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Added on the 10/06/2021 13:17:00 - Copyright : 20 Minutes
Several hundred environmental activists enter a chemical plant in Pierre-Benite, Lyon, to protest against pollution. The action was organised by Extinction Rebelloion and Youth for Climate and saw protesters cutting through boundary fences, smash security equipment and unfurl a large banner from the site's roof reading "poison". IMAGES
A man suspected of stabbing several people at the Gare de Lyon in Paris has been arrested, according to a provisional report from the Préfecture de Police. Images filmed at Gare de Lyon after the attack. IMAGES
A defendant's lawyer arrives at the criminal court in Lyon, as the verdict is awaited in the trial of six men on trial for the robbery of a cash convoy with a record haul of more than €40 million, committed in Switzerland in 2017. IMAGES
A tractor convoy makes its way along the A709 motorway towards a toll booth by Saint-Jean-de-Vedas, close to Montpellier in the south of France. French farmers are increasing blockades and slow-down operations as they await to hear what measures Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said he will announce later today. IMAGES
The trial of a divisional commander who ordered the attack that injured the septuagenarian activist Genevieve Legay during a "yellow vest" demonstration in the southeastern French city of Nice in March 2019 begins at the Lyon Criminal Court. IMAGES
A fire breaks out on the fringes of a demonstration against the Lyon-Turin high-speed rail link, which brought together almost 5,000 environmental protesters according to the organisers - over 3,000 according to the authorities - in the Maurienne valley in Savoy. IMAGES