Border & Migration: France and Italy have stepped up checks after roughly 60,000 people crossed into Spain’s Ceuta from Morocco, with France boosting police presence to 334 officers/gendarmes and Italy suspending Schengen with Spain for a month. Wildfires & Celebrity: Wildfires keep threatening southern France, with reports that George and Amal Clooney evacuated their Brignoles home; Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s Château Miraval is also said to be under threat as smoke rises nearby. Art & Culture: A Franco-American artist in Gers, Marc Dalessio, won the National Portrait Gallery’s Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award for “Jean-Denis,” while London’s French Consulate is hosting works by a French/Guernsey artist. Sports on TV: Guides for Tour de France Femmes 2026 and Clasica San Sebastian 2026 are out, plus a BBC Four finale pick for French thriller “The Sentinels.” Entertainment & Media: Le Monde in English says it’s broken even ahead of schedule, using subscriptions and AI tools to translate French coverage for global readers. Tech & Daily Life: A French teen in Singapore was fined for a viral straw-licking vending-machine stunt.