Eleanor Beardsley

A new exhibit near the site of the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France, highlights the contributions of female service members and spies.

France hosts the month-long FIFA Women's World Cup starting Friday. While women's soccer is well entrenched in the U.S., in France, women's soccer is struggling to be taken seriously.

In Normandy, on the 75th anniversary of D-Day, President Trump and French President Macron hailed the heroes of the invasion and celebrated the post-war peace and prosperity they secured.

Ray Lambert is part of a dying generation of veterans who survived D-Day. Seventy-five years later, he wants to be remembered as someone who "was willing to die for my family and for my country."

President Trump joins other world leaders in France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy. He then heads into a bilateral meeting with French President Macron.

Ray Lambert, one of the few living veterans who fought in the 1944 battle, was in the first wave of U.S. troops to hit Omaha Beach. The army medic returns to Normandy to mark 75 years since D-Day.

Far-right wins in Sunday's EU parliament elections produced more of a strong ripple than a wave, but the centrist coalition that has governed for 40 years did lose its majority.

Polls close today in the European Union Parliamentary Elections. Early results may signal whether nationalist or pro-EU candidates will take a majority of the parliament.

Elections to the European parliament are usually a ho-hum affair, but this year they're seen as a referendum on the EU itself. And in France — on President Emmanuel Macron and the far right.

"The excuse we hear in France is that we have the French seduction type. ... It's in our culture and our tradition and blah, blah, blah," says a former member of Parliament.

On Tuesday, France honored two commandos killed during a raid to rescue hostages in Burkina Faso last week. In addition to the French hostages, the commandos freed an American and a South Korean.

French courts have handed down nearly 450 fines under new laws to tackle sexual harassment on the streets. Still, many alleged harassers seem to escape consequences.

Wednesday's May Day demonstrations in Paris turned violent as Yellow Vest protesters upended the traditional trade union march.

As the U.S. fights a trade war with China — Beijing, with its Belt and Road Initiative, is redoubling its attention on Europe.

French President Macron is scheduled to give the state of the nation address on Thursday. It was postponed last week after the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral.

Yellow Vest protestors plan their weekly demonstrations in the wake of the fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral and calls for unity from the French president.

Emmanuel Macron has praised the courage and dedication of the hundreds of firefighters who helped save Notre Dame Cathedral. He gave them the medal of honor for their courage.

France's president meets with firefighters who saved Notre Dame from total destruction. When it comes to rebuilding, there's a debate: Should the cathedral be modernized or rebuilt exactly as before?

Parisians are coming to terms with the extensive damage done to the their beloved Notre Dame cathedral by Monday's fire.

Notre Dame caught fire Monday and was badly damaged. Officials are expressing hope that they can save a cathedral that's stood at the heart of France's capital for eight centuries.