Daily brief
A French appeals court found Air France and Airbus guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the 2009 crash of Flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, which killed 228 people, upholding a previous conviction against the companies.
Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa is expected to attend the G7 summit in France, sources told The Straits Times.
France's most powerful drug lord goes on trial in Marseille.
President Macron said France must address the issue of reparations for its role in the slave trade.