PARIS, Feb 20 (Reuters) - French authorities have allowed the culling of around 200 wolves as packs are spreading in farmlands and roaming near large cities, Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard said on Friday.

Toulouse locks Thibaud Flament and Emmanuel Meafou will start for France against Italy on Sunday in the only changes to the Grand Slam-chasers' XV.

Seven men were charged on Friday over the killing of far-right activist Quentin Deranque in Lyon, as authorities confirmed a memorial march will go ahead on Saturday under heavy police presence.

France coach Fabien Galthie on Friday made changes to his second row for Sunday's Six Nations match against Italy in Lille, with Emmanuel Meafou and Thibaud Flament coming into the starting XV.

France plans to replace all US video-conferencing services, marking the EU's latest push for digital sovereignty - with more moves on the way.

France has launched two formal investigations into the Jeffrey Epstein affair, covering alleged sexual crimes and possible financial wrongdoing, as prosecutors call on potential French victims to

The main Paris prosecutor asked victims of Jeffrey Epstein to come forward after the release by the US of a large trove of files that have revealed the full extent of the disgraced financier’s global connections.

Leila Shahid, the first female Palestinian diplomat, who held prominent posts in Europe during some of the most tumultuous years of the Mideast conflict, has died in France at the age of 76.

PARIS, Feb 20 () - France has lifted most of the curbs that were imposed on moving cattle to stop the spread of ‌lumpy skin disease, the agriculture minister said on Friday, a day ‌before Europe's largest farm show opens in Paris with no cows on display for the first ​time.