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French Court Sentences 8 on Trial over 2016 Truck Attack in Nice

A French court said on Tuesday all eight defendants on trial over a 2016 truck rampage in the French city of Nice were guilty for their roles in the crime, in which 86 people were killed. Attacker Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was shot dead by police on the spot after causing…

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French court sentences eight over 2016 truck rampage in Nice

A French court on Tuesday convicted seven men and one woman for their roles in a 2016 truck rampage in the Riviera city of Nice in which 86 people were killed, a verdict that seeks to close a bloody chapter in French history.

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Drop your gun: French hand over their unlicensed weapons to police

French gun owners were handing over their weapons at police collection points across the country this week as part of a campaign to round up unlicensed firearms, often heirlooms lying in attics or forgotten at the back of cupboards.

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British Airways slashes fares to US hotspots including New York, Orlando and LA

British Airways is selling reduced fares and package holiday deals to destinations including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Venice, Prague, Dublin and Nice, as well as Los Angeles and Washington

Daily Mirror

Three men helped driver commit 2016 Bastille day atrocity, court hears

Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel implicated three men in plot to drive heavy truck into crowd in 2016

The Guardian - UK

Closing arguments commence at Nice terror trial

The trial of the 2016 Nice truck attack has entered its last phase, with lawyers representing the 'parties civiles' or civil witnesses, presenting closing arguments for the next seven days.

Radio France Internationale

Letters: the Nice terrorism trial helps victims like me

A correspondent who escaped the 2016 attack asks: what does justice look like for the 86 people who died?

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How easyJet and ITV put Liverpool John Lennon Airport 'on the map'

easyJet arrived at Liverpool John Lennon Airport 25 years ago

Liverpool Echo

Could putting up with a colleague's pet make you more productive?

Will Paris follow in the furry footsteps of Nice, Grenoble or neighbouring Suresnes, and allow city employees to bring their pets to work? Will civic offices in the French capital soon be home to workers' cats, dogs, ferets, pigs or even camels?

Radio France Internationale

France's ex-president: Bastille Day attack was "terror act"

Former French President François Hollande has told a special terrorism court in Paris that the man who drove a truck into a crowded boardwalk in Nice on Bastille Day six years ago was responsible for “a terrorist act.”

The Independent UK

Nice attack trial hears trauma of twin sister who was left behind

In the first week of witness testimony, the Paris special criminal court was shaken by the emotion of a family mourning the loss of 13-year-old Laura, one of the 86 victims killed in the 2016 Nice truck attack. Laura's twin sister, Audrey, chose to testify separately. She spoke on Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

Survivors of Nice terror attack try to put words on the unspeakable

This week, the Nice terror trial has started hearing the testimonies of the civil plaintiffs, those who were bereaved or injured or traumatised when Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel drove a truck into the crowd celebrating Bastille Day in 2016, killing 86 people, injuring hundreds of others.

Radio France Internationale

‘It was war’: Survivors of 2016 Nice attack describe experiences in court

Eight people are on trial for helping the gunman, who drove a truck into the crowd killing 86

The Guardian - UK

EasyJet flight to Manchester makes emergency diversion to France due to passenger needing 'urgent medical assistance'

Paramedics met the aircraft after its emergency landing on Sunday afternoon

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Radio France Internationale

Nice terror attack trial opens to empty seats and forlorn hopes

The first week of the trial of eight people accused in connection with the Bastille Day massacre in the southern French city of Nice in 2016 has been marked by absences. The perpetrator was shot dead by security forces at the scene of the crime. The families of many victims…

Reuters

French prosecutor investigates police traffic stop shooting

A French public prosecutor has opened a deliberate homicide investigation against a police officer who shot dead a driver during a traffic stop on Wednesday, the prosecutor's office said on Friday, as lawyers and sociologists report a jump in lethal vehicle police shootings.

The Independent UK

Homicide probe after French police fatally shoot driver

A prosecutor in the French city of Nice says a homicide investigation has been launched into the the fatal shooting of a driver by a police officer after failing to obey an order to stop

The Independent UK

French police officer in custody after killing motorist

A French police officer is in custody after shooting to death a driver who failed to obey an order to stop

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Radio France Internationale

French police shoot dead two people in separate incidents

A 22-year-old French woman was shot and killed in the western city of Rennes during an anti-drug operation on Wednesday, while a man was shot dead by police in the Mediterranean city of Nice following suspicious behaviour at the wheel of a vehicle.

France 24

Suspects on trial for Bastille Day truck attack in Nice deny terrorist ties

The defendants on trial for the 2016 Bastille Day truck attack in Nice that killed 86 people denied any links to terrorism and told the court Tuesday that they had been trapped or fooled by the driver at fault for the massacre.

Radio France Internationale

Nice terror trial: no killer, no accomplices, few bereaved families

The man who drove a truck into the crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice in 2016, killing 86 people, injuring hundreds of others, is himself dead, shot by security forces at the scene. The eight accused in this trial are suspected of relatively low levels of complicity. Few bereaved families…

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Trial of those who allegedly aided the 2016 Bastille Day attack that killed 86 with a truck begins in Paris terrorism court

Six years after a truck drove into a celebrating crowd on France's national holiday, Bastille Day, the trial of those who allegedly assisted begins in the Paris terrorism court.

The Independent UK

Eight go on trial over Bastille Day truck massacre in Nice

If convicted, the suspects could receive prison sentences ranging from five years to life

France 24

2016 Nice truck attack trial: IS group 'continues to exist'

France's Bastille Day is usually synonymous with joyful street parties and colourful fireworks. But six years ago in the Mediterranean city of Nice, the festivities ended in tragedy. Some 86 people were killed and more than 400 injured when an Islamic State group sympathiser rammed a truck into crowds on…

The Independent UK

Nice Bastille Day attack trial begins in Paris terror court

Eight people are going on trial in a special terrorism court in Paris

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