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Added on the 04/12/2017 17:12:43 - Copyright : RT Ruptly EN
Victims' families and lawyers wait at the Marseille court for the start of the trial of the driver of the school bus that collided with a train in 2017 in Millas (Pyrénées-Orientales), killing six schoolchildren. IMAGES
French president Emmanuel Macron, on a visit to Marseille, arrives at a primary school on the first day of the new school year, with Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer and Socialist Mayor Benoît Payan. Macron is later expected to announce plans for major investment in Marseille, France's second city but one which has been beset by drug crime, gangland shootings and poor infrastructure. IMAGES
After a two-week holiday, 12 million pupils return to school in France. At the Jean Jaurès secondary school in Cenon, classes begin with a tribute to Samuel Paty, the teacher who was beheaded on 16 October for having shown cartoons of Mohammed in class. IMAGES
More than 25,000 people have died from the coronavirus in France after 306 new deaths. VIDEOGRAPHIC
Pupils arrive at Levre skole primary school in Baerum, in the Norwegian capital Oslo, as schools reopen after six weeks of closure due to the coronavirus. Along with Austria, Denmark and Germany, Norway is among the first countries to start easing restrictions, which were announced on March 12. Norway has reported 7,505 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus and 193 deaths, while the curve of hospitalised cases has dropped significantly in recent weeks. IMAGES of pupils returning to school
La sortie de route d'un bus scolaire transportant 49 personnes dont 42 enfants scolarisés à l'école primaire d'Arc-sous-Cicon a engendré un bilan "miraculeux” selon un pompier sur place : deux personnes blessées légèrement, dont une fillette de 8 ans souffrant d'une cheville. Qui s'explique sans doute par le fait que tous les enfants portaient leur ceinture de sécurité.