“This is an action against France and the French people,” the minister told Europe 1 radio. The eyes of the continent are on France as the Euro 2016 tournament kicks off later in the day, with 1.5 million foreign fans expected to join millions of French supporters for the month-long sports festival. One in four medium-haul flights would be scrapped and about one in 10 scrapped on long-haul and domestic routes. Workers at the state-owned SNCF railways were on strike for a tenth day on Friday. Local media said SNCF executives were being drafted in to replace striking train drivers.

Source: The Telegraph June 10, 2016 12:33 UTC