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Added on the 04/08/2022 13:05:56 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Le Broc (France), Aug 11 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Sebastien Nogier) The south of France is experiencing a dry climate and drought with record temperatures.FOOTAGE OF THE BED OF THE DRY L'ESTERON RIVER, IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, DUE TO LOW WATER LEVEL AND RECENT HIGH TEMPERATURES IN LE BROC.
A rain dance to end the worst drought in record. Over 500 people performed this bizarre dance over the weekend in Sao Paulo to protest against water shortages and to attempt a Guinness World Record. Whether this will bring the rain to the Brazilian city is yet to be seen.
French President Emmanuel Macron talks to people who attended the ceremony to enshrine abortion in the French Constitution, at the end of the event at Paris' Place Vendôme. IMAGES (COMPLETES VIDI34KW4QY_EN + VIDI34KX97B_EN + VIDI34KZ6UV_EN)
A defendant's lawyer arrives at the criminal court in Lyon, as the verdict is awaited in the trial of six men on trial for the robbery of a cash convoy with a record haul of more than €40 million, committed in Switzerland in 2017. IMAGES
France's new Education Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera calls for and end "to the chapter of personal attacks" amid growing controversy over the enrolment of her children in private schools. Speaking to the media while visiting the Olympic Village in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Oudea-Castera added that she "believes in public schools". SOUNDBITE
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves Paris courtroom at the end of his appeal trial in the Bygmalion case. The public prosecutor has requested a one-year suspended prison sentence against the conservative politician, who was sentenced at first instance to one year in prison. The ruling has been set for 14 February. IMAGES