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Lawyers representing civil parties and accused at the trial of the 2018 Strasbourg Christmas market attack that killed five people, arrive at the Paris criminal court, which is due to deliver its verdict against four men on trial in the case. IMAGES
Lawyers for the plaintiffs and defence enter the courtroom in the trial of the Trebes and Carcassonne attacks for the closing arguments of the French National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office. Seven people are on trial in Paris over their connection to an Islamic State group follower who in 2018 killed four people in southern France. IMAGES
The trial of the Trèbes and Carcassonne attacks that opens in Paris will be an opportunity to "pay tribute" to Arnaud Beltrame, said Henri de Beauregard, lawyer for the cashier saved by the policeman, before the opening of the hearing. SOUNDBITE
Trial opens for the March 2018 attacks which killed four people in Trebes and Carcassonne, south of France. The attacker was shot dead at the scene, but seven defendants - one woman and six men aged between 24 and 35 - are to be tried before Paris Criminal Court. The victims included policeman Arnaud Beltrame who saved a hostage by taking her place. IMAGES
Newly-crowned Formula One world champion Max Verstappen insists "nothing is going to change" following his last-gasp triumph over Lewis Hamilton in Abu Dhabi. "It doesn't matter for me if I'm first or second, it will not change my life," he explains, adding, "I've achieved everything in Formula One now, and everything that comes next is just a bonus." SOUNDBITE
The stricken seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher is in Paris' Georges-Pompidou hospital for cell therapy surgery, according to French daily Le Parisien. The Paris hospitals department, contacted by AFP, refused to confirm or deny the news citing medical privacy laws. IMAGES