France’s interior minister says he has taken additional steps against any effort by one of the sons of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden to return to France

French authorities have ordered Omar bin Laden, a son of slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, to leave the country over posts on social media, France's interior minister announced on Tuesday.

France cut its projection for this year's wine crop on Tuesday following the rainiest September in 25 years, with 2024 now forecast to be among the worst recent vintages in such prized winemaking regions as Champagne,

France’s wine production for 2024 is seen dropping 22% in 2024 due to bad weather across all growing areas. Output in the world’s top wine producer is likely to be 37.5 million hectoliters this year, which is also 15% below the five-year average, according to an agriculture ministry report citing estimates to Oct.1.

France is planning to send fighter jets to Ukraine in the first half of 2025, Paris' armed forces minister said, shortly after the Netherlands confirmed its first delivery of Western-made jets to the war-torn country.

In the first quarter of 2025, Ukraine will receive, alongside more F-16 aircraft, the competitive Mirage 2000. French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu confirmed that they will be equipped with new air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons.

France has announced it will deliver upgraded Mirage 2000-5F fighters to Ukraine in the first quarter of 2025 as part of its military assistance.