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CFDT Secretary General Laurent Berger meets with French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe and other key officials for crunch talks about a hotly contested pension overhaul that has sparked the country's longest rail strike in history. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe again hosts trade union leaders and employers organisations at Matignon as the ongoing transport strike against pension reform enters its third week and railway workers still refuse the idea of a truce. IMAGES OF THE ROUNDTABLE
French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti meets with prison guards' unions the day after two prison officers were killed in an attack on a prison van at a toll booth in Normandy. The unions are calling for "a drastic reduction in prison transport by promoting the use of videoconferencing by judges or their travel to prisons." IMAGES
Hundreds of flights are cancelled at French airports despite the country's main air traffic controllers' union dropping a call for a one-day strike after making a deal for higher pay. IMAGES
After meeting with the largest farmers union FNSEA, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal met with Rural Coordination, France's 2nd largest farming union. Its president, Veronique Le Floch, said it was "catastrophic" that the Prime Minister had not yet made any emergency announcements, while farmers continued to express their anger throughout France, in a protest that was mourned by the death of a farmer in Ariège, hit by a car at a roadblock. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.
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