The Latest Breaking News from Bastille Day

Eight found guilty in Bastille Day terror attack trial

Chokri Chafroud and Mohamed Ghraieb among eight convicted of links to terrorist who drove truck into Nice crowds, killing 86

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022

France's ex-president: Bastille Day attack was "terror act"

Former French President François Hollande has told a special terrorism court in Paris that the man who drove a truck into a crowded boardwalk in Nice on Bastille Day six years ago was responsible for “a terrorist act.”

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022

Survivors of Nice terror attack try to put words on the unspeakable

This week, the Nice terror trial has started hearing the testimonies of the civil plaintiffs, those who were bereaved or injured or traumatised when Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel drove a truck into the crowd celebrating Bastille Day in 2016, killing 86 people, injuring hundreds of others.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 24, 2022

Nice Bastille Day attack trial begins in Paris terror court

Eight people are going on trial in a special terrorism court in Paris

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2022

Eight go on trial over 2016 Bastille Day truck attack in Nice

Seven men and one woman went on trial on Monday over a deadly 2016 truck rampage in the French city of Nice, accused of helping the driver who killed 86 people, including 15 children and teenagers, who had gathered to watch a fireworks display.

Reuters · Sep 5, 2022

Eight go on trial over 2016 Bastille Day truck attack in Nice

Seven men and one woman will go on trial on Monday over the 2016 Bastille Day attack in the French city of Nice, in which 86 people were killed and hundreds injured by a gunman who drove a heavy truck into a crowd gathered to watch fireworks.

Reuters · Sep 2, 2022

French Prosecutor Warns of Elevated Terror Attack Threat

There is an elevated threat of terror attacks on French soil by extremists coming from Iraq and Syria, France's national anti-terrorism prosecutor warned Friday. Jean-Francois Ricard said in an interview on French news broadcaster BFM TV that terrorist acts carried out “by individuals coming from areas where terrorists are operating,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 2, 2022

Macron warns economic hardship is coming in Bastille Day interview

In a TV interview on Bastille Day, French President Emmanuel Macron talked about the war in Ukraine, dependency on Russian gas, inflation and reforms – painting a grim picture of France's economic future as a result of the war in Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 14, 2022

Tour de France 2022: Tom Pidcock wins stage 12 on Alpe d’Huez – as it happened

The 22-year-old become the youngest ever winner of the queen stage of Le Tour as a revived Chris Froome came in third

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2022

Planes diverted from Bastille Day parade to fight wildfires on Atlantic coast

Three planes that were set to take part in the Bastille Day military parade in Paris have been dispatched to the Atlantic coast to help fight two out-of-control fires that have already burned nearly 3,700 hecatres of pine forest.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 14, 2022