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Heavy rain alert in Brittany as powerful Channel storm set to hit
Winds of 100 km/h are expected in coastal areas. Rainfall of up to 70mm forecast
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French farmer protests: action expected around Lyon and in Poitiers but quieter elsewhere
Some unions continue to demonstrate despite ‘emergency law’ proposal
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How France plans to tackle health disinformation
Online campaigns and new watchdogs amid strategy, but ‘scores’ for information and sanctions ruled out for now
28 breeding pairs of rare French tortoise stolen
Thieves have stolen 56 tortue d’Hermann tortoises - 28 breeding pairs - from a Corsica zoo but it is not known if they will be trafficked or freed.
With its black and yellow shell, it is France’s only land tortoise. It is now found only in Var and Corsica and is on the red list of vulnerable species.
