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French president started his trip Saturday night in Tahiti with a visit to a hospital and an appeal to get vaccinated against the virus. 

An official with France's interior ministry said 161,000 people had demonstrated across the country on Saturday.

Even in France waiters and chefs seem to have have lost their taste for the job.

Last weekend, police estimated that 100,000 people joined protests against new Covid measures - some of them under the banner of the Yellow Vests or 'gilets jaunes'.

The legal action follows revelations that its intelligence services used the Pegasus mobile phone spyware against dozens of French journalists. 

The groups have filed a class action lawsuit against the French state to fix what they contend is a culture of systemic discrimination in identity checks by police. 

Former minister says she is open to participating to a primary of conservative party Les Républicains ahead of 2022 election. 

The health pass will be required for all events or places with more than 50 people, before being extended to restaurants, cafes and large shopping centres in August.

French head of state and and 15 members of the French government may have been among potential targets in 2019 of surveillance by spyware made by the Israel-based NSO Group, according to a newspaper report.

A French presidential adviser said the move was aimed at illegal fishing, as China expands its maritime reach.