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Added on the 02/10/2023 07:04:03 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
French President Emmanuel Macron attends the unveiling of a life-size model of the engine of the new TGV M at the Gare de Lyon in Paris, to mark the 40th anniversary of the high-speed TGV. The latest model is expected to hit the rails in 2024. COMPLETES VIDI9MZ9PP_EN IMAGES
The first Thalys high-speed train bound for Dortmund, Germany, leaves Gare du Nord in Paris just before 08:00 local time, as Europe gradually reopens its internal borders. IMAGES
COVID-19 patients are to be transported by specially-equipped high-speed train in France's Alsace region, where hospitals are struggling to cope with the number of cases. The patients will be transferred by train to regions where hospitals have greater spare capacity to cope with the crisis. France's death toll from the virus stands at more than 1,300. IMAGES
Ten people were killed and five more were missing after a French high-speed train derailed during a test run Saturday.
AirAsia shares have fallen almost 8% - the biggest drop in three years - after a jet carrying 162 people is presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast. As Joel Flynn reports the incident has also knocked shares in Germany's Allianz, a lead insurer in all three Asian air disasters this year.