A spate of murders — one involving a 15-year-old burned alive and another committed by a 14-year-old hitman-for-hire — has caused an uproar over the drug war plaguing France's second-biggest city.

The exercise will come against the background of Russia's war in Ukraine ... with that powerful state, involving the deployment of up to 12,000 troops in northern France. Orion will involve ...

France is planning its biggest ever military exercise involving 12,000 troops ... The exercise will come against the background of Russia's war in Ukraine launched in February this year.

The landing on the Mediterranean town was just one part of France’s biggest war games in decades, involving around 12,000 troops including those from NATO allies, being conducted across the country.

France is to make access to its archives on the Algerian war more flexible, by authorising consultation of files involving minors, according to a decree published on Sunday in the Journal Officiel.

One of the main obstacles was the exclusion of files involving ... the reality of a war fought by young people is ignored. This is as true for Algerian immigrants in France as it is for the ...