This new episode is not one you want to miss because shockwaves rippled around France this week when it was announced far right leader Marine Le Pen had been banned from standing for political office for the next five years. This could of course rule her out of the 2027 French presidential election.

It's a huge story, it's all kicked off and we'll have all the latest looking at what happens next, what impact will the verdict have on French voters and whether Le Pen can somehow still make it to the starting blocks for that key 2027 election.

And another row has flared up between France and the US this week that has angered many on this side of the Atlantic. We’ll explain what’s ignited that argument.

And away from politics we'll fill you in on the apparent conflict spilling over in French bars and pubs across the country over the size of a beer glass.

And we'll reveal France's favourite French dishes and voted for by ...the French and decide which region of the country can claim to be Queen of cuisine!

Ben McPartland your host is joined as ever by the team at The Local France Emma Pearson, Gen Mansfield and John Lichfield.

Extra reading:

• OPINION: Marine Le Pen is a martyr to nothing but her own greed and arrogance
• Appeals and rallies: What next for Marine Le Pen and the French far right?
• Does France practice 'diversity, equity and inclusion'?
• France slams US 'interference' in firms' diversity programmes
• The 'pint wars' raging in French bars and cafés
• Which French foods do French people love the most?

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