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Italy has approved new school rules barring burqas and niqabs from classrooms and capping students with weak Italian at 30% per class. Hijabs are still permitted. Schools that ignore the cap face fines of up to €1,000. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the decree is meant to strengthen integration and avoid "ghetto classes."

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France has taken three nuclear reactors offline and may cut output at seven more as a heatwave warms rivers, under rules protecting aquatic ecosystems. EDF says there's no safety risk. Outages expected until mid-to-late July. - Euronews

Three French nuclear reactors at Nogent-sur-Seine, Bugey, and Golfech were temporarily shut down after a record heatwave pushed river temperatures past environmental limits on cooling water discharge. Several other plants reduced output. - Euronews