Firefighters have continued to tackle a fire at Canjuers military camp in the Var today. Firefighters said that more than 700 hectares had been destroyed and late this morning nearly 300 were still engaged in fighting the fire. There were some resumptions of fire in difficult to access sectors and two helicopter water bombers were used to help bring the fires under control. Authorities have opened an investigation to establish the cause of the incident.
New data shows that France issued almost 100,000 residence permits to UK nationals last year because of Brexit. The figure was revealed in the French government's annual publication of immigration statistics.
The trial is beginning in Aix-en-Provence of nine people accused in conection with an alleged settling of accounts in the criminal community in February 2017. The charges result from a car chase on the A55 motorway during which ther driver of a vehicle was shot dead.
The French High Authority of Health has specified the vaccination strategy to be implemented around a confirmed case of monkey pox. The strategy is for two population groups - people who were vaccinated against smallpox in childhood, and children. The HAS recommends administering a single dose of vaccine to at-risk contact persons vaccinated against smallpox before 1980, except for immunocompromised persons. In addition, HAS proposes that the vaccination of children exposed to the virus and likely to develop a severe form of the disease can be considered on a case-by-case basis, by specialists only and after a strict assessment of the benefits and risks.
As the heatwave gradually
