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French long weekend forecast August 15–17: heatwave returns with highs of 42C
Current heatwave is now in its eighth day
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Foreign income leads to French citizenship refusal for retiree in south-west
New approach can penalise applicants whose income is primarily from overseas
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France issues new cheese alert following earlier mass recall
Fears of E.coli outbreak has led to recall of several more products
Another French city bans wild animal circuses
Lille is to join hundreds of other towns and cities and ban circuses with wild animals.

The city will support alternative existing models of circuses following a proposition from Europe Ecologie Les Verts.
A total of 343 cities in France have already adopted a similar position on circuses, including Strasbourg and Montpellier.