National News
Weather warning - Central and Northeastern France has been placed on an orange weather alert with thunderstorms forecast. The warning is in place from 3pm this Monday afternoon. In total 22 departments are on alert due to heavy rain and strong winds. The warning is in place until tomorrow morning.
Global warming report - Meanwhile, in a report published today Monday 15th July, the NGO Oxfam France has denounced a lack of measures to prevent global warming in France. The report entitled "Climate change: we are not ready", compiles dozens of studies on global warming and estimates that due to the lack of measures global warming will reinforce inequalities. According to the study almost one in two French people consider climate change as an imminent threat to their way of life. Oxfam is calling for several tens of billions of euros of public measures to be introduced. The French government's third national climate change adaptation plan was suspended by the dissolution of the National Assembly.
Local News
Luxury watch thefts continue in Cannes - The city of Cannes has reported three more luxury watch thefts this weekend. Committed on the same evening on the Croisette, two suspects have since been arrested. Since the start of the tourist season there has been a rise in thefts of luxury watches and now the city council has decided to put in place a specific plan with better cooperation between police services, the use of drones and the possibility of road closure in the event o
