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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.

A planned 45,000 euro fine for businesses which do not check that clients have a health pass will be much lower, starting at up to 1,500 euros and increasing progressively for repeat offenders.

Maurizio Di Marzio was the only one of ten suspects linked to the left-wing militant group who was not detained by the authorities in April.

Data leak and forensics suggest NSO’s surveillance tool Pegasus was used against journalists at some of world’s top media companies. Mediapart was among those organisations targeted. 

In Paris, one demonstrator's blouse read "No to compulsory vaccination, freedom violated!", while another's placard said: "Macron, no to the health dictatorship."

Health Ministry reported 10,908 new cases on Friday, taking the total to more than 5.84 million.; the daily new case tally was last over 10,000 at the end of May.

Drinking alcohol drinking will also be prohibited outdoors in the Pyrénées-Orientales département on the Mediterranean coast just north of Spain. 

Demonstrations in Paris and other cities over plan for mandatory vaccinations for health workers and vaccine pass for public places.