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President Emmanuel Macron gave outgoing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu until Wednesday evening to broker a cross-party compromise to form a government or face dissolution and early elections.

Google rolled out its "AI Mode" in Europe and over 40 countries, including Australia, but said it would not launch in France because of regulatory constraints.

The European Parliament in Strasbourg voted on Wednesday on a proposal to ban meat-related names for plant-based foods, sparking industry warnings about economic harm.

Resigned education minister Élisabeth Borne said on Tuesday she was open to suspending France’s contested pension reform, a possibility ministers and opposition figures described after talks.

Dominique Pelicot told judges at the Nîmes appeal trial that Husamettin Dogan knew Gisèle Pelicot was sedated when he raped her in 2019, as Dogan sought to overturn his conviction.

Forecasters in Greece and France predicted showers, thunderstorms, gusty winds and a temperature drop on Wednesday, Oct. 8, while southern France remained dry and sunny.
