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Child injured, roads closed, homes evacuated: latest on major fire in south of France
A cigarette butt thrown from a vehicle window is thought to have started the blaze that has destroyed 2,000 hectares
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Three people left in critical condition after bee swarm attacks Aurillac town centre
Attack took place over several minutes
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French weekly weather forecast July 7 - 11: third heatwave of 2025 is on its way
Temperatures are set to climb 10C between Monday and Friday
Jobless fall costs jobs

More than 4,000 jobs could go at Pôle Emploi in three years due to the drop in unemployment. France had 6,255,800 doing no work at all in the first quarter, down 1% from the end of 2017. Unions, however, say the workload has not fallen as more people are doing part-time work but are not paid enough to come off benefits.