Forty people have drowned while swimming in unsupervised areas since June 18th, the prime minister said, as people tried to escape a heatwave that is raising temperatures across France

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  France ⁠has banned Israel’s National Security Minister Ben-Gvir from its territory after footage of him taunting abducted flotilla activists earlier this week triggered international criticism

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  NGOs and residents of areas high in 'forever-chemicals' pollutants filed the French state, asking the court to order the government to stop PFAS discharges into the environment and to remedy the "ecological harm" caused by its "culpable inaction"

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  Villetaneuse campus in Paris is testing the new €1 meal, offered to all students including those without a scholarship; students are enthusiastic, staff are worried of a surge in autumn, calling for additional resources to match the potential demand

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  Amid increasing accidents and altercation between drivers and cyclists in cities, women regularly report experiencing sexist assaults, sometimes leading to the point that some to give up cycling - investigation is reported in media, including Le Monde

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