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Leaving his house in London on Friday morning the newly appointed British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson condemned the fatal attacks in Nice on Thursday as "an absolutely appalling incident." Johnson added that he would be looking into any implications of the attack for the UK. A truck was driven into the Bastille Day crowds killing at least 84 on Thursday evening. The driver, a French citizen of Tunisian origin, was shot and killed by security forces at the scene. French President Francois Hollande has extended the State of Emergency.
Aix-en-Provence : le député Christian Kert veut changer l'image de l'UMP
Brazil's new president Lula da Silva is in Washington this Friday to meet with US President Joe Biden. The visit represents a warming of relations between the two countries which were strained under the former hard-right leader Jair Bolsonaro. Biden and Lula are expected to discuss a number of issues including support for Brazilian democracy and efforts to preserve the Amazon rain forest. FRANCE 24's Washington correspondent Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.
Argentina President Alberto Fernandez greets his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires on Lula's first trip abroad since taking office. IMAGES
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives at the Jorge Newbery Aeroparque Military Air Station in Buenos Aires with his wife Rosangela "Janja" da Silva, ahead of his meeting with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
U.S.-led air strikes hit 10 units of Islamic State fighters in Syria in recent days as well as militants with the al Qaeda-linked Khorasan Group. Jillian Kitchener reports.