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France's new Prime Minister, former Education Minister Gabriel Attal pledges to "give schools all the resources they need to succeed". "It will be one of my absolute priorities as head of government" says Attal at the handover ceremony with his predecessor Elisabeth Borne. SOUNDBITE
Many schools across Paris are either closed or disrupted on the 11th day of protests against the pension reform. "Around 20%" of primary school teachers are on strike, according to France's leading union for nursery and primary schools. IMAGES
Two Parisian elementary schools, one in the 12th and the other in the 4th arrondissement, have been closed since Tuesday and Wednesday as a precautionary measure following the confirmation of positive cases of Covid-19. They are not clusters according to the French Regional Health Agency). IMAGES
Europe's top rights court says Switzerland is not doing enough to tackle climate change, in the first such ruling on the responsibility of states in curbing global warming. SOUNDBITE
Several hundred people gather at the Trocadero in Paris at the call of Crif, an organisation of groups representing the interests of French Jews, to call for the release of all Israeli hostages still held by Hamas, six months after the October 7 attacks. IMAGES
Images of several hundred demonstrators marching in Paris to denounce the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip almost six months after the start of the war. The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Saturday that at least 32,000 people have been killed in the territory during the months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants. It added that more than 75,000 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the war began when Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7. IMAGES
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