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A strike by workers operating the Channel tunnel has blocked train travel between Britain and France, leaving thousands of pre-Christmas travellers as well as freight traffic stranded. IMAGES
A large number of passengers wait at Marseille's Saint-Charles station, as a total of 80,000 passengers are affected by storm-related disruptions on the French national rail network (SNCF). The South-East line has been completely disrupted between Paris and Lyon but is ‘operating well, but with delays’ between Lyon and Marseille, according to the SNCF. IMAGES
80,000 passengers are affected by the storms in the Yonne region, which have brought the South-East line between Paris and Lyon to a complete standstill. IMAGES
Indonesian authorities on Thursday rescued at least 69 Rohingya refugees who had been at sea for weeks after their boat capsized a day earlier. The refugee group's wooden boat and another vessel trying to help them both capsized on Wednesday, with survivors estimating that around 150 Rohingya had been on board with dozens swept away. Rescuers had rushed to save the group of Rohingya after they spotted them in the water, stranded and holding onto an overturned boat off the coast of western Aceh province. IMAGES
Thousands of passengers are awaiting more information at St Pancras International station in London as the result of a wildcat strike by workers operating the Channel Tunnel which has blocked train travel between France and Britain since midday on Thursday 21 December. IMAGES
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