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French President Emmanuel Macron warms up before taking part in a charity football match in aid of 'Operation Yellow Coins', a French solidarity campaign to raise funds to improve hospital conditions for children and teenagers. IMAGES
Greta Thunberg and other environmental activists gather outside the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, northeastern France, which is due to rule in three separate cases to decide wether states are doing enough in the face of climate change. IMAGES
Lawyers representing civil parties and accused at the trial of the 2018 Strasbourg Christmas market attack that killed five people, arrive at the Paris criminal court, which is due to deliver its verdict against four men on trial in the case. IMAGES
The EU should seek to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040, its climate commissioner says, proposing a new interim target towards making the bloc carbon neutral in 2050. "Based on the best available science, and a detailed impact assessment, we are recommending that the 2040 target should be a 90 percent emission cut" compared to 1990 levels, says commissioner Wopke Hoekstra, calling for a "fair transition" that will allow EU businesses to thrive. SOUNDBITE
Activists from the French environmental group Derniere Renovation spray orange paint at the foot of the giant Christmas tree at Strasbourg's Christmas market to highlight climate inaction as COP28 gets underway in Dubai. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne arrives at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, where she is welcomed by President Roberta Metsola for the inauguration of a new building named Simone Veil, in honour of the former French President of the EU Parliament and the first woman to hold that office. IMAGES
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