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France celebrates Bastille Day with a tribute to India amid tight security

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was guest of honour during France's Bastille Day celebrations on Friday, which are taking place under tight security two weeks after riots swept the country.

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Tour de France stage 13 AS IT HAPPENED: Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne to Grand Colombier

Live updates from the thirteenth stage of the 2023 Tour de France on Bastille day

Cycling Weekly

As it happened: Kwiatkowski solos to victory on Tour de France stage 13

A punchy 137km from Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne to Grand Colombier on Bastille day

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India’s Modi guest of honour at France’s Bastille Day parade

Indian leader also awarded the French government’s highest honour in a visit marked by high-profile defence deals.

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African cadets march with French counterparts on Bastille Day

It's the first time African military students have been invited to take part in France's Bastille Day festivities. Cadets from army academies from six African countries participated in Friday's march side by side with their French counterparts as French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked on.…

France 24

France celebrates Bastille Day with pomp, a tribute to India and extra police to prevent new unrest

France is celebrating its national holiday Friday with whizzing warplanes and a grand Bastille Day parade in Paris

The Independent UK

Arms deals overshadow rights concerns as France welcomes India's PM Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be guest of honour as France celebrates its national Bastille Day holiday – a tribute to the country's historic commitment to human rights. Despite the symbolism, the French government is expected to overlook concerns about Modi's anti-democratic tendencies in favour of securing lucrative defence…

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Modi honoured for France's Bastille Day amid tightened security

French fighter jets trailed red-white-and-blue smoke over Paris monuments, families held picnics and firefighters hosted holiday balls around France to celebrate Bastille Day on Friday, a moment of much-needed festivity after mass protests, riots and political divisions that have riven the country this year.

France 24

India's Modi is guest of honor at Paris Bastille Day parade as Macron rebuffs human rights critics

France is staging a seduction campaign for visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, guest of honor at the annual Bastille Day parade Friday, as it looks to further strengthen cooperation on an array of topics ranging from climate to military sales and the strategic Indo-Pacific region

The Independent UK

France steps up security for Bastille Day holiday to prevent resurgence of recent street violence

Recent riots have cast a shadow over France's Bastille Day national holiday, with an "exceptionnal" large-scale security operation planned for 13 and 14 July. In total, some 130,000 law enforcement officers will be mobilised over the weekend.

Radio France Internationale

Bastille Day: A brief history of France’s July 14 national holiday

France celebrates its fête nationale every year with fireworks, concerts and an extravagant military parade down the Champs-Élysées in the presence of the president, a bevy of politicians and often a foreign head of state as an honoured guest. The July 14 date of the fête commemorates two important events…

France 24

India’s Modi heads for France to renew ties, preside over Bastille Day parade

Indian soldiers are in France ahead of the Bastille Day celebrations as India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to preside over the national celebration in Paris and open a new chapter in bilateral ties.

Radio France Internationale

Arms, not democratic values, on parade as Macron hosts India’s Modi on Bastille Day

French President Emmanuel Macron rolls out the red carpet for Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Indian leader picked as guest of honour at this year’s July 14 Bastille Day military parade. But critics warn that by overlooking rights violations and democratic backsliding under Modi’s reign, France is sending the…

France 24

Modi gets a Bastille Day red carpet, but China can rain on the geostrategic parade

India’s promise as a counterweight to China in the Indo-Pacific led French President Emmanuel Macron to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi as guest of honour at the July 14 Bastille Day military parade. But does India have the will and means to deliver?

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The Hindu

Visit to France will provide new impetus to strategic partnership: PM Modi

PM Narendra Modi said his visit to France was particularly special as he will join President Macron for the French National Day, or Bastille Day celebrations in Paris as the Guest of Honour.

The Hindu

Big-ticket defence deals likely during PM Modi’s Paris visit

PM Modi and President Macron. to discuss strategic convergences, defence deals, civil nuclear issues, space, cyber security, counter terrorism, climate change, renewable energy, and the international solar alliance. PM Modi to attend Bastille Day military parade, meet French PM, President of Senate, President of National Assembly.

The Times of India

Bastille Day: Europe's oldest and largest military parade

PM Narendra Modi will be in France on July 13-14 to attend Bastille Day celebrations and parade as the guest of honour.

The Canberra Times

Liberté, égalité ... and butter: celebrating Bastille Day in Canberra

Does the idea of eating snails put you off? Just think of them as garlicky, buttery dumplings.

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The Times of India

Mega defence deals expected during PM Modi’s trip to France

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will land in France on July 13 and will be guest of honour at the nation’s Bastille Day celebrations on July 14. It will be PM Modi’s fifth trip to France.

Daily Mirror

French government bans fireworks for Bastille Day after days of violent riots

France has banned the sale, possession and transport of fireworks ahead of Bastille Day on July 14, in response to the violent riots held nationwide last month over the death of Nahel Merzouk

The Guardian - UK

French policing called into question again after brutal arrest at peaceful march

Youssouf Traoré in hospital after being tackled to ground at rally in memory of his brother, as government bans fireworks for Bastille Day

The Hindu

Indian marching contingents, Rafale jets to take part in French Bastille Day parade

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted the invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to be the Guest of Honour at the Bastille Day Parade.

Daily Mirror

Horror of Nice truck rampage that killed 86 recalled as 8 people convicted 6 years on

A French judge has sentenced eight defendants to prison terms ranging from two to 18 years after three-and-a-half months of heart-wrenching testimony from survivors of the Nice terror attacks - which saw driver Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel smash his truck into a crowd of people watching fireworks on Bastille Day in 2016,…

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8 in France are convicted of their roles in a Bastille Day truck attack that killed 86

A French court convicted eight people charged in connection with a truck attack more than six years ago by an Islamic State sympathizer that killed 86 people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice.

The Independent UK

8 in France convicted of roles in Bastille Day truck attack

A French court has convicted eight people charged in connection with a truck attack more than six years ago by an Islamic State sympathizer that killed 86 people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice

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