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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls on close ally Egypt to respect freedom of the press after a crackdown that followed protests. SOUNDBITE
Paris, Dec 8 (EFE / EPA) .- A group of protesters in Paris expressed their rejection towards the visit of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to France, showing posters and photographs of prisoners in Egypt.Egyptian President Al-Sisi met with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the fight against terrorism, the conflict in Libya and other regional issues, as part of a state visit to the Gallic country, amid criticism from human rights groups of the Egyptian leader's crackdown on dissent.(Camera: MOHAMMED BADRA)SHOT LIST: PROTESTS IN PARIS AGAINST THE VISIT OF EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT AL SISI.
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne meets with Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, as efforts intensify to secure a truce in Gaza after months of war that have devastated the Palestinian territory and pushed hundreds of thousands to the brink of famine. IMAGES
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives in El-Arish airport in Egypt, to visit the border with Gaza after Israel vowed to send its troops to fight Hamas in the nearby city of Rafah, even without United States support. IMAGES
Images show trucks carrying humanitarian aid on the Kerem Shalom crossing heading back to Egypt after a protest on the Israeli side blocked the delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI34H272N_EN
French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu is on board the Dixmude, a French helicopter carrier anchored in the Egyptian port of Al-Arich, where wounded civilians from Gaza are being treated. The minister is spending New Year's Eve aboard the French ship, anchored some 50 kilometers from the Rafah crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, where aid is trickling in. IMAGES
Explosions ring out and light up the night sky, flares dropped, and smoke billows over Rafah in the Gaza Strip near the border with Egypt, as Israeli troops battle Hamas militants in the southern Gaza Strip after expanding their offensive deeper into the besieged territory. IMAGES
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