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On the base of the GIGN, the gendarmerie's elite tactical unit, in Versailles-Satory, near Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron posthumously awarded the Legion of Honour to Major Arnaud Blanc, an elite French gendarme who was killed in French Guiana, an overseas territory of France in South America, while taking part in an operation to combat illegal gold mining. IMAGES
Members of the French football team observe a minute's silence as they pay tribute to the 130 people killed by jihadist gunmen in the November 2015 Paris attacks. IMAGES
Swedish football fans gather to follow the third place game as their team faces Australia in the Women's World Cup 2023. IMAGES
Clairefontaine (France), May 27 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Christophe Petit-Tesson) Raphael Varane, Real Madrid defender and part of the French national football team's squad, refused to talk about his future in the Spanish club, with which he still has a year left in his contract, and praised the return to the national team of Karim Benzema.FOOTAGE OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
Clairefontaine (France), May 27 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Antonio Torres del Cerro / Christophe Petit-Tesson) Orange vest, pink boots and accompanied by his friend Raphaël Varane. This is how Karim Benzema presented himself in his first open training with the French team, five years and seven months after his last training session.FOOTAGE OF THE TRAINING SESSION.
French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for the coronavirus. The presidential Elysée Palace made the announcement on Thursday. In a statement, the palace said that Macron, 42, took a test "as soon as the first symptoms appeared." Business Insider reports that Macron will now isolate for seven days. "He will continue to work and take care of his activities at a distance," the statement said."