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French officers hand over the keys to a military base in the Malian city of Timbuktu, after a nearly nine-year deployment. The French flag was lowered and the Malian flag raised in its place on the base, where a force of about 150 soldiers have remained after Paris began withdrawing troops in 2013. IMAGES
Some 750 pupils from the Bois d'Aulne secondary school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines) return to classes a day later than scheduled Tuesday, following a two-week break for holidays. On October 16, Samuel Paty, a history teacher, was beheaded outside the school by a jihadist. The rest of France's 12m pupils returned to classes on Monday. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal pays his first visit to the armed forces at Lyon Mont-Verdun air base 942. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal talks with residents of Blendecques, a town in France's northern region of Pas-de-Calais, as the nearby river Canche burst its banks again in a region already affected by several episodes of flooding. IMAGES
The trial of the Trèbes and Carcassonne attacks that opens in Paris will be an opportunity to "pay tribute" to Arnaud Beltrame, said Henri de Beauregard, lawyer for the cashier saved by the policeman, before the opening of the hearing. SOUNDBITE
Several French political figures, including Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and former President François Hollande, are taking part in the ceremonies commemorating the January 2015 attacks and paying tribute to the Charlie Hebdo victims and to police lieutenant Ahmed Merabet. IMAGES