France admits it used torture during Algeria war French President Emmanuel Macron visits the widow of a mathematician and communist militant who was tortured to death in 1957 during the Algerian war . It comes as France acknowledged that it had instigated a "system" that led to torture during Algeria's independence war, a landmark admission in a conflict that remains hugely sensitive six decades on. The meeting between the president and Josette Audin took place away from the cameras, but Sebastien Jumel, the deputy mayor of Dieppe who had long campaigned for this recognition, was there and spoke of "respectful proximity". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES(COMPLETES VIDEO VID1235166_EN)