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Nice, as well as the whole of France, honours today the victims of the horrible terrorist attack that was committed a year ago, according to France Press. Around 30 000 people were gathered in the seaside street of the city to watch the fireworks on the occasion of the National day of France. 

The US president, Donald Trump, has begun a visit to Paris, greeted with military fanfare as the French leader, Emmanuel Macron, showed him Napoleon's tomb before they held talks on Syria and counter-terrorism, according to the Guardian.

USA president Donald Trump arrived in Paris where he will be an honorary guest of his French colleague Emmanuel Macron. Trump and his wife Melania will take part in the celebrations of Bastille day and the anniversary of the American entrance in World War I, according to Associated Press. 

From his glorious official portrait to the environment-themed selfies with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emmanuel Macron is on a quest to become Europe’s answer to Justin Trudeau. The latest proof of that is a photo that the French president shared on Twitter of himself casually being landed onto the nuclear submarine Le Terrible from a helicopter.

French president Emmanuel Macron released his official photo, which features the newly elected head of state standing in front of his desk. The photo is perfectly centered, with Macron framed by French and EU flags in front of an open window, but it's the items on his desk that are most interesting: three books, a clock and what appears to be two smartphones.

Further divisions with the European Union (EU) have opened up after Poland hit out over Emmanuel Macron’s protectionist plans for the bloc.

Simone Veil, a French politician and Holocaust survivor who secured the legalization of abortion in France in the 1970s, died at her home in Paris on Friday, her family said. She was 89 years old.

President Emmanuel Macron said Monday France refuses to recognise Russia's "annexation" of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, AFP reported.
Speaking after talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Paris, Macron said: "France is committed to Ukraine's sovereignty with its recognised borders."/FOCUS News Agency/

France's new President, Emmanuel Macron, has accepted an invitation from his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis to visit Bucharest.

"We also discussed about the much debated directive on the posting of workers," Iohannis said after meeting Macron on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels on Friday.

It is often said that in their president the French like to elect a king. But for one to be able to rule he also needs a parliamentary majority, a wish French voters have consistently granted in the Fifth Republic.