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Trial opens for the March 2018 attacks which killed four people in Trebes and Carcassonne, south of France. The attacker was shot dead at the scene, but seven defendants - one woman and six men aged between 24 and 35 - are to be tried before Paris Criminal Court. The victims included policeman Arnaud Beltrame who saved a hostage by taking her place. IMAGES
The Consumer Electronics Show opens its doors to the public in Las Vegas, Nevada. IMAGES
The trial of a French researcher accused of violating Russia's "foreign agent" law begins in Moscow amid simmering tensions with Paris over Ukraine. Laurent Vinatier, who worked on conflict mediation for a Swiss NGO and was arrested in June, appears in a glass cage for defendants at Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky court as the trial opens. He faces up to five years in prison. IMAGES
Members of parliament begin voting to elect the president of the National Assembly, a crucial election for the lower house that should also influence the political recomposition within the executive over the coming weeks. IMAGES