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Commune near Nice closes its beaches despite heatwave
Bathers disappointed after Saint-Laurent-du-Var closes five of its main beaches over pollution fears
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Pope will hold public mass in Paris during France visit
Leo XIV to celebrate mass at Place de la Concorde and Champs Elysées in September
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SNCF allows free ticket changes and cancellations amid heatwave
Measures apply to passengers travelling on TGV INOUI and OUIGO services
Anti-drone eagle attacks five-year-old
Air force chiefs are rethinking their use of golden eagles to stop possible drone attacks on security sites after one eagle attacked a girl at a picnic in the Pyrénées and clawed her back.
The bird can down drones quickly in a terror attack but dived on the five-year-old, who had a top tied round her waist, as she played with other children at col d’Osquich.