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09:12 : Here is a new point on the main news of the morning at 9 am sharp:
The fires are not yet fixed in Gironde but the situation is stable. A total of 21,000 hectares of forest burned. Follow our live.
• Twelve departments in the south-east of France, from Haute-Savoie to the Alpes-Maritimes, are now placed on orange vigilance during the heat wave, according to the latest report from Météo France.
The deputies voted the revaluation of 4% of pensions and social benefits, but also deconjugalized the disabled adult allowance (AAH). The latter will come into force on October 1, 2023, announced Olivier Véran, the government spokesperson, on franceinfo.
Russia has reopened the gas tap to Europe by restarting the Nord Stream gas pipeline, but uncertainty remains over the quantities transported.
08:54 : #IncendiesGironde ? No significant change ➡️ A few times of #fires treated by the #firefighters on the two fires and a lot of civil engineering work. ➡️ The actions to treat edges and protect sensitive points continued all night. https://t.co/rSqBSYAimO
08:53 : The fires are not yet fixed in Gironde but the situation is stable. According to the prefecture, a few resumptions of fires had to be treated by the firefighters on the two fires and a lot of civil engineering work was carried out.
08:43 : First lull for the hundreds of firefighters mobilized for more than a week. The monster fire, on the edge of the Arcachon basin, destroyed almost all of the “user forest” of La Teste-de-Buch. It is a forest with a special status, rare in France. This status dates from the Middle Ages and its mode of management described as chaotic is clearly called into question. It greatly complicates the task of firefighters. Franceinfo explains why in this report.
(THIBAUD MORITZ / AFP)
08:03 : Good news on the side of the fires in Gironde. The Landiras and La Teste-de-Buch fires hardly progressed overnight, reports France Bleu Gironde at 7:30 a.m. The La Teste-de-Buch fire, which burned just over 7,000 hectares, is contained. The Landiras fire has meanwhile progressed by 200 hectares and has now burned nearly 14,000 hectares.
(Idhir Baha / AFP)
07:17 : On the front page of many other newspapers, we find again the fires in Gironde. The voice of the North publishes a long report, whileToday in France focuses on firefighters.
07:18 : It’s been a week since the 4,000 inhabitants of Cazaux in La Teste-de-Buch had to leave their homes threatened by the flames of the fire ravaging the forest at the foot of the Pilat dune. Since then, day and night, the Arcachon police, helped by reinforcements from Bordeaux and CRS companies, have been keeping watch in the neighborhoods emptied of their inhabitants because of the threat of fire. France Bleu followed police officers on patrol in the deserted streets.
07:18 : How “rebuild” a forest ravaged by flames and how to live with this risk after a fire? The question will very quickly arise in Gironde. On the Ardèche side, after a fire in 2014, residents took matters into their own hands, accompanied by the National Forestry Office (ONF). Report by Etienne Monin.
07:26 : Here is an update on the essentials of the news already loaded at the start of the morning:
• Twelve departments in the south-east of France, from Haute-Savoie to the Alpes-Maritimes, are now placed on orange vigilance during the heat wave, according to the latest report from Météo France.
The deputies voted to increase pensions and social benefits by 4%, but also to deconjugalize the Disabled Adult Allowance (AAH), in a rare moment of unanimity since the laborious and conflicted start of the debates in the Assembly on the purchasing power bill.
• The Senate, dominated by the right, adopted overnight, at first reading, the health bill, after having restored the possibility of resorting to health checks on travellers. This article had been deleted by the deputies.
Emmanuel Macron promised the purchase of additional planes to fight the fires, during a trip to Gironde where he paid tribute to the firefighters. Here’s what to take away from his statements.