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Le 14 septembre 2015, la veille de l'ouverture à la presse des portes du Salon de Francfort, le cascadeur britannique Terry Grant lança le tout nouveau SUV Jaguar F-Pace sur une piste relevée pour former une boucle à 360 degrés haute de 19,08 mètre, façon looping. Le constructeur a calculé que le véhicule encaissa une accélération verticale correspondant à 6,5 fois la gravité. Soit davantage que ce qu'encaissaient les pilotes de la navette spatiale américaine au décollage. Ce record a été homologué par le Livre Guinness des Records.
The trial of a French researcher accused of violating Russia's "foreign agent" law begins in Moscow amid simmering tensions with Paris over Ukraine. Laurent Vinatier, who worked on conflict mediation for a Swiss NGO and was arrested in June, appears in a glass cage for defendants at Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky court as the trial opens. He faces up to five years in prison. IMAGES
The President of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Laurent Wauquiez, candidate in the legislative elections in the first constituency of Haute-Loire, votes at the town hall in Le Puy-en-Velay. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron opens the 60th Salon de l'Agriculture to boos and jeers, following clashes earlier in the morning between police and farmers that forced organisers to postpone the opening of France's largest agricultural show. IMAGES
The 60th Agricultural Show opens to the public in Paris with nearly an hour and a half delay due to the incursion of farmers protesting against French President Emmanuel Macron. The pavilion invaded by the protesters, where clashes with police forces occurred, remains closed for the time being. IMAGES