Ten years on, France commemorates deadly attacks on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo

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A decade after a deadly assault that shook France, the country paused to honour the victims, while also grappling with the evolving challenges of free expression and terrorism.

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00:00A decade after the deadly assault on the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo,

00:08France paused on Tuesday to honour the victims, but also to grapple with the evolving challenges

00:13of free expression and terrorism.

00:17President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo led solemn tributes at the site

00:22of the attack, where 12 people were killed on the 7th of January 2015.

00:28Speaking to local media, French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau cited the recent

00:32attacks at public gatherings in Germany and New Orleans as grim reminders of why France

00:37must maintain a very high level of caution.

00:40Last year, we unleashed 9 attacks.

00:44That's more than since 2017.

00:47That means that our services and France are considerably rearmed.

00:52But that means that the threat is still there.

00:56And we must not only face it, but also see the terror of this threat, which is Islamism.

01:02The attack on Charlie Hebdo, carried out in retaliation for the newspaper's irreverent

01:06caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, ignited fierce global debates about the limits of

01:11free expression.

01:13Ten years on, Charlie Hebdo said its research shows that while a majority of the French

01:18still believe in the fundamental right to caricature, younger generations increasingly

01:22criticize satire they see as divisive or insensitive, particularly toward marginalized

01:27communities.

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