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Traffic reduced to the bare essentials and just a few passers-by on the streets: Paris's Place de la Bastille, usually bustling with traffic and pedestrians, is almost deserted on the 24th day of a nationwide confinement that will be extended beyond its current limit of April 15. IMAGES
Fans leave the Stade de France, in Paris, after the Springboks are crowned Rugby World Cup champions, beating the All Blacks in a thrilling final. IMAGES
"Shutting down Les Soulèvements de la Terre (ed: Uprisings of the Earth) would mean the leaders of this country are trying to dissolve the environmental and social movement," explains Benoît Feuillu, an activist with the collective, ahead of the hearing of France's State Council, which is due to examine the legality of the dissolution. SOUNDBITE
Fans arrive at the Stade de France ahead of the Rugby World Cup quarter-final between France and South Africa. IMAGES
US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin says that the US would "evaluate any future steps that would prioritise both our democratic and our security goals" referring to the situation in Niger in a speech made in Nairobi. The comments comes a day after French President Emmanuel Macron announced the withdrawal of French troops and diplomats from the country. "We really want to see a diplomatic solution evolve" says Austin. SOUNDBITE
The Springboks bid farewell to their fans at a ceremony in Johannesburg as they depart South Africa en route to the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France via the United Kingdom. The defending champions are scheduled to play warm-up matches against Wales in Cardiff on August 19 and New Zealand in London on August 25 before their opening match of the tournament against Scotland in Marseille on September 10. IMAGES
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