French satirist Dieudonné has been given a suspended two-month sentence following a posting on Facebook.
The controversial comedian wrote "I feel like Charlie Coulibaly" on Facebook in January, shortly after the Paris attacks in which 17 people were killed.
The words combined the slogan "Je suis Charlie" that was used after the murders of the journalists working for Charlie Hebdo magazine and the surname of Amedy Coulibaly, the Islamist who killed a policewoman and four Jews in an attack on a Jewish supermarket.
Prosecutor Annabelle Philippe had accused Dieudonné of presenting "in a favourable light the acts committed by Amedy Coulibaly" and seeming to be in sympathy with the attacker.
She had called for a fine of €30,000 (£21,125), which, if not paid, could be made into a prison term.
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But the satirist insisted he "condemned the attacks without any restraint and without any ambiguity".
The comedian is no stranger to controversy, having first made national headlines with his trademark "quenelle" hand gesture that seems to be an inverted Nazi salute.
He insisted it was nothing of the kind, merely a demonstration of his anti-establishment credentials.
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People wait outside a newsagents in Paris. The latest edition of Charlie Hebdo since Islamist attacks on the magazines offices left 12 people dead has sold out in many parts of France
The mother-in-law of Rugby World Cup winner and Strictly Come Dancing star Ben Cohen is to go on trial accused of harassment.
Felicity Bassouls is accused of persistently emailing and phoning Cohen between September and October last year.
Cohen with Strictly partner Kristina Rihanoff
The 67-year-old appeared in person at Northampton Magistrates Court, although she had not been called to attend.
Her defence lawyers and the Crown Prosecution Service agreed a three-day trial at Corby Magistrates Court, to start on 12 August.
Bassouls, who lives in the Highlands, is also accused of harassing her son, Austen Blaney, through emails and phone calls, at the same time last year.
Ben Cohen and wife Abby in happier times
After she left the court, Bassouls told reporters: "I have nothing to say at this time."
Cohen, 36, spent most of his rugby career at Northampton, though later had spells at French club Brive and then at Sale Sharks.
He won 57 caps for England.
The father-of-two retired from rugby in 2011 and appeared on Strictly Come Dancing's eleventh series in 2013, where his partner was professional dancer Kristina Rihanoff.
In 2011 he set up the Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation, which seeks to combat bullying and homophobia.
Footage has emerged of the moment two Spanish tourists were saved from drowning by a lifeboat crew along with a bar worker who jumped in to try and rescue them.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) said a lifeboat was launched after reports people were in the River Thames near Temple Pier in central London.
As the crew neared the scene they found three people, aged in their 20s, clinging to the river wall as a crowd of people was unable to get to them from the Embankment.
Kevin Maynard, lifeboat station manager, said: "We could hear shouting as we arrived and someone in the crowd was flashing a light into the water to guide us to the casualties.
One of the men can be seen clinging to the river bank. Pic: RNLI
"There were three men in the river who were trying to cling on to a bit of wall but the tide was sweeping them along.
"As the boat arrived on scene, one of the men lost his grip on the wall and sank below the water.
"In a panic, he then grabbed one of the other men and pulled him from the wall, with both men now struggling to stay afloat.
"We arrived just in time and got all three safely aboard the lifeboat."
Mr Maynard said one of the men was suffering from hypothermia. All three had swallowed a lot of water.
The rescue took place in the early hours of Tuesday. Pic: RNLI
He added: "They were lucky lads and could all too easily have died. We've chalked this up as three lives saved."
One of the tourists is believed to have been sitting on the river wall after a night out and fell into the water.
His friend then went in to rescue him, but they were unable to get out.
A Spanish-speaking worker at a nearby bar heard their cries for help, stripped to the waist and managed to keep the exhausted tourists above water, before he himself got into difficulties.
Mr Maynard said: "The bar worker helped these men by keeping them afloat but then found his own life in danger.
"His intentions were good, but our advice is never go into the River Thames to rescue someone."
The men were taken to Tower lifeboat station and given into the care of the London Ambulance Service.
The question of what happened to York University cook Claudia Lawrence is simultaneously a family tragedy, a thorn in the side of North Yorkshire Police, and one of the country's most intriguing unsolved crimes.
Claudia, 35 and apparently single, is assumed to have been murdered after failing to turn up to work in March 2009, leaving no obvious clues about what had happened to her.
In the six years she has been missing there have been just two arrests and no charges.
It is little wonder that people are asking if the police have run out of ideas.
So is the recent renewed police activity around her former home, and the claim that more arrests could be imminent, just an attempt to silence the critics, or are the police on to something?
And why are there so many undercurrents to the mystery, with some people still unwilling to talk to journalists, and others issuing warnings or threats?
To find the answers you have to look at the history of the investigation and at the police team trying to move it forward.
There were undoubtedly mistakes made in the spring of 2009. For months after Claudia vanished the entire publicity effort of Detective Superintendent Ray Galloway's investigation showed her with the wrong colour hair, while detectives allowed the misleading narrative that Claudia was an unassuming young woman to run away with them and never really recovered from the belated attempt to correct it.
The truth - that her relationships involved what Mr Galloway eventually described as "complexity and mystery" - was not made public until three months after she disappeared, many weeks after they had built up what one described to me as a "rogues' gallery" of some of the men she had been involved with.
With a continued insistence from Claudia's family and friends, from whom it seems she hid much of her private life, that the police were wrong, and with many locals knowing differently all along, it set the tone for mistrust and conflict.
To be fair the police did not know what they were walking into: Claudia apparently lived a significant part of her life in secret and her parents had endured such a bitter divorce that to this day they have never made a joint appeal over their daughter's disappearance.
Meanwhile, journalists were finding the story hard to tell. For a privately-educated daughter of a country solicitor Claudia had some unusual acquaintances and this remains the only missing person case where I've been warned off or threatened - not once, but twice.
Journalists and the police alike have found it hard to break the silence surrounding some of her relationships.
Fast forward five years and following the retirement of Ray Galloway a new police team has relaunched the investigation.
Detective Superintendent Dai Malyn, the senior investigating officer, has described the investigation as engrossing and quickly said he had "spotted things" to work on.
Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Mason, the force's head of crime, knows the Police and Crime Commissioner wants a result.
Neither give the impression of police officers who would spin lines for publicity or conduct stunts to make themselves look busy.
So far they've arrested two men, with one released without charge and the other still on bail on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
They have re-examined Claudia's house, carried out a much-publicised fingertip search outside and re-interviewed key individuals and in doing so they have created a buzz which might yet solve the crime.
Det Supt Malyn is now talking about new leads, continuing obstruction, cover-ups and lies by some people and the possibility of more arrests soon.
But he's a realist too: "Ultimately we may not be able to prove what happened to Claudia, or be able to find her," he admitted this week.
There is a feeling among Claudia's family and the reporters who have covered this case from the start that if North Yorkshire Police fail to solve this crime it will not be for the want of trying.
Police searching for missing chef Claudia Lawrence are "actively pursuing new leads" and may make further arrests shortly.
Detective Superintendent Dai Malyn of North Yorkshire Police was speaking on the sixth anniversary of her disappearance.
He said his team had made "significant progress" since the force began reviewing the case in 2013.
Police search the alleyway at the back of Miss Lawrence's home
Miss Lawrence was last seen on Wednesday 18 March 2009 and was reported missing by her father two days later.
He contacted police after she failed to turn up for her 6am shift at York University.
Video:People 'Lying' To Claudia Police
Officers believe the 35-year-old was murdered.
A number of fresh searches have been carried out since 2013, including a detailed re-examination of her house in the Heworth area of York and the alleyway at the rear.
A 60-year-old man, arrested last year in connection with her disappearance, was released without charge, while a 47-year-old man remains on bail on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
Video:May 2014: York House Searched
Det Supt Malyn said: "In the months since we started our review, we have made very significant progress.
"In the coming weeks and months we may make additional arrests as we continue to develop our lines of inquiry.
"In the light of information that has only recently come to the fore, we are actively pursuing what are rightly described as new leads."
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Mr Malyn warned anyone withholding information about their relationship with Miss Lawrence or events in the days before her disappearance to come forward or risk being arrested.
He added: "Six years have passed since Claudia disappeared. For her loved ones, the pain caused by her absence and the circumstances of her disappearance has not faded.
"Ultimately, we may not be able to prove what happened to Claudia, or be able to find her. But that will not be for lack of determination, tenacity and meticulous detective work."
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Violent clashes have broken out in Germany's financial capital during anti-capitalist protests marking the opening of the European Central Bank's new headquarters.
Police in Frankfurt say they have detained about 350 people after demonstrators became "aggressive and violent" in the early hours of the morning.
More than 90 officers were reportedly injured after police and firefighters came under attack from activists throwing stones and hurling "unidentified liquids".
A 'capitalism kills' banner has been erected near the ECB Pic: @khusain
A number of cars were also torched across the city, including three police patrol vehicles which were set alight during an attack on a central police station.
The police and fire departments both issued appeals on Twitter, urging protesters to remain calm.
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"Our firefighters are being attacked. Please stop doing that!" Frankfurt Fire Department tweeted.
Shortly before the ECB building's inauguration, police deployed water cannon to disperse groups of protesters gathered outside the security zone around the 185-metre (605ft) new skyscraper.
Later, some 10,000 people, under the "Blockupy" banner, took part in an afternoon procession across the city.
Reports that thousands were expected to join the rally, prompted authorities to organise a major police presence throughout the day.
"It is one of the biggest deployments ever in the city," a police spokeswoman told news agency AFP.
Blockupy, which brings together an alliance of anti-capitalist and anti-austerity groups from across Europe, has repeatedly organised protests in Frankfurt's banking district since 2012.
The organisation is targeting the ECB over its role in imposing austerity measures on financially troubled countries like Greece.
On its official Twitter page, the group accused police of brutality, claiming several people had been injured.
"Stop police violence," it wrote.
Meanwhile activists have erected a banner reading "capitalism kills" in view of the new building.
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Violent clashes have broken out in Germany's financial capital during anti-capitalist protests marking the opening of the European Central Bank's new headquarters.
Police in Frankfurt say they have detained about 350 people after demonstrators became "aggressive and violent" in the early hours of the morning.
More than 90 officers were reportedly injured after police and firefighters came under attack from activists throwing stones and hurling "unidentified liquids".
A 'capitalism kills' banner has been erected near the ECB Pic: @khusain
A number of cars were also torched across the city, including three police patrol vehicles which were set alight during an attack on a central police station.
The police and fire departments both issued appeals on Twitter, urging protesters to remain calm.
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Members of the so-called "Blockupy alliance" have staged protests against austerity and the authority of the European Central Bank ahead of its new headquarters officially opening in Frankfurt, Germany
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"Our firefighters are being attacked. Please stop doing that!" Frankfurt Fire Department tweeted.
Shortly before the ECB building's inauguration, police deployed water cannon to disperse groups of protesters gathered outside the security zone around the 185-metre (605ft) new skyscraper.
Later, some 10,000 people, under the "Blockupy" banner, took part in an afternoon procession across the city.
Reports that thousands were expected to join the rally, prompted authorities to organise a major police presence throughout the day.
"It is one of the biggest deployments ever in the city," a police spokeswoman told news agency AFP.
Blockupy, which brings together an alliance of anti-capitalist and anti-austerity groups from across Europe, has repeatedly organised protests in Frankfurt's banking district since 2012.
The organisation is targeting the ECB over its role in imposing austerity measures on financially troubled countries like Greece.
On its official Twitter page, the group accused police of brutality, claiming several people had been injured.
"Stop police violence," it wrote.
Meanwhile activists have erected a banner reading "capitalism kills" in view of the new building.
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Chancellor George Osborne has delivered his pre-election budget. Here are the key points.
Taxes
:: Personal tax-free allowance will be increased to £10,800 in April 2016, and to £11,000 in April 2017.
:: Fuel duty increase scheduled for September is cancelled.
:: Class 2 National Insurance contributions for the self-employed to be abolished entirely in the next parliament.
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:: Annual tax return to be abolished altogether.
:: Review on the use of deeds of variation to avoid inheritance tax to report by the autumn.
:: "More generous" tax credits for TV and film, expanded support for video games industry and new tax credit for orchestras, and a consultation on tax support for local newspapers.
:: Farmers will be allowed to average their incomes for tax purposes over five years.
Savings
:: A "Help to buy ISA" will be launched for first-time buyers. For every £200 saved for a deposit, the Government will top it up with £50.
:: A personal savings allowance to be launched, taking 95% of Britons out of savings tax altogether.
Pensions
:: Pension pot lifetime allowance to be reduced from £1.25m to £1m from next year.
Jobs
:: National Minimum Wage will rise by 20p an hour to £6.70 from October.
Business
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:: Corporation tax to be cut to 20% in two weeks' time.
:: Legislation next week on diverted profits tax aimed at multinationals shifting profits offshore, with policy to take effect at the start of April.
:: Employers' National Insurance contributions for under-21s to be abolished from this April, and for young apprentices from April 2016.
:: Bank levy increased to 0.21%, raising an additional £900m a year.
Alcohol
:: Beer duty to be cut for the third year running, with 1p off the price of a pint. Cider duty to be cut by 2%. Duty on scotch whisky and other spirits to be cut by 2%. Wine duty to be frozen.
Spending and Welfare
:: Trebling in £15m fund for church roof appeals, and extension to £8,000 in automatic gift aid to benefit 6,500 small charities.
:: Charities for British servicemen and women to receive £75m, funded by Libor fines.
:: Up to £600m to clear new spectrum bands for further auctions, improving mobile phone coverage nationwide, including in remote communities.
:: Funding for wifi in public libraries and new national plan for ultra-fast broadband to nearly all homes in the country.
:: New investment in transport and regeneration across London, and funding to address acute housing shortages in the capital.
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:: Automotive industry to receive £100m in investment in the race to driverless technology.
:: South West to receive £7bn in transport investment.
:: Eight new enterprise zones across Britain – including Blackpool and Plymouth.
:: North Sea oil industry to receive £1.3bn in support through four new measures.
:: £1m to buy defibrillators for public places, including schools.
:: Sale of £13bn of mortgage assets held by the Government after the bailout of Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley to be launched. This will be used to pay down the national debt.
Growth
:: The Office for Budget Responsibility says Britain's economy grew by 2.6% last year.
:: Growth forecast for 2015 revised up by 0.1% to 2.5%, with unemployment set to fall by 0.1% from 5.4% to 5.3%.
:: OBR revises 2015 inflation forecast down to 0.2%.
A man's naked body has been found inside an apartment freezer in the San Francisco-area city of Napa.
Police were carrying out a welfare check on the 54-year-old man who had not been seen or heard from since the end of last month.
Officers entered through the apartment's unlocked door and found the body stuffed inside a horizontal freezer box, a police statement said.
The man's name has not been released pending notification of his death to his family.
There were no signs of forced entry into the home or a struggle inside, police said, and authorities will now try to determine whether the case was a homicide or suicide.
Napa, the state's wine-producing region, is a city of nearly 80,000 people some 50 miles (80 km) north of San Francisco.
The Chancellor has delivered an "intensely political" Budget with broad appeal, cutting tax for savers and offering more help for first-time buyers.
At the heart of his last Budget before the General Election, George Osborne put a Help To Buy ISA, which would see the Government contribute £50 for every £200 saved towards a deposit on a first home - a 25% top-up.
And he announced savers would not have to pay tax on the first £1,000 of their savings.
As he opened his sixth Budget with just 50 days until the election, Mr Osborne confirmed the UK has grown faster than "any other major advanced economy in the world" and Britain was "walking tall again".
He said: "The hard work and sacrifice of the British people has paid off. The original debt target I set out in my first Budget has been met.
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"We will end this Parliament with Britain's national debt share falling. The sun is starting to shine – and we are fixing the roof."
Mr Osborne also announced the level at which workers start paying the 40p tax rate would increase above inflation from £42,385 to £43,300 and raised the level at which people start to pay income tax on earnings to £11,000.
He promised that the changes on the 40p tax showed the Conservatives' commitment to raising that threshold to £50,000 by 2020, as pledged at the party's autumn conference.
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However, the Chancellor tried to dodge any allegations of an electioneering Budget by insisting that his plans for the economy were responsible.
Announcing a £9bn windfall from bank sales, falling welfare bils and lower debt interest he said the extra money would be used to pay down the national debt and not splashed on giveaways.
Sky's Political Correspondent Sophy Ridge said: "With just 50 days until the election, George Osborne's Budget was always going to be intensely political.
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"Much of it was spent shooting down Labour attack lines – specifically on the claim that the Tories would reduce spending to 1930s levels. By some clever number crunching, the Conservatives can now claim that spending will be at the level seen in 2000."
However, she added: "But there was no big ticket policy announcement pulled out of the hat that could swing the election.
"In other words: George Osborne and David Cameron are keeping their real rabbits for the manifesto."
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Other measures contained in the Budget included a so-called "Google tax" of 25% for those multinationals which move their profits abroad and a increase of the bank levy to 0.21%, raising £900m a year.
There will also be investment in the regions, including the "northern powerhouse" and a tidal lagoon in Swansea.
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:: Full list of the key measures in the 2015 Budget.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said Mr Osborne continued to deliver for the rich and was sharply critical of the lack of investment contained in the Budget for the NHS or public services.
He said: "Britain needs a better plan, a plan for working families. Britain needs a Labour government."
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And added: "This is a Budget people won't believe from a Government that is not on their side - because of their record, because of their instinct, because of their plans for the future."
Mr Osborne delivered his plans for the recovery of the nation's economy against a backdrop of the most unpredictable election for a generation.
A Sky News projection, following analysis of the latest polls, suggests a hung parliament with the two parties virtually neck and neck.
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It also comes after new figures showed the number of unemployed falling by more than 100,000 to 1.86m, which is the lowest since 2008.
Nineteen people have been killed after militants attacked a museum in the Tunisian parliament building compound, the country's prime minister has said.
Initial reports on local media said those killed included British nationals, but the Tunisian prime minister Habib Essid told national television the victims were Polish, Spanish, German, Italian and Tunisian, including 17 tourists.
The gunmen held hostages inside the Bardo Museum, but security forces surrounded the building and later stormed it, killing two militants.
One policeman was killed along with a cleaner during the operation.
The interior ministry said Tunisian troops freed all the hostages, but there were reports that security forces were hunting as many as three gunmen believed to still be at large.
People were taken hostage at the Bardo Museum. Pic: VbTunisia.com
AFP news agency reported that at least two men armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles were involved in the attack.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls confirmed that hostages had been taken during the attack.
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Speaking in Brussels, he said: "I condemn this terrorist attack in the strongest terms. There has been a hostage-taking, without doubt tourists have been affected, killed."
The museum is a leading tourist attraction in the country, and houses one of the world's largest Roman mosaic collections.
Gavin Stoddart, a British tourist who left the museum 15 minutes before the attack, said he was made to return to his cruise ship after the tour guide got a phone call.
He told Sky News: "Tour guide didn't know reason. All coaches returned to ship very quickly.
"They're doing a ship-wide announcement about it all now. I don't think everyone is back on board.
"It just said there is extra security and we can see police boats around the ship now."
Costa Crociere, owners of the cruise liner Costa Fascinosa which docked in Tunis on Wednesday morning, said some of its 3,161 passengers were visiting Tunis and a tour of the Bardo museum was part of the itinerary.
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Tunisian security forces attempt to secure the area after gunmen attacked Tunis' famed Bardo Museum
At least seven foreigners and a Tunisian were killed in an attack on the museum by two men armed with assault rifles, the interior ministry said
