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"Morale is at zero and now they're organising to get out," says an acquaintance of the farmer who was killed by a vehicle that rammed through a roadblock put up by protesting farmers in southwestern France. The victim's husband and teenage daughter were seriously injured. IMAGES
Police are on the scene near the Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand train station in Paris after French police shot and wounded a woman who was making threats, a police source told AFP. According to witnesses the woman, who was completely veiled, shouted "Allahu akbar" ("God is Greatest") and "made threats", the source said, adding that "police fired because they feared for their safety". After passengers on a suburban train alerted police, agents managed to "isolate" the woman at the Bibliotheque Francois Mitterrand station on the capital's south bank, the source said. IMAGES
Paris police fire tear gas to disperse climate protesters trying to block an annual general meeting of French oil giant TotalEnergies. IMAGES
A woman dressed in Ukrainian colours pours red liquid on herself on the steps of the Palais des Festivals during the screening of the film 'Acid', before being removed by security staff. IMAGES
Demonstrators run away from tear gas fired by police at Place de la République in Paris, on the sidelines of a rally against the French government's plan to reform the pension system. IMAGES