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French soldiers have killed Malian jihadist Bayes Ag Bakabo, suspected of being responsible for the kidnapping and deaths of two French journalists in 2013, Defence Minister Florence Parly says. SOUNDBITE
Police search for evidence in Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis), near Paris, where a 10-year-old girl who was with her father was shot and later hospitalised. The shooter fled. IMAGES
France's National Assembly passes a bill designed to combat foreign interference, including a trial allowing intelligence services to use algorithmic surveillance techniques, currently reserved for counter-terrorism, for this purpose. IMAGES
France's new Culture Minister Rachida Dati says she embodies "the cultural diversity that makes our society so rich". At a handover ceremony with predecessor Rima Abdul Malak, Dati vows to fight for France's "cultural exception" to ensure that "culture in France is not just another commodity". SOUNDBITE
French PM Elisabeth Borne arrives in French Guiana to spend New Year's Eve with the armed forces fighting illegal gold mining in this overseas territory. This is the Prime Minister's first visit to this department of 300,000 inhabitants in the north-east of South America. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron checks Notre Dame's new spire and speaks with people in charge of the cathedral's restoration. exactly one year till it is scheduled to reopened on Dec 8th, 2024. The UNESCO-listed building was badly damaged by fire in 2019. IMAGES