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Stena Line to end popular France-Ireland ferry crossing
Rival operators will continue to serve Cherbourg port as passenger numbers on route increase
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Red heatwave alerts continue as storms sweep across France
South-west and Brittany are the only areas likely to avoid storms this evening after several temperature records were broken in the south yesterday
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Air traffic controllers’ strike: Paris and south of France airports to face major disruption
Half of flights in Nice and Corsica, and a quarter in Paris are cancelled on July 3. Disruption is also expected on July 4 just before the French school holidays begin
Confinement in France will be extended after April 15
President Emmanuel Macron will make a televised address to the nation on Monday – and not tomorrow as previously announced – and the home confinement period will be extended beyond April 15, the Elysée has announced to news service AFP tonight.

No new duration period has been given. The president is expected to clarify the situation when he speaks on Monday on television and radio at about 20:00.
It will be his fourth televised address about the epidemic since March 12.