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In April, nine French MPs asked the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to publish maps of the areas of the Sahara affected by 17 French nuclear tests in the 1960s – and the relevant data.

In Le Journal du Dimanche, the MPs asked Macron to take concrete action in favour of the people and environment still affected by French nuclear and other waste buried in the Sahara as part of the test programme.

Our correspondent Marc Morgan tells us this is a rare event in the mainstream media in France.

Marc also reports that the ‘nuclear trespassers’ trial in Dijon we mentioned last issue has been adjourned indefinitely.