First charges filed over France church attack

French authorities have filed the first charges tied to the jihadist killing of a priest in his church, as the government announced on Friday it would consider a temporary ban on foreign financing of mosques. Three days before the Tuesday attack authorities found a video showing one of the assailants, Abdel Malik Petitjean, pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group and speaking of "a violent action". The charges came as Prime Minister Manuel Valls said he would weigh a temporary ban on foreign financing of mosques, urging a "new model" for relations with Islam after a spate of jihadist attacks.

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