At the trial in Paris of eight people accused of helping Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel prepare his terrorist attack in the Riviera city of Nice on July 14th 2016, when he killed 86 people and injured hundreds of others by driving a truck into crowds along the seafront Promenade des Anglais, survivors have begun telling the court of the horrific scenes they witnessed.
Three French police officers have been handed suspended jail sentences after being found guilty of manslaughter during the arrest in 2015 a Paris bar of 33-year-old Amadou Koumé, upon who they applied a chokehold which led to his death from what a medical expert called slow ‘mechanical asphyxia’
MP Adrien Quatennens, 32, who as coordinator of the radical-left LFI party was effectively its second most senior official, has stood down from the post after admitting to having slapped his wife, while the public support he received from LFI leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon has prompted controversy within the party and outrage among feminists.
The plan, announced last year and backed by the government and public broadcaster France Télévisions, aimed to create a broadcasting powerhouse able to compete against US streaming giants such as Netflix.
Walkout forced major airlines to cancel flights due to limits on flying over France, including Ryanair which has axed 420 flights, affecting some 80,000 people.
The parents of the two women took their fight to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg after French authorities refused to allow their daughters and grandchildren back into France.
These city-centre food depots, which became popular during the Covid pandemic lockdowns, are used for instant home deliveries ordered over the internet.
