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Shops are closed in the centre of Rouen, as passers-by stroll in empty streets, on the first day of a new lockdown order to slow the spread of Covid-19. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in French Guiana for a two-day visit to the suffering South American territory, which is pushing for increased autonomy from Paris and voted overwhelmingly for far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the 2022 election. IMAGES
Another day of demonstrations by farmers in Rennes, while the government is eagerly awaited by the profession to come up with a response to their anger. IMAGES
The trial of the Trèbes and Carcassonne attacks that opens in Paris will be an opportunity to "pay tribute" to Arnaud Beltrame, said Henri de Beauregard, lawyer for the cashier saved by the policeman, before the opening of the hearing. SOUNDBITE
French Farmers in the southern Occitanie region continue their blockade of part of the A64 motorway started on Thursday. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal meets leaders of the powerful FNSEA farming union on Monday evening, a day after his agriculture minister announced a long-delayed reform package had again been postponed. Among farmers' grievances are the ever-increasing costs the sector faces and what they say is the choking effect of over-zealously imposed environmental regulations. IMAGES