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Images of number 10 Downing Street, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's London residence, as a spokesperson says the country's leader will "make a statement to the country" today, following reports he will resign as Conservative leader, triggering a party contest to replace him as prime minister. IMAGES
Goussainville (France), Aug 27 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Mario García Sánchez / Christophe Petit-Tesson) Just 15 kilometers from Paris, a small town refuses to fall into oblivion half a century after the construction of Charles Airport de Gaulle, a project that led 1,000 residents to abandon their homes under pressure from the French administration to demolish them. FOOTAGE FROM GOUSSAINVILLE'S "OLD COUNTRY" RESOURCE (VIEUX-PAYS)SOUNDBITES OF PHILIPPE VIEILLIARD, HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION IN DEFENSE OF THE PEOPLE AND SACRISTAN OF THE CHURCH OF SAINT-PAIERRE; AND OF PIERRE MURILLO, AN OLD NEIGHBOR, SON OF SPANISH REPUBLICAN PARENTS EXILE IN FRANCE.TRANSLATION:Vieilliard:1. "We'll see what he does. I don't know if we can be hopeful, but we're going to ask him to do something. So far he's been cleaning the streets a little better and even installed a second bell in the church. So that's a little sign, but it has to start out stronger than that. "2. Murillo: a lot of people believed what they were told, they were going to destroy the whole town, it was always small but very nice and fun, everyone knew each other around here
Paris, Sep 19 (EFE), (Camera: Ana Ayesa/ Josep Puig).- French journalist Valentin Gendrot infiltrated the country’s police force during six months to write "Flic", a book in which he denounces endemic problems and violence.SOUNDBITES OF UNDERCOVER JOURNALIST VALENTIN GENDROT DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH EFE:"Racist and physical violence by police officers is a minority.""It was very hard. It is like a roller coaster. There are moments like this when I was afraid, others when I was stupefied, surprised, and there were others when I was bored when I had to keep watch at the police station entrance all morning or all afternoon without doing much, you have time and you get bored"."The policeman lives in a very virile universe, you have to pretend that everything is going well, always.""When I was infiltrated at the 19 district, a policeman who I did not know committed suicide and this makes us wonder. Why? And the truth is that there are many reasons. The working conditions are difficult, a part of the hates detests you, hierarchy does not exist. You fight with violence every day."
For his first outing as Justice Minister, Eric Dupond-Moretti visited the Fresnes prison. The famous lawyer and newly appointed member of the French government said he was "concerned about freedom, about the conditions of detention and about the working conditions of prison staff". (COMPLETES VIDI1US3E1_EN) SOUNDBITE
Several thousand demonstrators, including railway workers, teachers and lawyers, took to the streets of Paris to march against pension reform. The government wants to fuse France's 42 different retirement schemes into a single points-based system but opponents fear a drastic decline in pension levels. IMAGES
French police made a number of arrests in Marseille on Tuesday, following the murder of two women in an attack on Sunday claimed by the Islamic State group. IMAGES of building where arrest was made
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