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The French National Assembly observed a minute's silence in tribute to the victims of the deadly attack on a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS). IMAGES
French MPs hold a minute of silence at the National Assembly in tribute to Admiral Philippe de Gaulle, General de Gaulle's eldest son, who died in Paris at the age of 102. IMAGES
French serial killer Michel Fourniret's widow, Monique Olivier, arrives in the courtroom's dock to stand trial for complicity in the abduction and murder of little girl and two young women in northern France. Spanning three decades, the murders included a 9 year old girl on her way back from school, a mentally disabled 18 year old and a 20 year olf British woman whose body was found in a river in 1990. Fourniret, known as the "ogre of the Ardennes", was charged with abduction, rape and murder in the cases but died in 2021, aged 79, before he could be brought to trial. IMAGES
"I have come here to answer the court to show my good faith" says French Labour Minister Olivier Dussopt as he arrives at the Paris court. On trial for alleged favouritism, Dussopt will have to explain how he passed on privileged information concerning a call for tenders for a contract worth €5.6 million to the water treatment group Saur at the end of the 2000s, when he was a member of the French parliament. IMAGES
Israeli air strikes pounds the northern Gaza Strip as a ceasefire beckoned in Gaza, more than six weeks after an unprecedented Hamas attack sparked an air and ground offensive by Israel, which has vowed to destroy the Palestinian militants, was delayed over "last-minute" details of the hostage list, a Palestinian official said. IMAGES
Members of the French football team observe a minute's silence as they pay tribute to the 130 people killed by jihadist gunmen in the November 2015 Paris attacks. IMAGES
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