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Macron admits France murdered Algerian independence figure
Macron met four of the grandchildren of Ali Boumendjel and admitted 'in the name of France' that the lawyer had been detained, tortured and killed in Algiers on...
The sentence includes two years suspended, which means it is unlikely Sarkozy will physically go to prison.
France's eastern Moselle region is now classed as an area "at particularly high risk of infection due to widespread occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 virus variants", Germany's Robert Koch Institute for disease control announced.
Higher Education Minister Frederique Vidal said that machines containing free tampons, sanitary towels and other period products would be installed in student residences and university health services in the coming weeks.
A judge in the southern city of Marseille, where the concert was to take place, convicted the four of involuntary manslaughter and injuries, while acquitting three others ordered to stand trial.
The United States was set to join France, Israel and Sweden in pulling up the drawbridge to certain arrivals, with special concern about new strains of the pathogen that originated in Britain and South Africa.
The accord signed with the APIG alliance of French dailies involves "neighbouring rights," which call for payment for showing news content with internet searches, a joint statement said.
The charter rejects "instrumentalising" Islam for political ends and affirms equality between men and women, while denouncing practices such as female circumcisions, forced marriages or "virginity certificates" for brides.
The country recorded around 20,000 new cases and 133 deaths on Friday, bringing the total number of fatalities to almost 64,800.
The 501.V2 Variant was detected by South African authorities in mid-December.
The new strain of the virus, which experts fear is more contagious, has prompted more than 50 countries to impose travel restrictions on the UK.
The man opened fire at two officers who arrived at the house shortly after midnight after being alerted to a reported domestic assault.
Macron, who is working in self-isolation from an official residence outside Paris, 'is still presenting the same symptoms of the COVID-19 illness (fatigue, coughing, stiffness)', said the brief statement, signed by his doctor.
Brunel was charged with rape of minors over the age of 15 and sexual harassment, said a statement from the prosecutors' office. He was initially detained on Wednesday at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport as he was about to board a flight to Senegal.
French President Emmanuel Macron, 42, was tested after the 'onset of the first symptoms' and will now self-isolate for seven days in accordance with national regulations, his office said in a statement.
The curfew to take effect on Tuesday will last from 8pm to 6am, with the exception of 24 December, when families are invited to celebrate Christmas, but with no more than six adults per household.
President Emmanuel Macron has pushed the legislation - which would tighten rules on issues ranging from religious-based education to polygamy - after a spate of attacks blamed on extremists.
French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy risks a sentence of up to 10 years and a fine of one million euros ($1.2 million) if convicted of corruption and influence-peddling.
Early 2021 will see a first vaccination drive targeted at the most fragile and exposed groups, followed by a second campaign for the rest of the population, President Emmanuel Macron told a press briefing at the Elysée Palace in Paris.