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French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal visits the market in Royan, a seaside town on France's Atlantic coast, before meeting local representatives of farmers, who are still unhappy despite the assurances he has given them. IMAGES
French president Emmanuel Macron is welcomed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as he arrives at COP28 in Dubai. IMAGES
Images released by the Armed Forces show a long slick of crude oil covering the sand and reaching the sea at a tourist beach in Esmeraldas province, northwestern Ecuador. According to state-owned company Petroecuador, the oil spilled onto Las Palmas beach in the city of Esmeralda, where an oil terminal and a refinery operate. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne arrives at Garges-lès-Gonesse in the Paris suburbs, where the town hall was set on fire during the night during urban violence that erupted after the death of Nahel, a teenager killed by police after refusing to stop for a speeding check. IMAGES
Around a hundred demonstrators opposed to pension reform bang pots and pans in Laval town centre, a few hours before the arrival of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, who is visiting the Pays de la Loire region to discuss the problems affecting employment. IMAGES
UN Development Programme Administrator Achim Steiner says the United nations has bought a ship to remove oil and avoid a potentially catastrophic spill from a tanker decaying for years off the coast of war-ravaged Yemen. SOUNDBITE