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François Fillon beats Alain Juppé in presidential candidacy debate
François Fillon, the socially conservative former French prime minister promising a pro-business “electric shock” for France, was seen as the winner of a TV debate against his more moderate rival, Alain Juppé, ahead of Sunday’s vote to nominate the French right’s presidential candidate. The...
13 Dead, 6 Injured as Fire Hits Bar in French City of Rouen
A fire has swept through a bar in northern France, killing at least 13 people and injuring six others. Police say the fire broke out at a birthday party at the bar in the city of Rouen in Normandy. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve gave an initial count of 13 dead and six injured. He says more than 50 firefighters are...
Paris bombings suspects extradited to France from Austria
Two alleged members of the Islamic State cell that carried out attacks on Paris in November have been extradited to France and reportedly charged with terrorism. The men were arrested in December in Austria. Algerian Adel Haddadi, 29 and Pakistani, Mohamad Usman Gani, 35 were arrested at a migrant centre. Investigators...
France church attack: Second suspect in priest killing named
French prosecutors have identified the second man involved in the killing of a priest in a Normandy church on Tuesday as 19-year-old Abdel Malik Petitjean. Like the other attacker, Adel Kermiche, he was known to the security services. The teenagers were shot dead by police outside the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray where...
‘France’s soul affected, response must be merciless’: French politicians react to ISIS church attack
The killing of an elderly priest at a French church by assailants loyal to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) marks a “new stage” of extremist terror, French politicians have said, with many calling for a stronger response from the government. Following Tuesday’s attack in northern France, during which a...
‘Killers chanting in Arabic film priest’s throat-slitting’: Details about French church attack
An attacker that stormed a French church and slit an 84-year-old priest’s throat has been identified as Adel Kermiche. He was known to police and had travelled to Syria several times. A witness says the killers videoed the act while chanting in Arabic. Speaking anonymously, a nun told Le Figaro that the terrorists rushed...
France church attack: Priest killed by two ‘IS soldiers’
A priest has been killed in an attack by two armed men on his church in a suburb of Rouen in northern France. The attackers entered the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray during Mass, taking the priest, Fr Jacques Hamel, 84, and four other people hostage. Police later surrounded the church and French TV said shots were fired....
France told to ‘get it together’ after terror passport checks cause gridlock nightmare
FRANCE was told to get its act together by port bosses on both sides of the English Channel today after its terror crackdown gridlocked the weekend’s summer getaway. France imposed tough new passport checks following the recent spate of terror attacks. But it did not send enough passport officers to Dover, despite being...
Tour de France 2016: Chris Froome set to win third title
Chris Froome is set to become the first Briton to win three Tour de France titles after safely negotiating a rain-soaked penultimate stage in the Alps. The stormy weather made for treacherous racing on slippery roads but Team Sky's Froome survived the final descent into Morzine to maintain his overall lead. Froome's...
Attacker in Nice plotted for months with ‘accomplices’
The man who drove a truck into a crowd in Nice, France, killing 84 people, plotted his July 14 attack for months with "support and accomplices," Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Thursday. Molins said authorities are investigating five suspects who are in custody on terror charges related to the attack that...
2 More Arrests in Nice Truck Attack; 49 Dead Still Not ID’d
French authorities detained two more people Sunday and released the estranged wife of the slain Nice truck attacker from custody as they tried to determine whether he had been an Islamic extremist or just a very angry man. The Bastille Day carnage wrought by Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel on the seafront of this southern...
2 New Arrests in Nice Truck Attack, as IS Claim Studied
French authorities detained two more people Sunday in the investigation into the Bastille Day truck attack on the Mediterranean city of Nice that killed at least 84 people, as authorities try to determine whether the slain attacker was a committed religious extremist or just a very angry man. A man and a woman were detained...
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