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Added on the 10/07/2019 15:15:14 - Copyright : France 24 EN
A Japanese town on Tuesday began mounting a large mesh barrier at a popular viewing spot for Mount Fuji in an attempt to deter tourists from taking photos. Workers began attaching black netting measuring 2.5 by 20 metres (eight by 65 feet) to metal poles along the pavement opposite the much-photographed convenience store Tuesday morning. IMAGES
An International Workers' Day rally in Paris sets off from the Place de la Republique, with participants calling for workers' rights, wage increases and peace. IMAGES
A French court opens the appeal trial for a Chilean man who was sentenced to 28 years in prison last year for murdering his Japanese ex-girlfriend, Narumi Kurosaki. IMAGES
The Law committee at France's National Assembly begins going throught nearly 1,500 amendments to the Immigration bill, some designed to undo the text passed by the Senate, others to make it even tougher. The committee aims to produce a text that can be voted on by a majority of MPs by Sunday. IMAGES
A view of the coastline near the Fukushima-Daiichi facility as Japan begins releasing wastewater from the crippled nuclear plant, in an operation it insists is safe but which has generated a fierce backlash from China. IMAGES
Migrants entering the US without documents as pandemic-era controls lift Thursday face long-term bans and possible prosecution, a top official warns. "Our borders are not open," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says, hours before the United States implements a tough new immigration policy. SOUNDBITE