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32C! How summer will make an unseasonal return to France this weekend

It might be the middle of October with Halloween approaching but summer will make a dramatic and perhaps welcome return this weekend as temperatures rise to 10C above the seasonal norm.

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WATCH: 456 balloons take to the skies in France for world record flight

An astounding 456 hot air balloons took to the skies in eastern France on Friday, flying straight onto the pages of the record books.

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Hot air balloons in world record flight in France

Four hundred thirty-three hot air balloons lifted off from an air base in eastern France on Sunday and soared straight into the record books.

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France doubles number of Roma evictions

France's controversial expulsions of Roma, which has drawn condemnation from the European Commission, hit a record high in 2013. A new report says nearly 20,000 were deported - double the number that were expelled in 2012.

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Weathermen bring more bad news for France

Hopes that France's long, hard winter would be followed by a warm, sunny spring have been well and truly washed out after a weekend of heavy rain and storms. The country's weather agency says more bad weather is on the way.