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The departures board says it all at Charles De Gaulle airport north of Paris: dozens of flights are cancelled as air traffic controllers strike in France over demands for higher wages. IMAGES
Images of cancelled flights and long queues at Frankfurt airport where German national carrier Lufthansa says it will have to cancel almost all flights because of a planned strike by ground crew. More than 1,000 flights will be scrapped, affecting around 134,000 passengers. The strike is scheduled to last from 0145 GMT on Wednesday until 0400 GMT on Thursday and comes as ground workers seek a higher pay rise than the one offered by Lufthansa so far. IMAGES
The boards at at an empty Munich airport announce a litany of cancellations as as transport staff across Germany stage a major strike to push for wage hikes in the face of brisk inflation. Workers at airports, ports, railways, buses and metro lines throughout much of Europe's top economy are expected to heed a call by the Verdi and EVG unions to the 24-hour walkout. IMAGES
Significant delays and cancellations affect Frankfurt airport -- Germany's largest -- as public-sector workers walk out on strike for more pay. The strike affects four airports in the country and has led Lufthansa to cancel more than 800 flights. IMAGES
Several hundred pharmacists demonstrate in Paris over drug shortages, low regulated prices, pharmacy closures and fears medications could be sold online. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden called celebrity chef Jose Andres to express his condolences after an Israeli strike killed seven aid workers from his World Central Kitchen group in Gaza, the White House says. Biden "conveyed he will make clear to Israel that humanitarian aid workers must be protected," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters during a briefing. SOUNDBITE
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