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Record rainfall in France this month has caused severe flooding in parts of north-east France, causing the evacuation of homes, the closure of public services and businesses, and the devastation of farmland. 

Mayotte in the Indian Ocean is suffering because of a drawn-out drought compounded by years of underinvestment and water mismanagement.

Prime minister Élisabeth Borne, representatives of several parties on the left, conservatives and centrists of President Emmanuel Macron's party as well as far-right leader Marine Le Pen attended Sunday’s march in the French capital amid tight security.

After several days of hesitation, Macron said that he would not be joining Sunday's rally in Paris but would be there “in heart and in spirit.”

In an exclusive interview with the BBC at the Élysée Palace, the French president said that the killing of babies and women in Gaza must stop, that was "no justification" for the bombing, and that a ceasefire would benefit Israel.

Dozens of Jewish symbols were tagged across the French capital.

Radical-left La France Insoumise (LFI) party says it will boycott the "great civic march" on Sunday called by the speakers of the country's two houses of parliament, while the participation of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) is creating a headache for the left and centre-left.

French president said civilians in Gaza were “paying the price” of the Israel-Hamas war, adding that the population “has to be protected”.

Two rivers  were placed on red alert for flooding in the northern Pas-de-Calais département after heavy showers overnight from Monday to Tuesday.

Paris police chief Laurent Nuñez tells of 257 cases in the Paris region alone and 90 arrests.