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French Prime Minister and former Education Minister Gabriel Attal congratulates his successor newly appointed Education Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera at handover ceremony. Attal vows to make school " the heart of the battles fought by my government". SOUNDBITE
People head downstairs at the Intercontinental Hotel in Tel Aviv as rocket warning sirens are heard. Moments later the all-clear is given and people return to the lobby. Former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is due to give a press conference at the same venue later Monday. IMAGES
The Interministerial Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games meets under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, to take stock of the situation one and a half years before the 2024 Games in Paris. IMAGES
French Prime minister Jean Castex arrives at the Holy See with French Foreign Affairs minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin ahead of a visit with the Pope, as the French Catholic Church battles a scandal over clerical child sex abuse and the sanctity of confession. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Corsica, ahead of a summit of Mediterranean states aiming to coordinate a tougher strategy towards Turkey that could include sanctions. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe revealed Friday that 450 prisoners in France, who are radicalised or serving a sentence for acts of terrorism, due to be released from now until the end of next year, will be subjected to increased monitoring. SOUNDBITE