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Thousands march in central London against anti-Semitism and to call for the safe return of Israeli hostages, as a temporary truce largely held in Gaza more than a month and a half after the start of the war between the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Israel. IMAGES
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on a visit to Germany, says he sees all faiths as equal and rejects suggestions that his attacks on Israel have anti-Semitic undertones. "If there was a struggle against anti-Semitism, I was the first leader in the world to lead that struggle," Erdogan says during a joint media appearance with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. SOUNDBITE
Political figures leading the march against anti-Semitism arrive near the French Senate in Paris. More than 100,000 people turned out, after days of bickering by political parties over who should take part and a surge in anti-Semitic incidents across France. IMAGES
Thousands march against anti-Semitism in Paris, after days of bickering by political parties over who should take part and a surge in anti-Semitic incidents across France. The march also comes a day after several thousand people demonstrated in Paris under the rallying cry "Stop the massacre in Gaza". IMAGES
A rally against anti-Semitism organised by French far-left party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) is disrupted by demonstrators carrying signs reading "Touche pas à la mémoire" ("Don't touch our remembrance"), in criticism of party leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon's stance on recent events. The protest took place near the site of the former Vél d'Hiv in Paris, where Jews were infamously rounded up and detained during the second World War before being sent to camps. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron lays a wreath in front of the statue of General de Gaulle on the Place Clemenceau, at the bottom of the Avenue des Champs-Elysees and rekindles the flame of the Arc de Triomphe after a review of the troops, marking the 8 May 1945 when victory in Europe was declared by Allied forces. IMAGES