The national identity crisis exposed by France's burkini controversy is threatening to set the tone for the country's presidential campaign as rival candidates scramble to position themselves on the hot-button issue.
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FRANCE’S top administrative court overturned a ban on burkinis in a Mediterranean town, in a decision Friday that should set legal precedent regarding a swimsuit crackdown that has divided the country and provoked shock around the world.
“Our weapons against incivility, such as the Taser or the flash-ball, are obviously worthless in stopping a vehicle," he added, according to franceinfo.fr.
If Muslims in France don’t help the country to battle extremists and those who threaten the Republic, it will be “increasingly hard” for Paris to guarantee freedom of Islam, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said.
Of the 457 people, 266 are still in Syria or Iraq and 90 are missing and were probably killed, according to Belgium's Coordinating Body for Threat Analysis.
Bernard Cazeneuve told France's RTL radio that while Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a Tunisian living in Nice, may have been inspired by the terrorist network any "links for now have not been established by the investigation.”
About 85 people remained hospitalized Sunday, and of those, 18 including a child were still in life-threatening condition, Health Minister Marisol Touraine told reporters on a visit to the city.
Many children were among the dead and dozens more were among the wounded, according to French officials.
He added: "It’s still the same Nice that I know and love, just trying to recover after reeling from that attack yesterday."
First there was #JeSuisCharlie, then #JeSuisParis and now #JeSuisNice has emerged on social media in response to an attack in the southern French city of Nice that has left at least 80 people dead and many injured.
THE world has watched on in horror as the most visited country on the planet has rapidly become a hotspot for bloody terror attacks.
President Hollande extended the country's state of emergency, after 84 killed in "terrorist attack."
The Nice killings came hours after President François Hollande of France proclaimed that the state of emergency imposed since the Paris attacks last November would be lifted July 26.
Truck rammed into crowd on Promenade des Anglais seaside walk in centre of town
Jean-Marc Ayrault criticises appointment of Johnson as UK foreign secretary in interview with French radio
The French government has called on former European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso not to take a job with Goldman Sachs, Reuters reported. Some EU politicians are demanding Barroso be sanctioned for accepting the new position.
Thierry Henry has left Arsenal after manager Arsene Wenger said he could not combine his job as a television pundit with his role coaching the under-18s.
CRISTIANO RONALDO was stretchered off in tears but an extra-time goal by Eder saw Portugal beat hosts France 1-0 the Euro 2016 final to win their first major tournament.