France's justice minister is transferring 100 of the country’s most dangerous inmates to a high-security prison to prevent them from running criminal operations from behind bars

France celebrated its biggest holiday Monday with 7,000 people marching, on horseback or riding armored vehicles along the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysees, the most iconic avenue in Paris.

July 14 (UPI) -- France on Monday celebrated Bastille Day with the nation's biggest holiday in the air and on the ground. The parade in Paris included 7,000 people on horseback and tanks, axe-carrying French Legion troops, 102 warplanes and helicopters.

It’s Bastille Day – the French national holiday – on July 14. What better time to raise a glass (of champagne, naturally) to our neighbours across the channel?

The Bastille Day parade in 2017 on the Champs-Élysées in Paris inspired Donald Trump to plan a military parade in Washington to commemorate the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday.

A soldier bleeds from the ear and a horse falls to the ground during France's Bastille Day parade:: Paris, France:: Images France Televisions and TF1:: July 14, 2025One soldier was bleeding from the ear as he marched,

Bastille Day is observed every year on July 14. It is France’s National Day and one of the most important public holidays in the country. In 2025, the French people will once again commemorate this day with parades, fireworks, and festivities that reflect their pride in the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity.

France celebrated its biggest holiday Monday with 7,000 people marching, on horseback or riding armored vehicles along the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysées, the most iconic avenue in Paris.

France banned the "sale, carrying, transport and use of pyrotechnic articles" before Bastille Day and promised "to protect the French" after recent riots.

France has banned the sale, possession and transport of fireworks over the Bastille Day weekend next week amid fears of renewed riots. CNN values your feedback 1.

PARIS — Paris hosted an extra-special guest for France’s national holiday Sunday — the Olympic flame lighting up the city’s grandiose military parade for Bastille Day.