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Added on the 05/03/2019 14:06:45 - Copyright : France 24 EN
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin leave the paris suburb of L'Haÿ-les-Roses, after a meeting with the mayor, whose home was attacked with a fire-ramming car on the fifth night of urban rioting following the police shooting of a 17 year-old teen. IMAGES
The last passers-by rush to take the metro, while restaurants close their doors in Place de la Bastille in Paris a few minutes before curfew takes effect, a measure taken for at least four weeks by the government after an alarming surge in Covid-19 cases. IMAGES
Kylie Jenner says someone "close to home" has tested positive for coronavirus, though she hasn't revealed who the person is.
European officials arrive at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris as France hosts an international conference on Sudan, exactly a year after war broke out in the northeast African country, leading to a humanitarian and political crisis. IMAGES
French farmers are using their tractors to block off motorway A16 by Amblainville toll booth in the region of Oise, an hour north of Paris. Farmers union FDSEA Ile-de-France is announcing five blockades around Paris from 2pm to increase the pressure on Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who is due to announce a first set of measures to try to calm their anger. IMAGES
Thousands of people gather in Vancouver to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini. Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died a few days after her arrest by religious police for allegedly violating the strict dress code for women in force since shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. IMAGES