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It remains unclear what happened over the past year to Yann Bourdon, whose family had speculated that he might have been detained by Egyptian security services.

But the French presidency said France remains engaged in the Sahel region with all its partners, committed to stability and to the fight against terrorism.

The group, part of the Extinction Rebellion organisation, targeted courses near the city of Toulouse, calling golf the “leisure of the most privileged”.

In the southwestern Gironde region around Bordeaux, a huge fire that had flared on Tuesday was under control after rain fell overnight, a senior official said. 

It is widely expected that there will be traffic jams all weekend in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and on Mediterranean motorways, as French holiday makers take to the road for the long  holiday weekend.

He had his first success in the late 1950s with the "Le Petit Nicolas" series of children's books about a schoolboy.

Seven European Nations are sending help to south-west France where forest fires are raging. 

Man detained after attack on woman in heart of French capital’s tourist district by River Seine.

A major highway near the city of Bordeaux was closed on Wednesday afternoon due to the fire raging nearby.

The four-metre animal was euthanised by vets after it developed breathing difficulties while being transferred by road to the Normandy coast.