French presidential hopeful Éric Zemmour begins race hate trial

Far-right TV pundit on trial for calling unaccompanied child migrants thieves, killers and rapists'

Eric Zemmour, the far-right TV pundit who is preparing to run for French president claiming that Islam and immigration are destroying France, has gone on trial in Paris on charges of incitement to racial hatred.

The case relates to remarks the 63-year-old polemicist made on television last year when he called unaccompanied child migrants thieves, killers and rapists".