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The two gigantic fires that have been raging since 12 July in Gironde (south-west France) have burnt more than 19,000 hectares of forest and forced the evacuation of 34,000 people, according to the sub-prefect of Arcachon, Ronan Léaustic. SOUNDBITE
More than 10,000 people are gathered in a temporary cathedral set up at the exhibition centre in Chassieu, near Lyon, for the beatification of Pauline Jaricot a Christian French laywoman and missionary in the 19th century. IMAGES
More than 1,000 people evacuated from an area threatened by a violent forest fire wake up in a gymnasium in Bormes-les-Mimosas, in the Var department of France. The facility had already welcomed "fire survivors" during the 2017 fires. The prefecture specifies that among the "thousands" of evacuees are holidaymakers from six campsites in the region. IMAGES
Paris, France, Dec 8 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Ian Langsdon).- More than a thousand paddle surfers on Sunday took part in a 11-kilometer race along the Seine River in Paris.FOOTAGE OF THE PADDLE SURF RACE IN PARIS.
A man suspected of stabbing several people at the Gare de Lyon in Paris has been arrested, according to a provisional report from the Préfecture de Police. Images filmed at Gare de Lyon after the attack. IMAGES