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French MPs unanimously approved a first reading of an environmentalist-backed bill to restrict the manufacture and sale of products containing PFAS or forever chemicals, although kitchen utensils were excluded from its scope after a major campaign by manufacturers this week. IMAGES
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe are greeted by Renault CEO Luca de Meo as they arrive at the Renault Group site in Sandouville to tour of the industrial line of the auto maker's plant in Normandy. IMAGES
Several hundred environmental activists enter a chemical plant in Pierre-Benite, Lyon, to protest against pollution. The action was organised by Extinction Rebelloion and Youth for Climate and saw protesters cutting through boundary fences, smash security equipment and unfurl a large banner from the site's roof reading "poison". IMAGES
Auto workers stand on the picket line outside Ford Michigan assembly plant as US President Joe Biden begins an unprecedented trip to join them, a day before rival Donald Trump makes his own bid for the blue collar vote in the battleground electoral state. IMAGES
Workers gather at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant after the United Auto Workers union announced the beginning of a strike at three factories. IMAGES
French Industry Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher arrives in Béthune, in northern France, for a meeting with Bridgestone, elected representatives and unions, to address the salvage of the local tyre production site, which is threatened with closure. IMAGES