From #JeSuisCharlie to #JeSuisParis – France’s bloody year
2015 is turning out to be a grim and possibly defining year for France, and for Europe.
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Did the apparent political unity that ensued after the terror attacks represent only affluent Paris rather than the concerns and fears of France as a whole?
The suspected mastermind of the Paris terror attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, has been killed in a police raid.
French police are holding two relatives of one of the men behind the Paris attacks which killed 129 people. Belgian police have also arrested seven people in connection with the attack.
2015 is turning out to be a grim and possibly defining year for France, and for Europe.
French President Francois Hollande calls the Paris attacks “an act of war” organised from abroad by the so-called Islamic State – with help from inside France.
Around 100 people were killed during the attack on the Bataclan concert venue in Paris, French media reported
A collision between a bus and car has left at least 42 people dead in south-west France, officials said.
Libya confirms the names of two men Scottish and US prosecutors want to interview about the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
The MH17 passenger plane disaster over Ukraine was caused by a Russian-made BUK missile, according to the final report from Dutch investigators.
Caribbean campaigners want Britain and other European countries to pay for the historic crimes of the transatlantic slave trade.
EU leaders are expected to approve a plan to distribute 120,000 migrants and refugees across Europe.
Middle class Syrians flee their homes and board a ferry from Lebanon to Turkey – the first stage of a dangerous journey to Europe. Are they refugees or migrants? Does it matter?
David Cameron pledges to offer refuge in Britain to up to 20,000 Syrians living in camps in the Middle East.
Tonight in Glasgow and beyond all the signs are that this painful and tragic accident will remain painful and unresolved in the minds of many, forever.
There is a genuine sense that some of those supporting Jeremy Corbyn are invigorated by the sense of a genuine alternative to the broad consensus among the major parties.