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France's new foreign minister Stephane Sejourne arrives in Kyiv on Saturday for his first official trip abroad, in a sign of support as the Russian invasion of Ukraine nears its second year. Stephane Sejourne and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba lay flowers at the "Wall of Memory" of those who died for Ukraine IMAGES
Several hundred demonstrators gather in Nanterre, near Paris, to protest the release from jail of a police officer who is accused of killing a teenager named Nahel on June 27. The officer remains charged with murder as criminal justice proceedings continue. The rally was called by the teen's mother. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Jordan after meeting with Israel leaders in Jerusalem and Palestinian President in Ramallah earlier in the day. He is expected to meet with King Abdullah of Jordan on Wednesday. IMAGES
"I am begging the world to bring my baby back home", urges the mother of a young French-Israeli hostage girl, Mia Shem, abducted on October 7 in Israel by Hamas. On Monday, the Islamist movement posted on its official Telegram account the video of "one of the prisoners in Gaza" in which a young woman speaking Hebrew appears. The caption states that she was abducted "on the first day" of the Hamas attack on Israeli soil. SOUNDBITE
Thousands of people took to the streets of Nanterre, in the western suburbs of Paris, on Thursday to pay tribute to a 17-year-old French teenager killed by the police during a traffic stop, as anger showed no sign of abating. The victim's mother, perched on a van and wearing a "Justice for Nahel" T-shirt, opened the demonstration, followed by hundreds of participants grouped behind a banner bearing the same slogan. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrive on a boat ahead of their joint press conference. IMAGES