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France's state-owned rail operator SNCF is experimenting with a system to measure the temperature of passengers before they board high-speed trains. The first tests are being carried out at Gare de Lyon in Paris with five "Health Terminals" installed on the platform, available for tests on a voluntary basis. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron is launching ETIncelles ('Sparks', ed.), a programme of "special support for high-potential SMEs" with the ambition of becoming intermediate-sized companies (ETIs) by removing "the obstacles to growth". IMAGES (COMPLETE VIDI34486QE_FR)
French Transportation Minister Clément Beaune says national railway strikes during the Christmas holiday season aren’t "inevitable," as employees of rail operator SNCF are on strike this weekend. SOUNDBITE
Lawyers, defendants and civil parties arrive at the Evry court for the opening of the trial of one of the worst rail disasters in France. Nearly nine years after the Brétigny-sur-Orge accident that killed seven people, the court is judging the SNCF rail company, SNCF Réseau and an executive. IMAGES
Images show the launch of a Vega rocket from the Guiana Space Center near Kourou in French Guiana. The mission is the 18th Vega mission and the first since a failed Vega launch in November, in which satellites for France and Spain were lost. IMAGES
A mass screening campaign for Covid-19 begins in Roubaix, in the north of France, as concerns grow over the spread of the new 'British' strain of coronavirus. The week should be decisive in assessing the threat of this version of the coronavirus, reputed to be more contagious, on French territory. IMAGES
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