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The River Garonne is slightly overflowing in Bordeaux, flooding cycle paths along the quays, while the Gironde department in south-west France is under an orange flood warning for Monday. IMAGES
Frankfurt airport, Germany's largest, has cancelled more than half of its 1,047 flights planned for today as a result of severe winter weather warnings predicting heavy snow fall and freezing rain. Low pressure system Gertrud bearing down on southwestern and central Germany promises up to 40 centimetres (16 inches) of snow and treacherously icy road conditions, particularly in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. IMAGES
People in Tel Aviv, Israel, walk and run for cover as rocket warning sirens are heard, a first since the expiration of a truce. Israeli forces continue to battle Hamas militants in southern Gaza, while the military branch of the Palestinian Islamist group says it has fired rockets towards southern Israel. IMAGES
Israeli forces fire a warning shot on a building in Gaza City, as it keeps up its bombardment of the Palestinian enclave Wednesday. The death toll from five days of ferocious fighting between Hamas and Israel rose sharply overnight. IMAGES
Niger's Presidential Guard fires warning shots to disperse demonstrators protesting over the detention of President Mohamed Bazoum by members of the elite unit. Bazoum supporters tried to approach the presidential complex where the head of state is being held by Presidential Guards, but scattered when the shots were fired. IMAGES
People gather on higher ground in the capital of Noumea after a tsunami warning, which was later lifted. New Caledonia lifted its tsunami warning to citizens after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck on Friday in the Pacific Ocean southeast of the territory. The quake was detected some 340 kilometres east of Vao city in New Caledonia, a French Pacific territory, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). IMAGES
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