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A fire broke out on board a nuclear submarine in Toulon this morning
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A decree has been published today recognizing a state of natural disaster for 31 municipalities in the Alpes-Maritimes victims of floods and landslides during the heavy rains in November and December of last year, which led Météo -France to place the department on red alert twice.
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200 people have been taken to safety following torrential rainfall in Ajaccio Corsica. Thursday afternoon saw nearly 120 mm of rainfall within just two hours.
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A major police operation is underway in the East of Nice this evening after gunshots were heard.
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The city of Marseille has reopened nursery schools for the first time since measures of the lockdown, to prevent the spread of Covid-19, were lifted.
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23 additional deaths from Covid-19 have been reported in France in the last 24 hours. The General Health Director announced a favourable situation with regards to the epidemic.
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Bruno Le Maire, the French Minister of the Economy and Finance, has said that 800,000 jobs are expected to be lost in the coming months
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The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), has said that the global economy will experience its worst peacetime contraction in the past 100 years this year. Released today the updated forecasts take into account the effects of the coronavirus pandemic with the OECD forecasting a global recession of 6% for 2020 if the Covid-19 pandemic "remains under control" and 7.6% in the event of a second wave.
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Two workmen have been killed in the Alpes de Haute Provence. The men aged 56 and 35 were at the time renovating an old house in Revest-du-Bion when an outside wall collapsed.
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Parts of our region have experienced significant thunderstorms today. Areas around the border of the Var and the Alpes Maritimes were particularly affected
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From Wednesday 10th June, residents in Nice will be able to be tested free of charge for Covid-19.
To benefit from the free serological test the inhabitants of Nice must obtain an appointment via a form on the website www.despitagecovid19.nice.fr or by phone at 04.97.13.56.00, available Monday to Friday from 9h to 19h. You will also need to specify if you have ever had any symptoms and, if so, on what date.
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France’s interior minister Christophe Castaner has announced a ban on police officers from using chokeholds on suspects. The ban introduced on Monday comes in the wake of the death of George Floyd in the United States.
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French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner has said that he wants "zero tolerance against rascism" in the police force.
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Météo France has placed the Alpes Maritimes on a yellow weather warning with showers and thunderstorms forecast.
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Police say there is little hope of finding a 31-year-old man alive, after he went missing in the Haut Var, while out canyoning at the weekend.
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