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Tributes were also paid to Clarissa Jean-Philippe a young policewoman killed by the gunman who later carried out the supermarket siege.

Women now make up more than a third of French citizens travelling to Iraq and Syria to join IS, up from just 10 percent in 2010.

André Courrèges, who battled Parkinson’s disease for 30 years, revolutionized fashion in the 1960s and helped popularise miniskirts.

Renowned stuntman Tancrede Melet accidentally fell 98ft while holding onto a hot air balloonin in southern France. 

The ship from 1970s TV series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau was badly damaged in 1996 in an accident in Singapore.

While Lise Han was working for town hall at Tours, central France, she also ran company arranging fake weddings for Chinese couples.

President Hollande’s speech on 2015 massacre marked by shooting of knifeman in Paris and debate on efficacy of intelligence forces.

Former French football star and UEFA boss, already suspended from football for 8 years, has formally thrown in FIFA presidential towel.

Prosecutors say man, named as Sallah Ali, was carrying butcher’s knife and paper on which the Islamic State flag was printed.

Salim Benghalem, who had ties to the Charlie Hebdo attackers, is thought to have been in Syria since 2013.