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The French parliament has adopted a law extending the government's ability to manate the use of the health pass until 31 July next year. The bill had previously encountered opposition from those who wished to see an earlier date
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It's been a tense night in the Gabelle district in Fréjus in the Var, after a mini-excavator and a car were set on fire during the night from Thursday to Friday.
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France's education minister Jean-Michel Blanquer will be in Nice today Friday, November 5th
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The French government has confirmed that the mandatory wearing of a mask in elementary schools will be reinstated from the start of the school year on Monday November 8 in 39 metropolitan departments whose incidence rate has been above 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants for several days, as well as in Reunion Island.
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France's oldest prisoner, Tommy Recco, a serial killer who in 1980 murdered an 11-year-old girl, her father and neighbour in the Var region after having shot dead three cashiers in Béziers three weeks earlier could be released.
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Those heading back to school on Monday November 8th in the Var region will once again be required to wear a mask.
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French government spokesperson Gabriel Attal has announced that the wearing of a mask in primary schools will once again be mandatory in 39 departments as from Monday
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A truck driver has been injured following an accident on the A8 motorway this morning. A truck driver has been injured following an accident on the A8 motorway this morning.
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As 120 political leaders gather in Glasgow for COP 26, climate summit, HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco addressed the world leaders on Tuesday, expressing his regret that "we are not yet up to the commitments made in the Paris Agreement or up to the climate challenge".
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President Macron has announced further details of the French government's plans to help reduce youth unemployment. In a Facebook post this morning the President gave further information regarding the Youth Engagement Contract he had previously announced in July
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Railway security officers in Paris have shot a man who threatened them with a knife on Monday evening, November 1st, a little before midnight, at the Saint-Lazare station.
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Hope of finding the three missing French mountaineers after an avalanche on a summit in the Everest region is dwindling after several hours of search. 34-year-old Thomas Arfi from Nice is amongst the three men, who have not yet been located.
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A meeting is taking place today aimed at resolving the ongoing diplomatic row between the UK and French governments over post-Brexit fishing licences. Representatives from the European Commission, France, the UK and the Channel Islands are involved in the discussions
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A 30-year-old man has been shot dead in Marseille. The shooting took place on Sunday evening on the Rue de Lyon, in the 15th arrondissement shortly after 7.30pm on Sunday.
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A 32-year-old man has been seriously injured after being stabbed in the city centre of Grasse on Sunday.
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