Yves Le Drian celebrated Saturday s election defeat of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison saying the result suits me very well

Michael Fitzpatrick    Friday s session at the Special Criminal Court where the Paris terror trial is taking place continued to hear testimonies of the families of victims They were followed at the bar by families who lost their homes and belongings in the police raid on the terrorist hide out in Paris Saint Denis

RFI    French President Emmanuel Macron named new foreign and defence ministers on Friday as part of a government re shuffle intended to create fresh momentum ahead of parliamentary elections next month

Michael Fitzpatrick    This has been a particularly difficult week at the Paris terror trial where the survivor of the Bataclan attack and the families of victims have come to give their version of November There have been tears and courage There has been the unfailingly benevolent attention of court

RFI    The MeToo anti sexual harassment movement is reshaping France s sexist political culture with several politicians running for parliament in upcoming elections forced to stand down over alleged violence against women

David Coffey with RFI    France s interior minister says that he will seek to overturn a rule change in the city of Grenoble that would allow women to wear burkinis in state run swimming pools

Sarah Elzas    Does France s new female Prime Minister mark a victory for feminism Marseille s creeks Calanques faced with degradation limit visitors The battle in that shifted influence in Europe from Spain to France

David Coffey with RFI    Eleven people from the ultra right wing group Patriot Vengeance have been arrested and placed in police custody on suspicion of planning to carry out violent attacks

Michael Fitzpatrick    Another day of evidence from those who escaped the Bataclan massacre The Paris attacks trial heard the continuing litany of shock suffering and guilt With merciful moments of courage generosity and hope

David Coffey with RFI    A Paris court of appeal has upheld the indictment of French cement group Lafarge for complicity in crimes against humanity concerning its activities in Syria at the height of the country s civil war

RFI    In a surprise speech during the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival Tuesday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged filmmakers not to be silent over Russia s invasion of Ukraine

RFI    Russia on Wednesday announced the expulsion of French Spanish and Italian diplomats in retaliation for moves by France to expel Russians in April in the wake of Moscow s offensive in Ukraine

RFI    France is set to experience record temperatures for the month of May as a heat dome fuelled by bursts of hot weather from the Sahara hits much of the country

Michael Fitzpatrick    This week the Paris attacks trial will hear the testimonies of victims and their families If the tragic facts remain the same the individual experiences of the night of November and of life since are unique