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French police officers protest to press their claim for extra pay during this summer's Paris Olympics, underlining the threat of strikes and disruption to the Games. IMAGES
The Interministerial Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games meets under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, to take stock of the situation one and a half years before the 2024 Games in Paris. IMAGES
The International Olympic Committee has "full confidence in the French security authorities" ahead of the Paris Olympics, president Thomas Bach says following the IOC's Executive Board meeting. The statement from Bach plays down any security fears in the wake of crowd control issues at the Stade de France in May's Champions League football final. It also comes a day after violence broke out in the Europa Conference League game between Nice and Cologne. SOUNDBITE
French ministers join former athlete and President of the Paris 2024 Olympic committee, Tony Estanguet, at the Elysee Palace for a "site meeting", two years before the start of the Olympics. IMAGES
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe kicks off the construction of the Paris-2024 athletes' village in Saint-Ouen. IMAGES