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Flash floods in France kill at least 17 people

Four people were still missing on Oct.5 after flash floods on the French Riviera killed at least 17 people over the weekend, prompting the government to declare a natural disaster in the southeastern tourist region. 

Some 5,000 homes were still without electricity on Oct.5 morning after as many as 70,000 suffered blackouts the previous evening. 

40 French banned from travel over jihad plans: government

Six French citizens have had their passports confiscated and 40 more will be banned from leaving the country after allegedly planning to travel to Syria and Iraq, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Feb. 23.      

It is the first time the measure has been used in France following its introduction as part of a raft of new counter-terrorism laws in November.