Storm Herminia intensified with 600 evacuations across three departments under red alert, while Rennes requested natural disaster status. By mid-morning, Bayrou's "submersion" immigration comments from the previous evening sparked political backlash, with the Socialist Party suspending budget negotiations.
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek caused market turbulence in Silicon Valley, while the M23 rebels' advance on Goma led to attacks on Western embassies in Kinshasa. Afternoon coverage shifted to Macron's Louvre visit, where he announced a decade-long renovation including relocating the Mona Lisa and creating a new eastern entrance. The death of weather presenter Catherine Laborde at 73 received extensive coverage.
Evening reports focused on Putin's statement about Ukraine negotiations excluding Zelensky, while Coca-Cola recalled products across France due to high chlorate levels.