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Added on the 20/08/2022 15:18:17 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of a picket line outside London Bridge station on the second day of the British railway workers' strike. Thousands of rail workers staged the latest day-long walkout over pay and working conditions, plunging commutes into chaos and forcing many people to stay at home. Only around a fifth of services are set to operate on heavily reduced hours, with those still running starting much later in the morning than usual and to end as early as 6:30 pm. IMAGES
Images from inside Gare de l'Est train station in Paris following attacks on the French high-speed train network, which rail operator SNCF says will affect about 800,000 passengers. IMAGES
The first voters head to the polls in London's Bermondsey district as the UK's general election begins. The vote is widely expected to see the return of the opposition Labour party to power and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of Conservative rule. IMAGES
Images from outside King's Cross station in London as British railway workers begin a strike over jobs and pay, billed as the biggest walkout in thirty years. Last-ditch talks to avert the strike broke down, meaning more than 50,000 members of rail union RMT will walk out for three days this week. IMAGES
Stranded passengers wait for trains at Gare du Nord station in Paris, where SNCF traffic remains disrupted on the 25th day of a strike against pension reform, with an average of six out of ten high speed TGV trains running. IMAGES