Bastille Day

• Jacques Chirac, former French president, dies at 86

  The two-term president was the first leader to acknowledge France's role in the Holocaust.

  World

  Sep 26, 2019
  
• Massive Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un floats feature in carnival parade in Nice, France

  Security remained a top concern for the carnival after 86 people were killed in July 2016 when a truck ploughed into a crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks.

  World

  Feb 17, 2018
  
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• Paris tightens security on Bastille Day, Donald Trump guest of honour

  Security for France's Bastille Day has been tightened in the wake of the recent Islamic extremists in Paris.

  World

  Jul 14, 2017
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• Macron wants Trump to think of France as intermediary between Europe and US

  Macron made a point of detailing both the long history of ties between France and America.

  World

  Jul 14, 2017
• Paris set to welcome Donald Trump despite being often mocked by the U.S. president

  But Trump is not the only politician who can use Paris to make a symbolic point.

  Politics

  Jul 12, 2017
• Nice truck attack: man dies in hospital bringing death toll to 85

  The Bastille Day truck attack in Nice has claimed another life, bringing the death toll to 85.

  World

  Aug 5, 2016
• 2 new arrests in France linked to Nice truck attack

  Two new suspects have been detained in the investigation into the Bastille Day attack in Nice that killed more than 80 people.

  World

  Jul 26, 2016
• No national police presence at entrance of pedestrian walkway in Nice truck attack: French minister

  France's interior minister has acknowledged there was no national police presence at the entrance to the pedestrianized walkway in Nice during the Bastille Day truck attack that killed 84 people.

  World

  Jul 21, 2016
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• Signs of normal return to Nice’s Riviera after Bastille Day truck attack

  Joggers, cyclists and sun-seekers are back on Nice's famed Riviera coast, a further sign of normal life returning on the Promenade des Anglais where dozens were killed in last week's Bastille Day truck attack.

  World

  Jul 19, 2016
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• ‘My daughter!’: Horrifying amateur video captures moment of Nice terror attack

  Amateur video has emerged showing the moment a truck plowed into a crowd in Nice, France, during an attack last Thursday that claimed the lives of 84 people.

  Crime

  Jul 18, 2016