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Images filmed by the Gironde fire department show fires raging in the Landiras area, where nearly 500 people have been evacuated. 4.200 hectares have burned in three days in the area. IMAGES
The Var fire brigade has released images of a violent blaze that broke out in the Var region in southern France. Hundreds of firefighters have been battling the flames in the hinterland of Saint-Tropez since Monday, where thousands of people, including tourists, have been evacuated. IMAGES
Helicopters take turns to douse water over a fire that had already burned 850 hectares of vegetation in the Alaric mountain in the French southern region of Aude. By Sunday morning, the fire had caused power cuts in France, Spain and Portugal, while firefighters fear "a risk of recurrence because of the drought". IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, accompanied by Employment Minister, Catherine Vautrin, and Industry Minister Roland Lescure, visited the Mauffrey Academy, a training centre for transport and logistics professions in Eloyes in the Vosges region of northeastern France. (COMPLETES VIDI34KK624_EN) IMAGES
French farmers are returning to south-west France, stopping in Bergerac in the Dordogne region to rest. French authorities announced on Friday that the worst of a crisis that saw farmers block roads for days was over, but demonstrations continue elsewhere in Europe, including Spain, Italy and Greece. IMAGES
The head of French union Young Farmers Arnaud Gaillot said blockading Paris would be a "last resort", but urged the government to avoid "paralysing the country". Standing alongside the union FNSEA, Gaillot asserts that "the ball is in the government's court" whom it urged to avoid "paralysing the country". French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is due to make "concrete proposals" on Friday, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. SOUNDBITE
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