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A map shows the city of Tessalit in Mali. French forces have killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel, in Mali, French Defence Minister Florence Parly says. Droukdel was killed on Thursday in the northwest Mali town of Tessalit. "Many of his close associates" were also "neutralised", Parly says. IMAGES
Heads of state from at least 30 nations arrive for a summit jointly hosted by France in Mali with the Gambian political crisis high up on the agenda. IMAGES
Islamic State's news agency posts a video of a man it says was one of the two who attacked a church in northern France this week . Rough Cut-subtitled (no reporter narration).
Footage courtesy fo @Harp-detective shows Crowds of people running away from the scene of an attack in Nice on Thursday, after a truck drove through a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day, killing at least 84 people and injuring scores others. The driver, a 31-year-old French citizen of Tunisian origin, was killed after police shot him through the windshield.
Security has been visibly stepped up across France on Friday, following the deadly attack in Nice the previous evening when a truck was driven through a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day, leaving at least 84 dead and around 100 injured. French President Francois Hollande announced the extension of the State of Emergency and the deployment of 10,000 additional police officers across the country.
Leaving his house in London on Friday morning the newly appointed British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson condemned the fatal attacks in Nice on Thursday as "an absolutely appalling incident." Johnson added that he would be looking into any implications of the attack for the UK. A truck was driven into the Bastille Day crowds killing at least 84 on Thursday evening. The driver, a French citizen of Tunisian origin, was shot and killed by security forces at the scene. French President Francois Hollande has extended the State of Emergency.
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