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Hardest-hit winemakers are allowed to replace their harvests lost to hail and frost by buying grapes from the same area, but finding surplus grapes will be uncertain.

The Council of State ruling, which concerned one town but which will apply to all others applying the ban, said the prohibition was a 'grave and manifestly illegal violation of fundamental rights'.  

Rykiel,who died of complications from Parkinson's disease, found success with clothes designed for women 'on the go' and unlike many designers was also a writer.

Extracts from more than 22,000 pages of data on six Scorpene submarines France is building for India's navy were published by an Australian daily.

The burkini bans introduced by mayors in some French coastal towns has divided ministers, while the Council of State will rule Friday on a legal challenge to the prohibitons.

The Australian designer credited with creating the swimwear for Muslim women says online sales have been 'hectic' following controversial French beach bans.

Photos of a Muslim woman surrounded by police and stripping off her shawl have prompted protests from French Council of the Muslim Faith.

Category 'A' unemployed fell by just more than 19,000, or 0.5%, month-on-month in July to total 3.5 million, following a fall in jobless numbers in the 2nd quarter.

The woman, 34, told French media she was fined by police for dressing in hijab, leggings and tunic and suffered verbal abuse from some beachgoers.

French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve gave few details of the arrests but said three of those arrested were preparing terrorist attacks.