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Over 12,000 containers pass through the port of Algeciras, Spain, every day. This massive harbor is also Europe's hotspot in drug trafficking, with thousands of seizures of hash, cannabis and cocaine every year.
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in French Guiana for a two-day visit to the suffering South American territory, which is pushing for increased autonomy from Paris and voted overwhelmingly for far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the 2022 election. IMAGES
The trial of the Trèbes and Carcassonne attacks that opens in Paris will be an opportunity to "pay tribute" to Arnaud Beltrame, said Henri de Beauregard, lawyer for the cashier saved by the policeman, before the opening of the hearing. SOUNDBITE
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne boards a boat to visit a river checkpoint and the remote village of Opoya-Taluen in French Guiana, as part of a New Year visit to highlight the French authorities' fight against illegal mining in this overseas territory. IMAGES
French PM Elisabeth Borne arrives in French Guiana to spend New Year's Eve with the armed forces fighting illegal gold mining in this overseas territory. This is the Prime Minister's first visit to this department of 300,000 inhabitants in the north-east of South America. IMAGES
Relatives gather outside a drug addiction rehabilitation centre in Kabul after the Tablian announced that 500 patients would be released. IMAGES