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Added on the 13/04/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Images show bursting waters of the Gardon river in southern France and a helicopter taking part in a search for seven people, who went missing following violent storms. IMAGES
Protesting farmers block the Croix Sud tollbooth and set fire to a caravan on the A9 motorway near Narbonne in southern France, ahead of an announcement by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal expected later this afternoon. IMAGES
French farmers are blocking the A7 motorway by at Saint-Rambert-d'Albon in southern France to keep up the pressure on the government, pending its response to the crisis shaking the sector. IMAGES
Dozens of French farmers are driving their tractors on the A7 motorway in the south of France to block it off traffic and put pressure on the government to come out with helpful measures The A7 motorway is closed from Orange to Montelimar with passenger cars and transport lorries forced to exit it. IMAGES
French Minister for Housing, Patrice Vergriete, announces that additional funding of €120 million will be committed to "strengthen the emergency housing scheme" at a time of extreme cold weather in France. SOUNDBITE