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French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin arrives at a police station in Nîmes to meet police officials, following the deaths of a 10-year-old child and an 18-year-old teenager, in suspected drugs-related violence. IMAGES
Visiting Liglet, in south-east France, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne meets shopkeepers and local councillors to present her "France Ruralites" plan, which aims to combat the feeling of relegation and decline in public services that prevails in some rural areas. IMAGES
Thousands of demonstrators filled the streets in central Paris during a protest to demand legislation and funds to fight violence against women. Calling for two billion euros per year, demonstrators carried placards reading "0.6% of rapists convicted" or "0.1% of GDP, it's too much to ask?". IMAGES
"This mural shocks me," says French interior minister Christophe Castaner, referring to a mural "against racism and police violence" depicting the faces of George Floyd and Adama Traoré. It is an "amalgam", adds Castaner, in response to a question from the left-wing opposition in the National Assembly. SOUNDBITE
Several dozen police cars, decked with flags and their horns honking, drive down the Champs-Elysées in Paris on their way to the interior ministry to protest recent comments by the government on police violence. The protest came at the behest of the police trade union Alliance in response to comments by interior minister Christophe Castaner, who recently acknowledged that too many officers "have failed in their Republican duty", with several instances of racist and discriminatory remarks revealed. IMAGES
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