France moves to ’emergency’ alert after three killed in church attack

France’s prime minister has said the country is moving to the maximum “emergency” alert level after the killing of three people at a church in the southern city of Nice.

A man armed with a knife attacked two women and a man at the Notre Dame Basilica on Thursday morning before he was shot by police.

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