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At one university residency south of Paris, students are living among cockroaches, mould and in overall unhygienic conditions, despite studying at some of France's top universities. The CROUS of Versailles, a state-run agency, offers financial aid and affordable housing to students, but some of the accommodation it provides is barely fit for purpose.
Not far from Colombia's fields of coca plants - the main ingredient in cocaine - French Guiana has become one of the main points of transit for drug trafficking between South America and Europe, with up to a fifth of cocaine consumed in France is believed to pass through the poverty-striken overseas French territory.
French firm ROSI tells Euronews about the innovative way that it recycles Europe’s photovoltaic panels
The European Space Agency unveiled its new class of career astronauts on Wednesday, two women and three men from five different Western European countries. France's Sophie Adenot was chosen out of more than 22,500 applicants. Adenot, 40, is an air helicopter test pilot with around 3,000 hours of flying experience. She speaks to FRANCE 24.
In the midst of the energy crisis gripping France, this farmer is using his land in innovative ways to produce electricity.