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Three decades later, the appeal trial of the non-ministerial financial part of the 'Karachi scandal' opens: six men are suspected of having played a role in a system of kickbacks on arms contracts that boosted the presidential campaign of former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur in 1995. IMAGES
The international arms control system is facing collapse, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres says, as he urged Russia and the US to stop the imminent demise of a crucial nuclear treaty. SOUNDBITE
A procession of demonstrators sets off from Place de la Bastille in Paris. The left has called for demonstrations across France to denounce Macron's 'coup de force' following the appointment of LR politician Michel Barnier as Prime Minister. IMAGES
The new French Prime Minister heads to the presidential palace for a working meeting with President Emmanuel Macron, after receiving former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal for the Macronist group and conservative leaders, Laurent Wauquiez, Bruno Retailleau and the President of the Senate, Gerard Larcher. IMAGES
The President of the Senate, Gerard Larcher, conservative MP Laurent Wauquiez, and conservative Senator, Bruno Retailleau, arrive on foot at Matignon, where the newly appointed French Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, begins his consultations to form a government. IMAGES