What's new from the French trial? (6)
I believe the answer is:
latest
'what's new' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'the french trial?' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'la' ('the' in French).
'trial?' becomes 'test' ('test' can be a synonym of 'trial').
'la'+'test'='LATEST'
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for latest that I've seen before include "most behind time" , "Most recent (news)" , "Most up-to-date" , "Most recent or most tardy" , "Most recent or most unpunctual" .)