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With German train drivers on strike, services across the capital Berlin remain disrupted and intermittent, with cancellations and reduced services seen across both local and regional train journeys. Disruption is expected across the country as a result of the train drivers' union's latest salvo in an escalating dispute over working conditions. It is their second walkout in weeks -- in mid-November, train drivers staged a 20-hour strike that led to the cancellation of some 80 percent of long-distance trains nationwide. IMAGES
Emergency services continue to work at the scene after at least 17 people were killed and 22 injured when a bus carrying locals and migrants plummeted into a ravine in northwestern Mexico. IMAGES
A group of railway workers march through Paris' Gare de Lyon in protest, after voting to continue ongoing rail strikes during a general assembly Monday morning. IMAGES
Air France pilots, cabin crew and ground staff are striking Thursday, affecting 50% of long-haul flights out of Paris. Staff are demanding a 6% across-the-board pay increase, a demand which management says is unreasonable. IMAGES - REFILING WITH CORRECT SLUG
US President Joe Biden called celebrity chef Jose Andres to express his condolences after an Israeli strike killed seven aid workers from his World Central Kitchen group in Gaza, the White House says. Biden "conveyed he will make clear to Israel that humanitarian aid workers must be protected," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters during a briefing. SOUNDBITE