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Paris, the first european city to introduce on street hirable, electric scooters, has officially become the first to ban them. The rule comes into force today, after residents in the French capital voted to ban them, after complaints that the nuisance factor outweighed their usefulness. The Parisian hirable e scooter experiment lasted five years. Privately owned scooters are allowed. FRANCE 24's James Vasina explains.
A giant reservoir in Sainte-Soline has become a flashpoint in France’s debate over water resources.
Angoulême is once again the centre of the world for graphic novelists, as the French city hosts the 50th edition of its international comics festival. Our reporters have been speaking to best-selling author Riad Sattouf, who received the festival's Grand Prix this year. Meanwhile, cartoonist Tom Gauld joins us in the studio, as his latest collection "Revenge of the Librarians" features in the official selection at the festival. He tells us about lockdown boredom, book snobs and the enduring appeal of paper and ink in a world of screens.
Hot tubs, fine dining and permaculture. This French ski chalet has it all - and it’s doing it in the greenest way imaginable.
Ukraine's government promised to create shelters to provide heat and water and encouraged citizens to conserve energy as a harsh winter loomed amid relentless Russian strikes that have left its power structure in tatters. The head of Ukraine's national power grid operator said the damage dealt to power-generating facilities by Russian missile attacks was "colossal" but he dismissed the need to evacuate civilians. Special "invincibility centres" will be set up around Ukraine to provide electricity, heat, water, internet, mobile phone connections and pharmacy service, free of charge and around the clock, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. For more on Russia's onslaught of Ukraine's energy infrastructure, joining FRANCE 24 is Olena Pavlenko, President of DiXi Group.
A number of London police have stepped back from firearms duties after a fellow officer was charged with murder over the fatal shooting of a young black man, a force spokesman said Sunday. Police in Britain are not routinely armed and the small proportion who are authorised to carry guns are highly trained.
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