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• Islamic extremists winning the war of propaganda, warns French Prime Minister

  French Premier Manuel Valls ominously said in a conference that Islamism was capturing the hearts and minds of the people in France, the country which has the biggest Muslim population in Europe.

• French far-right fails to win any regions in upset for Le Pen

  Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front did not win any region in French elections on Sunday, in a setback to her hopes of being a serious presidential contender in 2017.

• French PM Valls says no compromise with Syria's Assad possible

  France's Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Tuesday a deal with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to reach a political transition was impossible, but said Paris would back regional ground troops if they were to intervene against Islamic State militants.

• France to build Calais camp for 1,500 migrants

  France plans to build a camp this winter for as many as 1,500 migrants in the northern port city of Calais where twice that many are living in tents and hoping to make the sea-crossing to Britain.

• France to set up center for returning young jihadists by year-end

  France will open a center late this year to help reintegrate young French citizens who return from conflict zones such as Syria but are not subject to prosecution, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Wednesday.

• French local election runoff tests far-right strength

  Voting started in France on Sunday to elect thousands of local councillors in a test of the far-right National Front's growing hold on grassroots politics.

• German Airbus crashes in French Alps with 150 dead, black box found

  An Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed into a mountainside in the French Alps on Tuesday, killing all 150 people on board including 16 schoolchildren.

• In France, voters defy leaders to back Le Pen's party

  A strong showing by Marine Le Pen's National Front in a by-election run-off in eastern France is the latest sign of the rise of the anti-immigrant party, with voters ignoring calls by mainstream politicians to snub her candidate.

• Unions turn lights off on French prime minister

  An inquiry was under way on Wednesday after French trade unionists turned the lights off on a keynote speech by Prime Minister Manuel Valls in protest at planned energy reforms.

• France reinforces security, spy agencies after attacks

  France is to recruit thousands of extra police, spies and investigators to boost national security and intelligence, Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced on Wednesday, two weeks after 17 people were killed by Islamist militants.

• Charlie Hebdo to publish Mohammad cartoon on front page

  Charlie Hebdo will publish a front page showing a caricature of the Prophet Mohammad holding a sign saying "Je suis Charlie" in its first edition since Islamist gunmen attacked the satirical newspaper.

• French policewoman killed in shoot-out, hunt deepens for militant killers

  A policewoman was killed in a shootout in southern Paris on Thursday, triggering searches in the area as the manhunt widened for two brothers suspected of killing 12 people at a satirical magazine in an apparent Islamist militant strike.

• French parliament votes for recognition of Palestinian state

  French lawmakers on Tuesday urged their government to recognize Palestine, a symbolic move that will not immediately affect France's diplomatic stance but demonstrates growing European impatience with a stalled peace process.