While attending graduation at a police academy in Nimes French president Francois Hollande congratulated authorities on protecting the country from a large scale attack

French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner breaks into tears as he pays tribute to Franck Chesneau a firefighting plane pilot who died in southern France after his plane crashed while he was tackling a blaze (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...

Farmers roll out tractors in the southern French city of Nimes in nationwide protests against measures they say are crimping revenues and contributing to a spike in suicides (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Andalusian guitarist Antonia Jimenez has used her guitar playing talents as an instrument for liberty (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

He confessed to his double crime, his confessions have been reiterated (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Twenty centuries later, the white facades and tall columns of the Maison Carree still shine in France's Southern sun (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

More than 700 security personnel and 1,200 police cadets take part in a simulated chemical attack on a football match as part of security preparations ahead of the 2016 Euros to take place in France in June and July

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CLEAN: French anti-bullfighting activists stage march

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French conservative presidential candidate François Fillon said Thursday he would not give up in his bid for power despite being charged over a fake jobs scandal

While Spain mourns following the terror attacks in Catalonia security will be in the spotlight as two global sporting events get under way this weekend in La Liga and the Vuelta cycling race

France's interior minister Chistophe Castaner pays tribute to a water bomber pilot who died while putting out a wildfire when his aircraft crashed last Friday (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Emmanuel Macron arrives at the Nimes Garons base to preside over a ceremony in honour of three rescue workers who died in a helicopter crash near Marseille (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

It is "almost certain" that a jacket, watch and backpack found near bones in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, southern France, are those of Lucas Tronche, a teenager who has been missing since 2015, says Nimes prosecutor Eric Maurel at a press...

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