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French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu is on board the Dixmude, a French helicopter carrier anchored in the Egyptian port of Al-Arich, where wounded civilians from Gaza are being treated. The minister is spending New Year's Eve aboard the French ship, anchored some 50 kilometers from the Rafah crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, where aid is trickling in. IMAGES
A second US aircraft carrier will be available "if needed" to show support for Israel, the White House says, after a first vessel took up position in the region following the Hamas attacks. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron lands on French helicopter carrier Tonnerre, docked in Beirut since August 14, to oversee aid distribution during his second visit to the port, ground zero of the colossal blast that killed more than 180 people, wounded at least 6,500 others, and devastated swathes of the Lebanese capital. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI1WW556_EN
On his arrival in French Guiana, at the Matoury air base, French Prime Minister Jean Castex visits a medicalised A400M aircraft that is helping to fight the coronavirus epidemic, which is still very active in the French Overseas Territory. IMAGES
On the 34th day of France's lockdown against the coronavirus, time in the Pantheon district of Paris seems to stand still. On a warm, spring day only the sound of a few walkers, joggers and the occasional vehicle break the silence. IMAGES