Events

France: We have written authorization for the movement of aircraft that carried out missions today in Niger

The French Foreign Ministry: There was no attack on any camp in Niger, and the French forces did not release any militants

French Foreign Ministry: Our forces in Niger are there at the request of the supreme legitimate authority

Military Council in Niger: A French plane violated the airspace of Niger today

The CNSP (Niger putschists) has now announced in a press release that the alert level of the armed forces has been raised.nnThis decision follows a terrorist attack on a guard post, and the CNSP is now accusing France of having released militants in the region. (Similar speeches by the juntas of Mali and Burkina Faso). The junta also accuses the French army of having sent an A400M from Chad to Niger, cutting off all communications as it entered the country's airspace (Niger's airspace had previously been closed)

France says only 'legitimate' Niger government can cut bilateral military pacts

France will "very soon" start to evacuate its nationals from Niger, where a coup last week has unleashed anti-French protests, Paris's embassy in Niamey says. Supporters wave Russian flags and anti-France signs as they rally in support of the junta in Niamey

Fire between Villeneuve-Loubet and Cagnes-sur-Mer, France visible from A8 motorway

Macron: Zelenskyn lisäapuvaatimukset ovat oikeutettuja suojellakseen maansa ja kansaansa

Ukrainan presidentti Zelensky tapasi Ranskan presidentin Macronin

Macron: Ranska lähettää Ukrainalle pitkän kantaman "Scalp"-ohjuksia

Diplomatic source: France has stopped repatriating families of ISIS fighters from Syria, due to lack of voluntary turnout

Emmanuel Macron and Gerald Darmanin are currently visiting police in northern Paris

Following riots after the police killed a teenager in France, a total of 3,354 people have been arrested so far

Holocaust memorial in Paris vandalised by rioters

France arrests more than 1,300 people after fourth night of rioting over teen's killing by police

In Grenoble, the public prosecutor takes stock of a restless night, with 53 police custody this morning

Kiinan sotilasvaltuuskunta keskusteli Britanniassa ja Ranskassa puolustusyhteistyön kehittämisestä – Kiinan puolustusministeriö

RIOTS: The town hall of Persan, in Val-d'Oise, has just been attacked and burned

Violent clashes in Collombes: many barricades on fire

Urban violence: dozens of vehicles on fire in a parking lot in Angers

Urban violence: incidents in Nanterre, the police targeted by fireworks mortar fire, a completely burnt bus

RIOTS: Savoie and Haute-Savoie are not spared this evening. Violence is reported in Annecy, Annemasse, La Roche-sur-Foron, La Ravoire and Albertville. A building was burned in Chambéry (Le Dauphiné)

Firefighters from the north of France intervene this evening as reinforcements in the Paris suburbs on the incidents. Here, in Colombes, on several fires from barricades and cars

RIOTS: La Poste de Lyon Mermoz was attacked with explosives

Urban violence: the Aldi supermarket attacked with a ram car, in Marseille, earlier in the night, was set on fire

Huge fire in progress in Metz

RIOTS: Looting of an Aldi with ram-vehicle in Marseille. A man was arrested with a shotgun in the city center. RAID is deployed

Acute urban violence in Grenoble this evening, fires and looting of stores

Nanterre: the bank fire has been brought under control, the situation is calming down