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Live updates: France remembers Nice attack victims

  • French prime minister is booed and told to resign at a memorial for the victims of the attack
  • An attacker in a lorry mowed down hundreds of people during Bastille Day celebrations in Nice
  • Prosecutors have revealed the attacker did several scouting missions on the Promenade des Anglais
  • At least 84 people, including foreigners and children, died in the atrocity
  • The French government is facing growing criticism of its handling of national security
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Bono caught up in the Bastille Day lorry massacre

Rock star Bono Credit: PA

Rock star Bono had to be rescued from a Nice restaurant by anti-terror police, it has emerged.

The U2 lead singer, 56, was on a restaurant terrace next to the seafront in the French city when the attacker drove the lorry into the crowds.

Dining with Bono on Thursday night was the celebrity chef Alain Ducasse, it has emerged.

After the atrocity U2 tweeted a picture of bandmate The Edge with the caption: "Love is bigger than anything in its way".

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