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In Paris, thousands protest at the call of the CGT union to demand a "public energy service". Among them, communist deputies Sébastien Jumel and Fabien Roussel, and La France Insoumise (France Unbowed), leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon. IMAGES
Israeli police detain several protesters as they try to block a highway near Tel Aviv to call for a deal to release the hostages. The demonstration was organised in support of a strike called by Israel's largest labour union to pressure the government into reaching a Gaza deal to free hostages, a day after the army's announcement that troops had recovered the bodies of six hostages in a Gaza tunnel. IMAGES
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro dances on stage during a closing rally in Maracaibo amid a climate of nervousness about possible fraud in the July 28 vote and violence in the aftermath. Maduro, seeking a third six-year term, trails far behind opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia in stated voter intent, but observers doubt he is ready to give up power. IMAGES
US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle acknowledges that the agency failed in its mission to prevent the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump. "We failed," Cheatle, who is facing calls to resign, says during her testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. SOUNDBITE
Protesters gather in Paris as France's far right eyes a historic chance to form a government and claim the post of prime minister after winning the first round of legislative elections with the centrist forces of President Emmanuel Macron coming in only third. IMAGES
Israelis gather at an anti-government demonstration in Tel Aviv, brandishing flags and signs, some showing pictures of hostages taken to Gaza. The latest protest comes as the Israeli army announced it rescued four hostages from a central Gaza refugee camp after a "complex daytime operation" which authorities in Hamas-run Gaza said left dozens dead. IMAGES
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