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French President Emmanuel Macron meets family in New Caledonia impacted by climate change, after arriving in Touho earlier today. IMAGES
French Prime Minister and former Education Minister Gabriel Attal congratulates his successor newly appointed Education Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera at handover ceremony. Attal vows to make school " the heart of the battles fought by my government". SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron launches "a coalition of champions for the financing of natural capital" at the Elysée Palace, in the presence of Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Gabonese President Ali Bongo, Colombian President Gustavo Petro, World Bank President Ajay Banga and US Special Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry. IMAGES
Around a hundred French firefighters and Civil Security rescue workers prepare to leave Marignane in the south of France for Quebec to take part in a fight against blazes that have shrouded US cities in smoke. IMAGES
"This year Ukraine will be very high on the agenda," says EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell following the EU Foreign Ministers meeting in New York, on the eve of the 77th United Nations General Assembly. "There are many other problems, we know, but the war in Ukraine has been sending shockwaves around the world," he adds. SOUNDBITE
"We must act faster and stronger" in the face of the "climate and ecological challenge", says France's new Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne at Matignon during the handover of power to Jean Castex. SOUNDBITE