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Residents of Toulouse cool off in a lake in the Reynerie district, as the south of France experiences a heatwave, with temperatures reaching 40 degrees in some areas. IMAGES
French Transportation Minister Clément Beaune says national railway strikes during the Christmas holiday season aren’t "inevitable," as employees of rail operator SNCF are on strike this weekend. SOUNDBITE
CFDT Secretary General Laurent Berger meets with French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe and other key officials for crunch talks about a hotly contested pension overhaul that has sparked the country's longest rail strike in history. IMAGES
Medef president Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux meets French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and Health Minister Agnès Buzyn for crunch talks over the hotly contested pension overhaul that has sparked the country's longest rail strike in history. IMAGES
CGT Secretary General Philippe Martinez arrives at Matignon for crunch talks with French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe over a hotly contested pension overhaul that has sparked the country's longest rail strike in history. IMAGES
Stranded passengers wait for trains at Gare du Nord station in Paris, where SNCF traffic remains disrupted on the 25th day of a strike against pension reform, with an average of six out of ten high speed TGV trains running. IMAGES