The disruption gave loud voice to widespread complaints that eight years of leadership by France’s business-friendly president have benefited too few people and hurt too many.

France’s first lady, Brigitte Macron, plans to present photographic and scientific evidence to a US court in a bid to battle a conspiracy theory suggesting she was actually male at birth.

European powers will likely reimpose international sanctions on Iran by the end of the month after their latest round of talks with Tehran aimed at preventing them were deemed not serious, France's President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.