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France's national tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo, the legendary movie star who died at the age of 88, begins in the courtyard of the Invalides in Paris. IMAGES
French actors, ministers and President Emmanuel Macron gather at Les Invalides in Paris to pay tribute to Michel Bouquet, a legend of French stage and screen, who died at 96. IMAGES
"We love Belmondo because he was like us," says French President Emmanuel Macron as he delivers a eulogy for Jean-Paul Belmondo at a national tribute to the late actor in the courtyard of the Invalides in Paris. IMAGES
Several thousand people gather on the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris to attend a national tribute to late French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, broadcast on giant screens. IMAGES
"It's with great sadness, I just learned about it, he was an actor I adored, he's a great monument of French cinema," says Canadian director Denis Villeneuve after the death of Jean-Paul Belmondo, as he arrives at the premiere of his film "Dune" in Paris. SOUNDBITE
"We are all thinking of him this evening", in the French National Assembly, members of all groups stood up in the debate chamber on Tuesday evening to applaud in tribute to AFP journalist Arman Soldin who was killed in Ukraine. SOUNDBITE