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Fréjus Tunnel that connects France and Italy to close this weekend
The tunnel will close for 12 hours and not the 56 hours originally announced
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TotalEnergies opens service station for electric vehicles in Paris
It is the first of its kind in the capital and has ultra-fast charging
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Conductors on French public transport will soon be able to check your address
Move is part of anti-fraud plans to prevent people from giving false information during fines including on SNCF trains
French sailors win transatlantic race
Thomas Coville and Jean-Luc Nélias set new mark in Le Havre-to-Salvador de Bahia event
Sailors Thomas Coville and Jean-Luc Nélias have won the Transat Jacques Vabre race, completing the journey from Le Havre to Salvador de Bahia, Brazil in a record time of seven days, 22 hours, seven minutes and 27 seconds.
Coville, who this summer crossed the Atlantic from New York to Lizard Point, Cornwall, in four days, 11 hours and 10 minutes to claim his 17th solo sailing record, and Nélias shaved more than two days off the previous best mark for the France to Brazil challenge, set a decade ago.
Sébastien Josse and Thomas Rouxel crossed the line in second, a hour and 47 minutes behind the winners. The duo had been in the lead until midway through the race, when their 'flying' yacht developed technical trouble.
Connexion spoke to Thomas Coville shortly after he completed his record-breaking Atlantic crossing. You can read his interview here
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