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Bordeaux Confirmed in French Sixth Tier as Financial Fall Deepens
Six-time French champions Bordeaux will play in the sixth tier of French football this season after the Nouvelle-Aquitaine league unanimously approved their place in Régional 1, capping a financial collapse that saw the club sold for a symbolic one euro.

Salvador Dalí's 150-Kilogram Bronze 'Book of the Apocalypse' Stolen From French Museum
A 210-kilogram 'Book of the Apocalypse' designed by Salvador Dalí — its bronze, gold and gemstone cover alone weighing 150 kg — was stolen overnight from a contemporary art centre in Issoire, central France. Prosecutors describe the piece as 'highly valuable' in the latest of a wave of French museum heists.

Le Pen Pitches €25 Billion in Annual Budget Cuts as France's Bond Market Crisis Deepens
Marine Le Pen will on Tuesday unveil plans to cut French government spending by €25 billion a year, seeking fiscal credibility as borrowing costs hit levels not seen since the early 2000s — with the April 2027 election looming.

Trump Says France's Student Protests Are About 'Islam Wanting to Take Over', Not Schools
As a quarter of a million demonstrators filled French streets and more than 800 schools closed, President Trump claimed on Truth Social that the student uprising is really about 'out of control mass migration' — a statement that thrusts the crisis into America's midterm campaign.

Italy's 46-Year Mystery: French Files Could Finally Crack the Ustica Crash Case
A Rome judge has ordered new investigations into the 1980 Ustica air disaster after France agreed to hand over its files on the crash that killed 81 people. The decision revives Italy's longest-running aviation mystery — and the theory that a French missile, fired at Gaddafi, brought the plane down.