Fireworks erupt over Paris Paralympics opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympics get underway in the centre of the French capital, firing the starting gun on 11 days of intense competition. IMAGES
On a trip to Briançon in the French Alps, Prime Minister François Bayrou visits Fort des Trois Têtes, a former military site that is to be converted into housing to accommodate one of the Olympic villages for the 2030 Winter Games. IMAGES
The opening ceremony of the Paris Paralympics get underway in the centre of the French capital, firing the starting gun on 11 days of intense competition. IMAGES
The Patrouille de France jets perform a flyover over Paris during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paralympics, flying above the Eiffel Tower and other landmarks. IMAGES
France's Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announces that the "anti-terrorist perimetre" set up around the banks of the Seine in Paris for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will be "effective from tomorrow (July 18, Eds.) morning until 26 July." SOUNDBITE
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