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French police officer being questioned following fatal shooting - A French police officer is being questioned by police after the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man as he fled an attempted control of a vehicle for speeding. The young man was among three people in the car on Sunday night when police tried to stop them near Cherbourg in Normandy, north-western France. The driver refused to stop and sped away before being forced to halt by a second police car. It is the latest incidence of alleged police violence against suspects that has prompted protests in recent years by critics citing heavy-handed tactics, in particular against people from ethnic minorities.
French President to hold press conference today - French President Emmanuel Macron is to hold a press conference this afternoon Tuesday 11th June, two days after dissolving the National Assembly following the large victory of the National Rally in the European elections. Meanwhile, intense negotiations have started on the left and on the far right, to prepare for the early parliamentary elections which will take place on June 30th and July 7th. The president of the National Rally party Jordan Bardella met with Marion Maréchal head of the Reconquête party (the nationalist political party founded by Eric Zemmour) at the National Rally headquarters in front of a swarm of cameras. Bardella, recognises that it is "difficult to win alone" and has also "extended his hand" to the Republicans, claiming to have had "discussions" with some of thei
