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France has reported more than 2,500 new COVID-19 infections for the second day in a row, levels only last seen since mid-April.

Jean Castex said it was likely the 'same hatred, the same cowardice, the same inhumanity that was at work in Niger and at the Bataclan', a reference to the Paris music venue attacked in 2015 by terrorists.

Several tonnes of dead fish were reported in the Aisne river in north-east France close to a Nestlé factory.

Jobless rate fell to 7.1%, from 7.8% in the first quarter, hitting its lowest level since the second quarter of 1983, when it stood at 7.0%.

Britain said the measure - which also applies to people travelling from Monaco, Malta, Turks and Caicos, and Aruba - would kick in from 4am on Saturday.

Move comes as President Emmanuel Macron called on Turkey to halt oil and gas exploration in disputed waters that has heightened tensions with Greece. 

France's Top 14 rugby competition will be most affected by the extension of the regulations, as 60 per cent of professional clubs’ incomes are based on matchday revenues.

If people did not act collectively the country faced a heightened risk that any rebound in epidemic becomes 'hard to control' Jean Castex said.

Benoît Maria, the director of the agriculture and animal health NGO Agronomes et Vétérinaires sans Frontières (AVSF), was killed while driving a van 50 miles from Guatemala City.

Police blocked off an area in the Cévennes national park where up to 10,000 people, including small children, attended the unsanctioned rave at the weekend.