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The 27-year-old man, whose asylum application was rejected a year ago, had been targeting a nearby pop music festival, regional interior minister Joachim Herrmann said, according to DPA.

An amateur video posted on social media appeared to show a man in black walking away from the McDonald's restaurant while firing repeatedly with a handgun as people fled screaming.

Jingxing county saw an average precipitation of 545.4 mm in the 19 hours between 1 p.m. on Tuesday till 8 am on Wednesday, surpassing the maximum amount received by the county in 2015, Xinhua news agency reported.

They had been held for allegedly poaching in violation of the Sri Lankan side of International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) between July 6-21.

The Malian government has declared a state of emergency, a day after an attack in the centre of the country left 17 soldiers dead and 35 wounded.

The hotel has been cordoned off and the Marseille bomb squad was on its way, he said.

France held a countrywide moment of silence on Monday to remember the victims, but the national mourning was punctured by anger and political division.

The European Union and the US expressed alarm with Turkey's response to a failed coup, telling the EU aspirant that it must uphold democracy and human rights as it pursues the military officers and anyone else involved in the plot.

Kerry made clear that the US is willing to provide assistance to Turkish authorities in conducting investigation.

Thirty children were hospitalised at the Lenval Foundation paediatric hospital where a unit of psychologists has been working alongside doctors to deal with the flood of trauma.

While France's political class rallied together after attacks in November 2015 that killed 130 people in Paris and on the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket in January 2015, criticism of the Socialist government began hours after Thursday's c...

The deadly attack has left the entire country in shock and pain.

Dawn revealed pools of dried blood, smashed children's strollers, an uneaten baguette and other debris strewn about the promenade.

Local newspaper Nice-Matin reported the man had firearms and grenades in the lorry with him at the time of the attack.

Cameron recalled his own famous line from his first appearance in the theatrical weekly sparring session 11 years ago.

File image of Britain's new Prime Minister, Theresa May.