Mayors from rural France and small towns are increasingly angry about the transfer of migrants from the capital to their communities, which they believe is linked to cleaning up the capital to present a different face for the Paris Olympics.

The leukaemia survivor will represent Japan in the 100m butterfly at the Paris Olympics after missing out on a place at the Tokyo Games three years ago. She finished fifth at Rio 2016 as a 16-year-old and has always been one of her country's brightest prospects.

The Olympic flame will burn in the Tuileries Gardens in front of the iconic Louvre Museum and not near the Eiffel Tower, as some had speculated in recent months.

Paris' Olympic bid aimed to rejuvenate an area characterised by diverse immigration and the youngest population in the country, with a significant proportion - 1.6 million of inhabitants - living below the poverty line. Paris 2024 also wants to leave a legacy in Seine-Saint-Denis.

It's been 12 years since London hosted the Olympic Games, and the promises of legacy housing have yet to be fulfilled. Affordable housing is conspicuous by its absence in an increasingly exclusive city.

Cuba's Mijain Lopez is fighting to make history in his quest for a fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal. If he succeeds, he will enter the Olympic pantheon as the only wrestler to achieve this feat at the Summer Games.

Until recently, the figure quoted for the public cost of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was three billion euros, but Pierre Moscovici, the first president of the Court of Auditors, has admitted that the bill will rise. Speaking on France Inter on Tuesday, he suggested that the cost could rise to four or five billion euros.

French technology company Atos has confirmed significant annual losses, but assures Paris 2024 that it will not be affected.

The Maritime Prefecture has announced that a huge nautical parade will accompany the arrival of the Olympic torch in France on 8 May. The city of Marseille will welcome the torch as it crosses the Mediterranean, accompanied by a large number of registered boats.

The attack on a Moscow concert hall that left at least 139 people dead and more than 182 injured has raised fresh security fears for the Paris Olympics, prompting France's interior minister to pledge on Monday that police and intelligence services were "ready".

According to a poll published on Monday, only a third of French people are "very" or "somewhat" impatient for the Olympic Games to be held in Paris from 26 July to 11 August.

Like the elite athletes, the Torch Relay has been fine-tuning its training, with a key test on 22 March. This first full one-day test was successfully carried out in the Aube, a unique area on the outskirts of Paris, where the final Torchbearer will finish in Troyes.

Tensions escalate in Paris as various forms of activism gain momentum. Notable actions include an "anti-racism dance" organised in support of singer Aya Nakamura, and activists making statues in the city 'talk' to raise awareness of homeless people's struggles.

The French government raised its terror alert to the highest level on Sunday in response to last Friday's attack on a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow that killed 137 people.

Paris 2024 held its Volunteer Convention to give the 45,000 volunteers selected for the Games a unique behind-the-scenes experience of the world's biggest sporting event. The event took place at the Paris La Défense Arena in Nanterre, a future venue for the Paris 2024 Games.