It says a software update will be issued for users in France to accommodate the protocol used by French regulators.

France's move to halt iPhone 12 sales until Apple fixes the radiation issues it detected in two tests this week has raised the prospect of further bans in Europe.

The radiation from mobile phones is a result of the way they work, by transmitting radiofrequency waves, creating electromagnetic fields.

Paris and Rabat have had a difficult relationship in recent years notably over the issue of Western Sahara, which Morocco wants France to recognise as Moroccan.

It says this is an important health issue.

Some academics agree the move could be counterproductive, all the more as it touches on clothing they say is worn for fashion or identity rather than religion.

In 2004, France banned headscarves in schools and passed a ban on full face veils in public in 2010, angering some in its five million-strong Muslim community.

Temperatures are expected to rise to between 40 and 42 Celsius in the southern departments of Ardeche, Drome, Vaucluse and Gard, reports say.

It was evacuated for about two hours over a 'false alarm'.

Violent protests raged for days in several French cities after a 17-year-old of North African descent was shot dead by police in Paris on June 26 after failing to obey an order to stop his car.

The area has seen a spate of armed robberies in recent years.

The remarks came as the government struggles to allay discontent within the police over what many see as tough working conditions, deepened by the incarceration of an officer in Marseille many officers found unfair.