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French leaders jeered during tribute to Nice victims

Shouts of “where were the police” rang out as crowds jeered France’s Prime Minister during a tribute to victims of last week’s truck attack in Nice.

18/07/2016

Sport

Tour de France: Sagan outsprints Kristoff to claim Stage 16

Slovakia’s Peter Sagan timed his sprint perfectly to claim Stage 16 of the Tour de France.

18/07/2016

France

Terrorist attacks: Why France?

The last 18 months have seen France suffer three deadly attacks that left more than 231 dead and hundreds injured.

18/07/2016

France

Bastille Day killer ate pork, drank alcohol, then radicalised very quickly - prosecutor

The man who rammed a lorry into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice showed signs of radicalisation only shortly before his attack, which killed 84 people and injured scores, Paris prosecutor Fran

18/07/2016

France

France: Anti-government anger as Nice honours truck victims

Jeers and calls for France’s political leaders to resign overshadowed a minute’s silence in the southern coastal city of Nice on Monday as Prime Minister Manuel Valls and others paid tribute to the vi

18/07/2016

France

Nice attack - what we know about the victims

Following the attack on Friday in which a suspected terrorist drove a truck through crowds of Bastille Day revelers, the dust in Nice is starting to settle, and the victims of the attack that left 84

18/07/2016

France

France holds one minute silence for victims of Nice truck attack

Prime Minister Manuel Valls joined thousands packing the Nice seafront for a minute of silence in homage to the victims.

18/07/2016

France

Anger as search for missing relatives in Nice continues

For two days Tahar Mejri searched the hospitals of Nice for his missing son, having already lost his wife Olfa.

17/07/2016

France

49.3, French politics' imperfect number

Politics, it is often said, is about compromise. But for the French government at the moment compromise on the contentious issue of labour reform is

17/07/2016

France

Attack in Nice: France calls up 12,000 reservists as security questions mount

Amid a wave of mounting criticism, France has called up 12,000 police reservists to help boost security in the wake of Thursday’s attack in Nice.

17/07/2016

Sport

Tour de France: Mark Cavendish closes in on Eddy Merckx's record

Mark Cavendish collected his fourth stage win at the 2016 Tour of France.

16/07/2016

France

Can France prevent another attack?

The French authorities are now faced with an enormous security challenge: how do they prevent another Nice style atrocity?

16/07/2016

France

Attack on Nice: France seeks answers to what drove killer

As France tries to come to terms with the horror of Thursday night’s events in Nice which saw 84 people killed, including at least 10 children, investigators are still focusing on what pushed Mohamed

16/07/2016

France

Running for cover in Nice

With France reeling from last night’s attack in Nice which claimed the lives of 84 people, investigators are still trying to work out why a man with no apparent links to a terror organisation would co

15/07/2016

Sport

Tour de France: Dumoulin claims Stage 13 as Froome extends overall lead

Tom Dumoulin won the 13th stage of the Tour de France, which resumed under heightened security following the Nice terror attack.

15/07/2016

France

Paris Prosecutor says Nice attack bears hallmarks of Islamic terrorism

A terror inquiry has been launched into Thursday night’s attack in Nice that killed at least 84 people and wounded scores more.

15/07/2016

France

'We are facing a long battle' says Hollande in wake of Nice attack

Speaking in Nice, after at least 84 people were killed after an attacker drove a truck through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day, French President Francois Hollande said: “We are facing a very long…

15/07/2016

France

Man injured in Nice describes escape

Nice’s image as the beautiful capital of France’s sun-drenched south is now thoroughly shattered.

15/07/2016

France

France to extend state of Emergency - what does that mean?

French President Francois Hollande has said the country’s state of emergency will continue for another three months in the wake of the lorry attack in Nice which left more than 80 people dead and doze

15/07/2016

France

Social media used extensively in aftermath of Bastille Day attack

The power of social media came to the fore following the Bastille Day attack with people warned, advised, reassured and reunited through Twitter and Facebook.

15/07/2016

France

Around the world people pay tribute to victims of Nice attacks

Around the world people were united in grief and solidarity as they honoured the victims of the attack in Nice.

15/07/2016

France

Nice attack: what we know about the man behind the lorry massacre

Attacker was 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel from Tunisia described as good-looking but a distressed and unstable man who was, at times, aggressive.

15/07/2016

France

Witnesses describe Nice truck attack

At the Pasteur II hospital in Nice 18 people remain in critical condition after being injured in the truck attack on the Promenade des Anglais where revellers were celebrating Bastille…

15/07/2016

France

Nice: Bastille Day Attack - Timeline of Events

Stay up to date as events unfold in the wake of the Truck attack in Nice, France.

15/07/2016

France

France will not be destabilised says PM

After a meeting of the Defence Council, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said France would not allow itself to be destabilised by the truck attack in Nice.

15/07/2016

France

Snapshot emerges of the Nice truck attack victims

A picture of some of those who fell during the Nice attacks on Bastille Day is beginning to emerge.

15/07/2016