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Women quoted in a Mediapart investigation said Abad had forced them to have unwanted sexual relationships with him in late 2010 and early 2011.

Four of the victims are believed to be from the same family.

President Emmanuel Macron retained his finance and interior ministers while appointing only the second woman to head France's foreign ministry. 

Among them is Jérôme Peyrat, a candidate for President Emmanuel Macron's LREM party who was found guilty of violence against his former partner.

National forecasting centre Météo France, which warned of a May heatwave back in March, said temperatures of between 30°C and 35°C were unusual in terms of their “earliness, durability and geographical extent". 

Following an appeal court ruling, the cement giant must now face charges of complicity in crimes against humanity over alleged payoffs to Islamic State group and other jihadist groups during Syria's civil war.

The all-in-one swimsuit worn by Muslim women is no stranger to controversy in France.

Élisabeth Borne, 61, was on Monday appointed by Emmanuel Macron as his new prime minister, replacing Jean Castex under who she served for two years as labour minister and becoming France's second-ever head of government after Édith Cresson, in office between 1991 and 1992.

Following pressure on it to follow other major western companies in withdrawing business from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, French carmaker Renault has announced the company is to cede its 68% stake in the biggest Russian vehicle manufacturer, AvtoVAZ, but with an option to buy it back within six years.

In his first trip abroad since beginning his second term in office, French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday met with the newly elected United Arab Emirates president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, becoming the first western leader to pay respects to the sheik following the death on Friday of his brother, Sheikh Khalifa.