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  • Paris to shut bars and raise virus alert to maximum

    France — Link

    Gyms and swimming pools will also all be closed for two weeks in a bid to curb the spread of the virus, the city's police chief said, but restaurants will remain open if strict hygiene rules are in place.

  • Seven bodies found near France-Italy border after torrential rain

    France — Link

    After 500mm of rain fell in 10 hours, the water swept away houses and roads, and 21 people are reported missing.

  • Paris placed under maximum virus alert, bars, cafés face closure

    France — Link

    However, the French capital's restaurants look set to remain open under tightened sanitary protocols. 

  • New Caledonia votes to reject independence from France

    France — Link

    Independence supporters had wanted all sovereign powers - including justice and policing - to be transferred from France.

  • Voting heavy in New Caledonia referendum on independence

    International — Link

    A "yes" vote would see France lose its most import Pacific territory and dent the pride of a former colonial power whose reach once spanned the Caribbean, large parts of Africa, Asia and the Pacific.

  • French-Iranian academic temporarily released in Iran

    International — Link

    Fariba Adelkhah is now with her family in the Iranian capital, Tehran, her lawyer has said.

  • Nine missing after heavy rainfall in south-east France

    France — Link

    France has been battered by heavy rain since Storm Alex made landfall on Thursday afternoon.

  • Macron outlines new law to prevent Islamic 'separatism' in France

    France — Link

    In keynote speech, French president said local officials will get extra powers to fight radicalism and social problems will be tackled.

  • Virus takes back seat ahead of New Caledonia's independence vote

    International — Link

    This Sunday, more than 180,000 voters will cast their ballot to find out whether New Caledonia will stick with France or become its own independent state.

  • Paris could see new restrictions as virus worsens in six cities

    France — Link

    One of the measures that could be introduced in the capital is the closure of bars and restaurants, an action already taken in Marseille.

  • Macron calls for transition of power in Belarus, offers mediation

    International — Link

    French President Emmanuel Macron, on an official visit to Lithuania, on Tuesday offered to mediate for a "peaceful transition" of power in neighbouring Belarus, meeting with exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and calling for new 'free elections under international observation' following the crisis in Belarus prompted by the contested August re-election of strongman president Alexander Lukashenko . 

  • Paris attack suspect says he planned to burn Charlie Hebdo offices

    France — Link

    French prosecutors said a Pakistani national detained after an attack on two people with a meat cleaver last Friday outside the former Paris premises of Charlie Hebdo is aged 25 and not 18 as he first claimed, and that he told investigators he went to the location, believing it to be still the site of the magazine, to attack staff and set fire to their offices in retaliation for the re-publication of cartoons depicting Islam's Prophet Mohammed.

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