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Undocumented workers played a larger and more dangerous role in delivering the Games than the Macron administration acknowledges.

Society is increasingly divided between a law-and-order faction and those who see racism in a pattern of police killings or mistreatment of minorities.

Heavy rainfall and swollen rivers unleashed torrents of brackish water that cut off roads, swept away cars and swamped buildings.

The Foreign Ministry did not say outright that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel would be free to travel to France, but it argued that an I.C.C. rule on immunity may apply to him.

After more than 200 blue stars were stenciled on buildings in and around Paris, prosecutors say they are investigating whether a foreign intermediary paid a couple to spray paint them.

Religious symbols are already banned in French schools, but the abaya — a loosefitting robe worn by some Muslim women — was in a gray area. Critics called the measure discriminatory.

A government anti-smoking plan also includes costlier cigarettes and a ban on disposable vapes. Smoking is the leading cause of avoidable deaths in France.

The new policy, which will take effect in January, is part of an effort to counter an increase in sexually transmitted diseases in recent years.

The new policy, which will take effect in January, is part of an effort to counter an increase in sexually transmitted diseases in recent years.

President Emmanuel Macron said he had also recalled the country’s ambassador, after weeks of escalating tensions with Niger’s new military leaders.