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Crosses on the gates of Nestle's Buitoni factory in Caudry, northeastern France, pallets of wood on fire: employees of the site, threatened with closure, gather outside their factory at the time of a union-management meeting. Nestle announced on Thursday the definitive closure of the factory which has been implicated in a contaminated pizza health scandal, citing a drop in sales. IMAGES
A German court hands a five-year jail sentence to a 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard, the oldest person so far to go on trial for complicity in war crimes during the Holocaust. IMAGES of the accused arriving in the Court Room
People participate in the March of the Living, starting at the site of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in Oswiecim , Poland to honour Holocaust victims. Polish President Andrzej Duda joined the march, walking alongside Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg. IMAGES
A rioter wearing a deeply offensive, anti-Semitic sweatshirt at the US Capitol last week is now under arrest. Newser reports the man was photographed wearing a 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt during the US Capitol siege was taken into custody on Wednesday in Virginia. The garment also featured 'Work brings freedom.' It's a translation of "Arbeit macht frei," the German phrase that appeared on the concentration camp’s entrance. Robert Keith Packer, 56, was arrested in Newport News, where he lives. The government will not be seeking detention for Packer. However, Packer is barred from visiting Washington unless it’s for a court appearance.
French Secretary of State for Economy and Finance Agnès Pannier-Runacher says that Daimler "has a responisibility to all the people" employed at a Smart factory the German automaker is looking to sell. The company is citing financial difficulties related to the Covid-19 crisis as a reason for the sale. SOUNDBITE