<p>Live from the newsroom, Oliver Farry provides an overview of today's French news stories.</p><br />A new law aimed at beefing up France's intelligence surveillance for counter-terrorism purposes is proving divisive with criticism coming from across the political spectrum. It goes before the National Assembly this Monday and will be voted on on Tuesday.<br />Elsewhere, the National Front weighs up the possibility of gagging its founder and former leader Jean-Marie Le Pen and François Hollande visits Qatar after doing a nice piece of business, selling 24 Rafale jets to the Gulf emirate.<br /><br />Visit our website:<br />http://www.france24.com<br /><br />Like us on Facebook:<br />https://www.facebook.com/FRANCE24.English<br /><br />Follow us on Twitter:<br />https://twitter.com/France24_en
