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Ils étaient nombreux ce mercredi 17 mai dès l'ouverture de la grande braderie des Costières du Secours Populaire. Le but : permettre à toute personne d'accéder à des produits neufs : bazars, vêtements, électroménagers, linges, produits d'hygiènes et mêmes des livres à des prix bien en deçà de ceux pratiqués en magasin. L'association organise des braderies toute l'année dans le département, mais celle des Costières, la plus importante, n'avait plus été faite depuis 2014. Elle sera encore ouverte ce jeudi entre 9h et 17h.
After a ten-year hiatus for security reasons, a train carrying tourists across the Sahara desert in Mauritania has reopened. France has lifted a ban that prevented its citizens from travelling to the region. Our France 2 colleagues followed one retired couple who took up the challenge.
President Sarkozy is back on the campaign trail and has returned to France's industrial north, where swaying disgruntled factory workers may be a tall order. After the interior minister announced his plan to ban praying in the street, we consider the religious and political conundrum facing this secular state. Finally, we dip into the magical world of Oksa Pollock.
Parisians and tourists sought shade on Saturday in the garden of the Palais-Royal while France, two-thirds of which has been placed on red or orange heatwave alert, is expected to experience "peaks close to 42°/43°C" according to Meteo France. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance won the first round of lower house elections on Sunday by a razor-thin margin over the left bloc of Jean-Luc Melenchon although it is likely to extend its lead in next weekend's second-round runoff. Charlotte Minvielle, NUPES candidate for the French living in Northern Europe, speaks to FRANCE 24.