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France heatwave: Seven departments on high alert today
Wildfire risk reaches highest level in south
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Map: Where are wildfires in France today? July 5 update
Hundreds of firefighters are fighting a major new blaze in the Pyrénées-Orientales
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French company fights mosquitoes without spraying chemicals
Montpellier firm releases sterile insects to help cut numbers
Progress on Brexit court action
French avocat Julien Fouchet, who is taking court action over the Brexit referendum, says his case has passed a first hurdle – it was not thrown out after initial consideration by the General Court of the EU which happens if cases are deemed clearly unacceptable.
The Council of the EU has until mid-October to reply to his claim that the vote was illegal because long-term expats were excluded.