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Around a hundred people gather in front of Paris secondary school Maurice-Ravel in support of its principal who resigned on Wednesday after receiving death threats following an altercation with a student demanding she remove her Muslim veil. French politicians from across the spectrum Wednesday have expressed dismay at the principal's resignation. IMAGES
The 60th Agricultural Show opens to the public in Paris with nearly an hour and a half delay due to the incursion of farmers protesting against French President Emmanuel Macron. The pavilion invaded by the protesters, where clashes with police forces occurred, remains closed for the time being. IMAGES
The Eiffel Tower in Paris, one of the world's top tourist attractions, is closed after staff went on strike. The strike, which was called to protest over the way the monument is managed financially, could be extended, unions say. IMAGES
Police are on the scene near the Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand train station in Paris after French police shot and wounded a woman who was making threats, a police source told AFP. According to witnesses the woman, who was completely veiled, shouted "Allahu akbar" ("God is Greatest") and "made threats", the source said, adding that "police fired because they feared for their safety". After passengers on a suburban train alerted police, agents managed to "isolate" the woman at the Bibliotheque Francois Mitterrand station on the capital's south bank, the source said. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron visits the Airbus stand at the 54th Le Bourget International Paris Air Show, the world's largest. IMAGES