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The latest fighter jets, military drones, and missiles are on display at the Paris Airshow. Jim Drury went to look at them.
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne meets with Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, as efforts intensify to secure a truce in Gaza after months of war that have devastated the Palestinian territory and pushed hundreds of thousands to the brink of famine. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls for Western countries to accelerate deliveries of promised air defence systems and fighter jets, on the eve of the second anniversary of Russia's invasion. Zelensky is speaking alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, as Western leaders descend on the country in a show of support for Kyiv as the war enters its third year. SOUNDBITE
Farmers listen live to French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal giving his general policy statement at the National Assembly, from a motorway blockade near Villabe in Paris outskirts. (COMPLETE VIDI34H939T_EN, VIDI34H93A6_EN, VIDI34H82TM_EN) IMAGES
French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu is on board the Dixmude, a French helicopter carrier anchored in the Egyptian port of Al-Arich, where wounded civilians from Gaza are being treated. The minister is spending New Year's Eve aboard the French ship, anchored some 50 kilometers from the Rafah crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, where aid is trickling in. IMAGES
A French military aircraft is loaded with humanitarian aid destined for Gaza, at Orléans-Bricy air base, south of Paris, before taking off for Egypt. Alarm has surged over the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza as the Israel-Hamas war rages into a seventh week. IMAGES