Watch: pomp and colour in Paris as France holds Bastille Day parade

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France’s Emmanuel Macron is overseeing his 10th and last national day parade as president on Tuesday.The annual military procession – which marks the July 14, 1789, storming of the Bastille fortress in Paris during the French Revolution – will rev up the crowds before France plays Spain in World Cup semi-finals at the end of the day.Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend the celebrations in central Paris despite a scorching heatwave that has seen a forest blaze rage outside the...