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Five departments on orange alert as heavy rain and floods continue in south of France
Conditions are expected to worsen through the afternoon
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‘I saw flames’: Air France plane makes emergency landing in Lyon after technical fault
Flight carrying 173 passengers to Ajaccio diverted to Lyon-Saint-Exupéry on Saturday
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Farmers’ protests ease but key motorway blockades hold firm in south-west France
Pressure on the government over its handling of cattle culls continues as Christmas nears despite a drop in protests
Breton in demand for weddings, baptisms
More weddings, baptisms and funerals are being requested in the Breton language.
Morbihan priest Ivan Brient has had three Breton weddings and two baptisms in 2017, and none before. The demand is led by the young, he said. “It’s not a political, independentist statement, but an attachment of the heart to people’s family roots.”
