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Members of the United Auto Workers' (UAW) union picket and hold signs outside a Ford assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan, on the first day of a historic strike that is ordering simultaneous stoppages at Detroit's "Big Three" for the first time. The dramatic walkout -- marked outside a Detroit-area Ford plant with rowdy honking and cheers at the arrival of the United Auto Workers' leader -- came after a last-minute push by General Motors, Ford and Stellantis failed to produce an agreement before a contract's expiration. IMAGES
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg slams as "reckless" Russia's destruction of a satellite that created a debris cloud he said was dangerous to orbiting space stations. SOUNDBITE
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen calls for building "a European Health Union" in her first State of the EU address to MEPs. SOUNDBITE
Trade union calls for a demonstration to protest the government's pension reform brings 4,000 people out on to the streets of Saint Nazaire, according to the CGT union. Police estimated only 1,500 people demonstrated. The strike is now in its 43rd day. IMAGES
UNSA Secretary General Laurent Escure begins a fresh round of talks with French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, Health Minister Agnès Buzyn and new pensions chief Laurent Pietraszewski at Matignon. (COMPLETES VID 1N609V_EN) IMAGES