In a few days, France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its former star colony in west Africa, and both sides say the run up is proceeding seamlessly without any rancour.

Storm Herminia swept across Brittany at the weekend and caused record flooding. Pictures show the situation in the municipality of Guipry-Messac, nearly 20 miles south of Rennes.

Brittany's western-most area Finistere was on orange flash flood alert Monday, a level that was to be widened to the entire west coast on Tuesday, Meteo France said. Herminia, which brought on the ...

In a few days, France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its former star colony in west Africa, and both sides say the run up is proceeding seamlessly without any rancour. The ...

It was ordered by the Council of State, France’s top administrative court ... will see about 300 fishing boats from the west of Brittany, all the way down to the Spanish border, remain docked ...

France and parts of the UK. The storm, named by the Spanish Met Office, is bringing winds of up to 128km/h to coastal areas. Normandy and Brittany were already waterlogged after the passage of ...