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In France's northern Pas-de-Calais region, which has been placed on red alert, the residents of Blendecques are seeing the damage to their homes and streets following the flooding of the coastal river Aa. IMAGES
"We are all thinking of him this evening", in the French National Assembly, members of all groups stood up in the debate chamber on Tuesday evening to applaud in tribute to AFP journalist Arman Soldin who was killed in Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
In an exclusive interview with AFP onboard his deportation plane, French serial killer Charles Sobhraj says that he feels "great" after being released from jail in Nepal where he served almost 20 years for murder. SOUNDBITE
A house and its garden are partially burnt in Grimaud, hit by France's worst wildfire of the summer near the glitzy Riviera resort of Saint-Tropez. The blaze has scorched some 5,000 hectares in a region known for its forests, vineyards and fauna since it broke out in the Plaine des Maures nature reserve on Monday evening. IMAGES
Mila, a French teen harassed online over a series of social media rants on Islam, meets with the rector of the Paris Grande Mosquée, Chems-Eddine Hafiz, who gives her a Quran. On Wednesday 11 people were convicted of harassing her. Some of the messages she received were death threats. IMAGES
The coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 29,000 people in France with 81 new deaths in 24 hours in French hospitals. IMAGES