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A major rally against the Lyon-Turin high-speed rail link is being held in the Maurienne valley (Savoy), at a base camp located outside the no-go zone drawn up by the authorities. IMAGES
Bangladeshi students hold scattered street protests after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government ignored an ultimatum to release their leaders and apologise for those killed in deadly unrest. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron joins King Mohammed VI of Morocco in Tangiers, to inaugurate a high-speed railway line , that boasts the fastest journey times in Africa or the Arab world. IMAGES
Images from inside Gare de l'Est train station in Paris following attacks on the French high-speed train network, which rail operator SNCF says will affect about 800,000 passengers. IMAGES
Bangladeshi garment workers demanding a hike in their minimum wage return to their shifts following a week of violent protests, with some 600 businesses which had remained shuttered as a result of the unrest beginning to reopen. Bangladesh's 3,500 garment factories account for around 85 percent of the South Asian country's $55 billion annual exports, supplying many of the world's top names in fashion including Levi's, Zara and H&M. IMAGES
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces that he is cancelling the second leg of a massive high-speed rail scheme, promising to invest billions of pounds saved in wider transport projects. SOUNDBITE