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Political figures leading the march against anti-Semitism arrive near the French Senate in Paris. More than 100,000 people turned out, after days of bickering by political parties over who should take part and a surge in anti-Semitic incidents across France. IMAGES
A rally against anti-Semitism organised by French far-left party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) is disrupted by demonstrators carrying signs reading "Touche pas à la mémoire" ("Don't touch our remembrance"), in criticism of party leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon's stance on recent events. The protest took place near the site of the former Vél d'Hiv in Paris, where Jews were infamously rounded up and detained during the second World War before being sent to camps. IMAGES
French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner arrives at the Jewish cemetery in Westhoffen where dozens of Jewish graves were vandalised. He was accompanied by the former President of the Constitutional Council, Jean-Louis Debré and the Chief Rabbi of Strasbourg, Harold Abraham Weill. IMAGES
Thousands march against anti-Semitism in Paris, after days of bickering by political parties over who should take part and a surge in anti-Semitic incidents across France. The march also comes a day after several thousand people demonstrated in Paris under the rallying cry "Stop the massacre in Gaza". IMAGES
Keir Starmer, the leader of Britain's main opposition Labour party, apologises after a government watchdog ruled the party had broken equality law in its handling of anti-Semitism complaints during his predecessor's tenure, saying today is a "day of shame". SOUNDBITE
Protesters in the northern French city of Lille join a weekend of global rallies against racism and police brutality. The death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man in the US state of Minnesota, has brought tens of thousands out onto the streets around the world. IMAGES