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The head of France's National Assembly Richard Ferrand has paid tribute to the thirteen French soldiers killed in Mali. His comments were followed by a minute of silence. IMAGES
French Defence Minister Florence Parly pays tribute to the 13 soldiers killed in Mali in a helicopter crash. The collision between two helicopters during an operation against insurgents in the country's restive north is the French military's heaviest single loss in nearly four decades. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron lays a wreath with his G5 Sahel counterparts at the 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment base in Pau, the home of seven of the 13 French soldiers killed in operations in Mali last December. IMAGES
"We are all thinking of him this evening", in the French National Assembly, members of all groups stood up in the debate chamber on Tuesday evening to applaud in tribute to AFP journalist Arman Soldin who was killed in Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
The funeral procession of French brigadier Alexandre Martin, killed in Mali, crosses the Alexandre III bridge in Paris before a ceremony at the Invalides memorial complex. IMAGES