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French Prime Minister Jean Castex talks by video-conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, their first exchange since Castex took office. They discuss the measures taken in France, Germany and Europe to deal with Covid-19, as well as the recent terrorist attacks on the continent. IMAGES
Emmanuel Macron arrives in Mauritania for the Sahel summit, welcomed on his descent from the plane by the Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani. Along with four other presidents of Sahel countries, they are to take stock of their common struggle against the region's jihadists. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron receives his Central African counterpart Faustin Archange Touadera in Paris, to discuss the situation in the African nation and the region. IMAGES
Dozens of protesters holding signs critical of the Kremlin demonstrate outside the Russian embassy in Paris, heeding opposition calls to demonstrate against President Vladimir Putin on the last day of the country's presidential vote. Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who lives in exile in France after protesting the offensive in Ukraine on Russian state TV, is in attendance, telling AFP they want to "to show all the world we are against Putin." IMAGES
"This constitutional revision will make this tragedy irreversible for the weakest members of society," says Marie-Lys Pellissier, spokesperson for the "March for Life", at an anti-abortion rights demonstration of about fifty activists near Port-Royal as the Senate prepared to vote on enshrining abortion in the Constitution. IMAGES
Far-right video artist Papacito arrives in court for his trial on charges of insulting and inciting hatred and crimes against the mayor of Montjoi, who has been placed under police protection following death threats after the influencer posted videos on YouTube. IMAGES