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France : Children killed as train and school bus collide

A train and a school bus have collided near Perpignan in southern France, killing at least four children, the interior ministry says. A train has ploughed into a school bus at a crossing in south-west France, killing at least four children and injuring more than 20 others, nine critically. Most of the victims were reported

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French presidential candidate campaign hit by hacking attack

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron’s campaign says it has been the target of a “massive” computer hack that dumped its emails online, just over 24 hours before voters go to the polls to choose between the centrist and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen. Macron’s political movement En Marche! (Onwards!) said the release of thousands of

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Paris shooting: ‘People were crying and everyone was running around’ Eyewitnesses tell of terror

Witnesses of the ‘terror’ attack on the Champs-Elysees in Paris tonight have told of the chaos that erupted when gunfire opened in the popular shopping district. One policeman is confirmed dead and another two seriously injured after the shooting on Thursday night, which police say may be terror, or an attempt at armed robbery. “People

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