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Added on the 05/11/2020 09:42:00 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images from outside King's Cross station in London as British railway workers begin a strike over jobs and pay, billed as the biggest walkout in thirty years. Last-ditch talks to avert the strike broke down, meaning more than 50,000 members of rail union RMT will walk out for three days this week. IMAGES
Although masks are no longer mandatory on trains in England, not all commuters at London King's Cross station have abandoned them. This comes as England lifts coronavirus restrictions imposed to tackle the Omicron variant, with masks no longer required in enclosed places and vaccine passports shelved. IMAGES
Images from Trafalgar Square in Central London as England's 56 million people enter a second coronavirus lockdown with more doubts about the stringent policy than the first time around. IMAGES
Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako are formally welcomed to Britain for a state visit, with the emperor inspecting troops on Horse Guards Parade alongside King Charles III. A lavish banquet at Buckingham Palace is among the events planned for the three-day trip. IMAGES
Britain's King Charles III leaves Buckingham Palace to attend the Trooping the Colour military parade in central London. Trooping the Colour marks the British sovereign's official birthday and is a minutely choreographed military tradition dating back more than two centuries. Charles was actually born in November, but the second birthday tradition dates back to King George II in 1748, who wanted to have a celebration in better weather as his own birthday was in October. IMAGES
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