Dentists, bakers and trained killers: Itโ€™s the French navyโ€™s elite crew

France’s powerful amphibious helicopter carrier is a floating village with gyms and a boulangerie … plus missiles, machine guns, landing craft, choppers and tanks.

Irelandโ€™s embrace of Zombie song at Rugby World Cup stirs debate over lyrics

Fans seen singing the Cranberriesโ€™ hit in stadiums but some Irish republicans are unhappy at revivalTwenty years after a lethal IRA bomb inspired its stark, chilling lyrics, the Cranberriesโ€™ song Zombie has experienced an unlikely rebirth as a Rugby Wo…

Wednesday briefing: Is Britain about to get invaded by bedbugs?

In todayโ€™s newsletter: With Paris under siege by these tiny, blood-sucking terrors, many on the other side of the Channel are wondering if theyโ€™re next โ€“ and what can be doneโ€ข Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. Paris is b…

โ€˜Bedbugs donโ€™t discriminateโ€™: Paris โ€˜scourgeโ€™ sparks fears of international infestation

After French capital hosted fashion week and Rugby World Cup there are concerns the problem will spreadParis is burning its luggage and bed linen as it battles a โ€œscourgeโ€ of bedbugs, stoking fears of infestation around the world as pest controllers re…

Royal family announces state visit to France during Rugby World Cup

King Charles and Queen Camilla to dine at Palace of Versailles banquet and meet sports starsKing Charles will address members of both houses of the French parliament and will have a bilateral meeting with French president, Emmanuel Macron, during a sta…