Record heat forces early harvest in France's wine country

Producers in the country's wine regions are scrambling to find grape pickers due to the early start, but while the heat will have an impact, there's no panic.

• Aug 29, 2022

Hundreds evacuated in underwater train tunnel between U.K. and France

"There was a woman crying in the tunnel, another woman having a panic attack," said one passenger left stuck in the tunnel thanks to a broken down train.

• Aug 24, 2022

Europe's drought is likely the worst in 500 years, officials say

Extreme heat and a lack of precipitation have plagued Europe for months, causing rivers to shrivel up, crops to die and wildfires to scorch people's homes.

• Aug 24, 2022

CDC tweaks monkeypox guidance over suspected human-to-dog transmission

Researchers studying two men who caught the virus in Paris said "symptom onset in both patients and, subsequently, in their dog suggest human-to-dog transmission."

• Aug 15, 2022

Devastating wildfires are burning in France

With record heat turning brush and farmland into a tinderbox across much of Europe, wildfires are tearing across France, Spain and Portugal. CBS News correspondent Ramy Inocencio reports.

• Aug 12, 2022
• 2:08

Thousands flee homes as raging wildfire chars France's wine country

With record heat turning brush and farmland into a tinderbox across much of Europe, wildfires are tearing across France, Spain and Portugal.

• Aug 12, 2022

Beluga whale lifted from French river dies during rescue attempt

While the sea mammal was successfully lifted out of the river, experts knew he was in poor condition to make the rest of the trip back to sea.

• Aug 10, 2022

"Last-chance operation" to save a beluga stranded in a French river

Marine rescue group Sea Shepherd said a "major, complex operation will be undertaken that is not without risk" to save the whale from the Seine river, northwest of Paris.

• Aug 9, 2022

Little hope for beluga whale stranded in France's Seine river

Images show the emaciated sea mammal swimming slowly northwest of the French capital, and experts say it likely stopped eating before it entered the river.

• Aug 8, 2022

Emmanuel Macron wins second term

French President Emmanuel Macron will serve a second term as president, defeating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen for a second time. Macron is the first French president to be reelected in 20 years. CBS News foreign correspondent Elaine Cobbe joined Lana Zak to discuss what the victory means for France and its allies.

• Apr 24, 2022
• 6:58

France giving U.S. special gift

The United States is getting a gift from France just in time for Independence Day, and it might look a little familiar. CBS News' Ian Lee reports.

• Jun 9, 2021
• 1:22

French ambassador on Russia-Ukraine crisis

France's ambassador to the U.S., Philippe Etienne, joins CBS News' "Red & Blue" to discuss his country's leading role in talks with Russia and the latest in the standoff over Ukraine.

• Feb 21, 2022
• 10:13

Biden visits Michigan to sell domestic agenda

President Biden is trying to shift the focus away from the price tag for his domestic agenda and on to what the bills actually seek to do for the American people. Speaking at a trade union training facility in Howell, Mr. Biden said that to oppose the investments in infrastructure and social programs "is to be complicit in America's decline." Reuters White House correspondent Nandita Bose, The Washington Post's national correspondent Philip Bump and Politico's congressional reporter Nicholas Wu join CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with the latest on Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to France, the dilemma facing Republican presidential hopefuls and more.

• Oct 5, 2021
• 15:59

Saudi prince stays in "world's most expensive home" during Paris trip

The Chateau Louis XIV was built by Jamal Khashoggi's cousin Emad Khashoggi who runs a luxury property development business in France.

• Jul 28, 2022

Pearl Jam says Eddie Vedder's throat damaged by wildfire smoke, cancels Vienna concert

Vedder's throat was damaged while playing the Lollapalooza Paris festival, the band said

• Jul 20, 2022

Europe faces extreme heat

Northwestern parts of Europe are seeing some relief today as the high temperatures shift east. CBS News correspondent Elaine Cobbe explains how leaders are responding to the weather crisis.

• Jul 20, 2022
• 5:45

London wakes up to the grim realities of heat wave hell

"This is the climate change that we've been promised," one expert tells CBS News, and it is "here to stay."

• Jul 20, 2022

Europe struggles with deadly heat wave

Europe is facing a deadly heat wave, with high temperatures typically seen in the Middle East rather than in Paris, London or Madrid. CBS News correspondent Elaine Cobbe gives an update from Paris and explains when western Europe will see some relief.

• Jul 19, 2022
• 3:53

Brutal heat and wildfires grip Europe

The brutal heat in Europe is fueling deadly wildfires in some areas. In the UK, a country not accustomed to this type of weather, many people are struggling to cope. CBS News foreign correspondent Roxana Saberi joined "CBS News Mornings" from London with details.

• Jul 19, 2022
• 3:30

Wildfires rage in Spain and France amid heat wave

A heatwave in Europe has resulted in hundreds of deaths and multiple wildfires as temperatures soar 30 degrees above normal in some areas. In the United Kingdom, residents are bracing for what could be Britain's hottest day ever recorded. Ramy Inocencio reports.

• Jul 18, 2022
• 2:12

Brits could see hottest day ever as heat wave fuels fires across Europe

Largely un-airconditioned London could boil over 100 degrees as wildfires char parched land in Spain, Portugal and France.

• Jul 18, 2022

Fires scorch France and Spain as temperature-related deaths soar in Europe

The scorching temperatures have reached as far north as Britain, where its weather agency has issued its first-ever "red warning" of extreme heat.

• Jul 17, 2022

X-rays of famed artist Modigliani's work lead to an "amazing discovery"

There's been something hiding beneath the surface of one of the 20th-century Italian artist's paintings for a century.

• Jul 13, 2022

Heat wave forces French to nix Bastille Day fireworks over fire risk

With thousands of acres already charred by wildfires amid the 2nd bout of extreme heat this year, many towns and villages have decided it's not worth the risk.

• Jul 13, 2022

U.S. Army Air Forces pilot killed on D-Day laid to rest in Normandy 78 years later

Lt. William J. McGowan's P-47 Thunderbolt was shot down over France's Moon-sur-Elle on June 6, 1944.

• Jul 12, 2022

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