PARIS/ROME (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Friday that the type of deal Italy has struck to divert asylum-seekers to Albania for processing would not likely be feasible in France.

The ruling represents an early roadblock to a five-year deal between Italy and Albania to address Europe's refugee crisis An Italian navy ship on Saturday took back to Italy the first 12 migrants from newly opened asylum processing centres in Albania following a court decision in Rome.

France’s prime minister says firefighters and other rescuers have been involved in about 2,300 operations, some of them lifesaving, in what appears to be the biggest flooding in 40 years in central Fr

Massive floods caused serious damage and power outages on Friday in parts of France's mountainous southeast region after days of heavy rain, though there were no immediate reports of any casualties. France's weather authority Meteo France placed six departments south of the city of Lyon on a red flood alert on Thursday.