Two months ahead of the presidential election, the candidates try to butter up France’s farmers at the Paris Agriculture Fair. Meanwhile, there’s trouble in France's tropical overseas department, Reunion Island. Riots spread as angry locals complain prices are too high. Finally, it’s a loud and clear victory for the star of a silent film. Jean Dujardin becomes the first Frenchman to win an Oscar for his role in "The Artist".
The volcanic peaks, rainforests and cliffs of France's Reunion Island’s natural park, in the Indian Ocean, won UNESCO's World Heritage status on Sunday. The Committee called the island an "environmentally unique" site.
In a high-profile raid broadcast live on TV, French police recaptured a cult leader convicted of child abuse days after he escaped from a Reunion Island jail in a helicopter.
The family of a 12-year-old boy who was twice kidnapped by cult leader and convicted paedophile, Juliano Verbard, has expressed dismay over Verbard’s escape from a Reunion jail Monday and fear for the boy's security.
The leader of a cult serving a 15-year jail term for sex attacks on children escaped in a helicopter from a prison on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion on Monday, along with two of his jailed followers.
Police fired tear gas at young protesters after they set fire to cars overnight on the French island of La Reunion, in the Indian Ocean, which has been hit by a spate of protests and labour strikes over rising living costs.
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