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The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, responsible for destroying an estimated one million olive trees in Italy and for which there is no known cure or prevention, has been discovered in two olive trees in France for the first time, raising fears of future widespread contamination.

Peprotest at Marineland in Antibes against conditions that killer whales and otther sea creatures are kept in following deaths in storm last year.

President François Hollande visited the region and expressed the 'solidarity of the nation' to those affected by the flooding tragedy.

Death toll could rise to 19 after violent storms sent water cascading through Antibes, Cannes and Nice.

Police have found a skull and other bones belonging to at least four people in the sea close to the French resort of Antibes.