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Russia has expelled more than 20 German diplomats, its foreign ministry said Saturday, in a “reciprocal” move as Berlin said some Russian diplomats had left Germany. Meanwhile Russia’s defence ministry said that its assault troops had captured three more districts in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Ukrainian authorities have not confirmed the Russian advance. Read our blog to see how the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

A Paris court on Friday sentenced Lebanese-Canadian citizen Hassan Diab to life in prison in absentia for the 1980 bombing of a synagogue in which four people died. Diab has long protested his innocence in the case which has been under investigation for decades. “We imagine that Hassan Diab will appeal this decision from Canada, where he is today,” says FRANCE 24’s Shirli Sitbon.

Just metres from a busy train station in the heart of Paris, scientists have uncovered 50 tombs in an ancient necropolis south of Lutetia, the precursor to the French capital, with numerous burials and offerings. The discovery offers a rare insight into the Parisii, a Gallic tribe that lived on the banks of the River Seine during the Iron Age and the Roman period.