The deaths include two women found drowned in a cellar in the Bouches-du-Rhône region.
Paris St-Germain's Ligue 1 match against Lyon at the Parc des Princes is pushed back 24 hours as the French capital prepares for another weekend of protests.
US First Lady Melania Trump has secured a truce that will begin on 29 October in the southern city, the White House says.
Another 10 people are injured in the southern Karak governorate, and a manhunt is now under way.
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu describes the gun attack in Trappes as "very serious".
Once the world's largest producer of mink pelts, the nation's industry has declined in recent years.
This is President Peter Mutharika's fifth visit to South Africa this year.
Questions about the integrity of some of Abramovich's professional advisers, were raised earlier this month.
The attack comes at a time of heightened tensions in the West Bank and four days before Israel's general election.