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France to allow religious gatherings to resume - with face masks

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Collective worship will have to observe conditions, including the wearing of masks, a distance of at least one metre between worshippers and hand-washing.

France announces date for second round of virus-hit elections

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The first round was held on March 15th two days before France entered a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, and the  second round, scheduled for March 22, was postponed. The new date is June 28th.

France's daily Covid-19 toll drops below 100

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The health ministry also said the number of people in hospitals with Covid-19 fell to 17,583 from 17,941.

French healthcare workers fined at Paris hospital protest

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More than 400 doctors, nurses and ancillary staff wore scrubs and banged trays and pans to demand better funding for the Robert Debré hospital, which French media report is in financial difficulty.

France records a further 110 Covid-19 deaths

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The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic rose to 28,132, and the number of confirmed cases increased by 418 to 143,845 on Wednesday, an increase of 0.3%, in line with the average rise per day seen since the end of a lockdown on May 11.

UK ski instructor wins fight to teach in France

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Simon Butler, 57, was contesting fines of €42,000 (£37,600) in 2013 and 2014 for teaching at his ski school in the resort of Megève despite lacking French certification.

Macron loses majority as defectors form new party

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The new group, Ecology, Democracy, Solidarity, will be largely formed of seven MPs from La République en Marche and other ex-supporters of the president. 

France reports fewer new coronavirus deaths, uptick in cases

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It reported 131 further fatalities over the past 24 hours from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus, or a slowing increase of 0.5%, bringing the total death tally to 28,239.

French screen legend Michel Piccoli dies at 94

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Piccoli was seen as one the most original and versatile French actors of the last half century, starring in classic films by Luis Buñuel, Jean-Luc Godard and Louis Malle.

France and Germany plan €500bn recovery fund

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President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the unprecedented package after talks by video conference.