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One person has been arrested after gunshots were fired in the Moulins district of Nice at about 10.00 this morning.
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According to elected officials and the Council for Ecological Transition France must prepare itself for a global warming of +4°C. The National Council for Ecological Transition (CNTE), which brings together representatives of local authorities, NGOs, unions, employers and parliamentarians, has said that warming is indeed more marked in metropolitan France compared to the world average.
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A member of the Italian government has cancelled a visit to France in the latest row between the two governments over immigration policy
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A man in his thirties has been shot dead in Marseille in the 13th arrondissement. The shooting occurred at around 7.30pm on Wednesday evening, the victim was targeted while returning to his vehicle parked on the chemin de Château-Gombert.
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French government spokesperson Olivier Veran has said that some protestors on May 1 attended demonstrations with the intention of killing police officers
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As part of the "Marseille en grand" project announced by French President Emmanuel Macron, 300 additional police officers are to be assigned to Marseille.
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French Health Minister François Braun has expressed his support for a ban on electronic cigarettes.
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The drought situation is rapidly gaining ground in France with the announcement that from today Wednesday 3rd May, the prefecture of Puy-de-Dôme is to extended restriction measure to 31 towns, bringing the total number of municipalities concerned to 44 in the department.
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Unions have called for a new day of industrial action on Tuesday 6 June. The date is two days before the vote of deputies on a bill which aims to turn the retirement age back to 62 from the 64 mandated by recent legislation
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In the city of Toulon in the Var, the Crit'Air sticker will be obligatory for all vehicles from June 1st.
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The Var is one of eleven French departments which has been placed on a high pollen risk and allergies alert.
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French Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne has declared that 108 police officers and gendarmes have been injured and 291 arrests were made during May 1st demonstrations, a situation described by Borne as « unacceptable ».
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Demonstrations have been held across France to protest at the government's pension reforms. As usual, estimates of the number of people taking part varied widely between unions and the authorities. 130,000 people marched in Marseille according to unions, but there were only 11,000 according to police.
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The launch of the Fête des Mai in Nice has been cancelled this Monday morning due to the rain.
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Extinction Rebellion activists have covered the Louis Vuitton Foundation in paint this morning.
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The Alpes-Maritimes has been placed on a weather alert with thunderstorms forecast
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Six people including a child have been injured in a road accident on the A8 motorway.
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The leader of the CFDT has estimated that around one million people will take to the streets in France today May1st, to demonstrate on labour day.
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