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A man shouting "Allahu Akbar" stabbed two of three municipal police officers he attacked in Toulouse, France yesterday. Carrying three knives, he made terrorist statements and aimed for the throat before being subdued and arrested.

France: 420 arrested, 166 minors, over fires set during the worst wildfire season since WWII.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

During the negotiations with France aimed at preventing the snapback mechanism, we had reached an understanding, but the United States did not allow it.

Europe lacks the authority to make independent decisions.

Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli on France:

Macron stabbed us in the back and twisted the knife.

Meanwhile, RN speaks out against Hamas, opposes the decisions of the ICJ and the ICC, supports Israel's position, and supports the Jewish community.

Former senior officials from the UK, France, Germany, and Russia met quietly in Vienna last month to explore conditions for Ukraine peace talks, per Bloomberg.

Macron's entourage: France stands ready to help Spain if necessary, including via the EU's Frontex.

U.S. and French intelligence are directly helping Ukraine's deep-strike drones hit Russian energy infrastructure, providing air defense navigation mapping, per FT.

Current snapshot of known USAF tankers in ME - FR

The Trump administration asked Britain and France to join the international maritime task force set up to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Both countries refused, per Politico.

France has opened a formal investigation into former Navy Rafale pilot and YouTuber Pierre-Henri Chuet over China-linked training and possible transfer of sensitive defense knowledge.

- La Voix du Nord

Police found the bodies of five newborns in cardboard boxes at a home in Vaucluse, France, local media report.

Several horses being evacuated as deadly wildfires tear through southwestern France.

Aerial view shows wildfire spreading in France’s Gironde region, about 15 km from Bordeaux, as tens of thousands evacuate.

Deer flee wildfires in France's Gironde. Over 200,000 evacuated.

NASA FIRMS imagery shows widespread active fire detections in the Gironde region as France’s largest wildfire continues to spread.

USAF E-3 command and control bird up - FR

This type of activity has often preceded strikes on Iran, although it is not confirmation

A wildfire in France’s southwestern Gironde region has burned about 14,000 hectares (34,600 acres), forced around 110,000 people to evacuate and remains out of control, as firefighters continue battling the rapidly spreading blaze.

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More than 100 homes have been damaged by an out-of-control wildfire near Biscarrosse in southwestern France, officials said, as the blaze threatened additional residential areas and forced the evacuation of about 23,000 people.

France will back removing ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan in Friday's vote. He was questioned over suspected sexual offenses against a senior aide.

France has evacuated its embassy in Tehran, following Britain, due to fears of a security escalation, Iranian media reports.

France is weighing "all options" after two diplomats were held by Iranian security forces in Tehran for nearly four hours before returning to Paris Wednesday.

FM Jean-Noël Barrot called the detention "very serious" and "premeditated," saying it "will not go unanswered."

France becomes the first EU country to set a social media age limit, after lawmakers voted Tuesday to bar use for children under 15.

France summoned Iran's chargé d'affaires over the detainment of French embassy staff in Tehran.

French FM: Two French Embassy staff in Iran were detained, interrogated, and one was assaulted by Iranian security services on Sunday, in what France called a serious violation of diplomatic immunity. Paris warned the incident “will not go without consequences.”