French and Riviera News Tuesday 13th June 2023

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Tributes made to former Italian Prime Minister - French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed his “sincere condolences to his family and the Italian people” following the death at 86, of the former head of the Italian government Silvio Berlusconi. Speaking on Monday evening Macron hailed the memory of "a major figure in contemporary Italy". Leaders from around the world, from Vladimir Putin to Emmanuel Macron, joined Italians in hailing one of the most turbulent personalities in their country's history.

Nice mayor Christian Estrosi also paid tribute to the former Italian Prime Minister. The mayor said that he was "a great industrialist and emblematic figure of Italian politics" who "was a friend of France and a committed European".

Teenager struck by lightning while waiting at a bus stop - A teenager has been struck by lightning while waiting at a bus stop in front of his school. The incident occurred at Beausset near Toulon in the Var at around 3pm on Monday afternoon. Witnesses rescued the 15-year-old who was in cardiac arrest. Emergency services air lifted the young boy to the Lenval hospital in Nice.

More is known on the fatal accident onboard a yacht in the port of Nice - It’s been reported that the 26-year-old South African woman who died from her injuries after falling on a yacht in the port of Nice at the weekend, was a result of an accident onboard the vessel. The victim who had worked for two years on the Goose, a 45-meter yacht flying