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The town of Meilhan-sur-Garonne, in France's Lot-et-Garonne, lies under water after storm Justine caused major damage in the region. IMAGES
The leader of France's far-right National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, leaves his party's headquarters in Paris, without making any statements, after a meeting of the executive committee, the day after the first round of the legislative elections. IMAGES
Eric Ciotti, who was expelled from the Republicans (LR) the previous day, left the headquarters of his party, of which he still claims to be the chairman, after announcing that he would take legal action against his expulsion, which was voted for by all the LR executives. IMAGES
Nicolas Sarkozy leaves the courtroom after the Paris court of appeal lightened a one-year prison sentence for the former French president over illegal campaign financing, saying he needed to spend only half that time behind bars. But while lighter than the original sentence, Wednesday's ruling was still harsher than the one-year suspended sentence that prosecutors called for. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden mixes up the current President of France Emmanuel Macron with former French leader Francois Mitterrand who died in 1996. Speaking at a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Sunday, Biden recalled a discussion with other heads of state at the G7 summit held in Cornwall in June 2021, a few months after his inauguration: "I said, 'America is back'". 81 years old Biden then remembers how it elicited a reply from "Mitterrand from Germany" before correcting himself : " I mean, from France". Francois Mitterrand was President of France from 1981 to 1995, serving a record two seven-years terms. SOUNDBITE