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Added on the 05/10/2019 22:15:09 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Truckers block roads to protest against the increase in diesel prices decreed by the government block the traffic in the capital Bogota and other cities. Hundreds of vehicles parked since morning on 18 roads in Bogota caused monumental traffic jams, according to the mayor's office. IMAGES
In the city of Cuenca, in Ecuador's southern Andes mountains, a polling station starts counting ballots in the country's presidential runoff election. Voters are choosing a new president in the midst of a drug war and a rash of political assassinations that cut short the bid of a popular candidate. IMAGES
Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse hundreds of anti-judicial reform protesters blocking the road leading to the parliament in Jerusalem as Israeli lawmakers prepare for a final vote on a major component of the hard-right government's controversial judicial overhaul. Many had converged near parliament over the past two days to oppose Netanyahu's proposal to curb the powers of the Supreme Court as part of the revamp. IMAGES
About 200 demonstrators, gathered at the call of the CGT union, block traffic on the Paris ring road during a demonstration against pension reform and the use of the 49.3 clause. IMAGES
At a press conference in Matignon, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announces three new devices to contain energy prices for businesses and communities, for a total effort increased to "12 billion euros". SOUNDBITE