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15/07/2016 GMT

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Nice Attacked; FGM Abuse, Asia Europe summit

No group has said it carried out the Nice attack; The UN has described FGM as child abuse; An Asia-Europe summit has opened with a minute's silence for Nice

At least eighty-four people are now known to have died when a lorry drove at speed into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice. 










































































































































































































































































































































































At least eighty-four people are now known to have died when a lorry drove at speed into a crowd of people celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice.../Francois Hollande deplored what he called a terrorist attack and said a state of emergency in France would be extended.There's been international condemnation of the attack, which targeted families watching a fireworks display.

President Obama has discussed the issue of racial discrimination and the police in the US at a meeting broadcast on national television.

Human rights groups have welcomed a ruling by El Salvador's Supreme Court which struck down an amnesty law approved after the country's civil war in 1992. The court declared the law unconstitutional.
































Francois Hollande deplored what he called a terrorist attack and said a state of emergency in France would be extended.There's been international condemnation of the attack, which targeted families watching a fireworks display.

President Obama has discussed the issue of racial discrimination and the police in the US at a meeting broadcast on national television.

































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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