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Gerald Darmanin is voting in Tourcoing, in northern France, for someone who has given him a proxy, for the second round of the legislative elections. The French Interior Minister himself voted earlier in the day. IMAGES
The European Union announces extra provisional duties of up to 38 percent on Chinese electric car imports. German automobile giant Volkswagen describes the move as "detrimental" to the European market, while Beijing warns it could spark a trade war. "It is a means to correct an imbalanced and unfair competitive situation," says Eric Mamer, chief spokesperson for the European Commission. SOUNDBITE
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin arrives at the synagogue in Rouen, where he is greeted by the city's mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, after a knife-wielding man set fire to the building before being shot dead by police officers. IMAGES
Fatoumatta Sandeng Darboe, the daughter of Solo Sandeng who was tortured and killed during the Yaya Jammeh regime in Gambia, reacts to the sentencing of Gambian ex-interior minister Ousman Sonko to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity: "We are actually happy that the responsibility of Ousmane Sonko in all of what has happened in the Gambia and the time that he served and even in the 22 years rule of Yaya Jammeh is put out there and it's made clear to everyone that people are held responsible for what they have done." SOUNDBITES
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin arrives at the Ile-de-France Gendarmerie regional training centre, for a meeting with security forces over measures for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and in particular the security arrangements for the Olympic Torch Relay. IMAGES
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin awarded medals to the nine police officers who responded to subdue a radicalised young man who had just killed a high school teacher on 13 October 2023, in Arras, northern France. IMAGES