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"The priority that I have set for my government (...) is really to democratise access to culture throughout the country, particularly in rural areas," says Prime Minister Gabriel Attal in Montbéliard (Doubs) during his first trip dedicated to culture, to mark the launch of the 2024 "Capital of Culture". SOUNDBITE
Hundreds of protesters try to block access to Mexico City's Plaza de Toros bullring -- the largest in the world, with seating for 50,000 -- hours before the resumption of bullfighting in the city following a Supreme Court decision to revoke an earlier suspension. IMAGES
UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths says that he saw promising signs that the Kerem Shalom crossing from Israel into the Gaza Strip might be opened soon to allow aid in. "We're still negotiating, and with some promising signs at the moment, access through Kerem Shalom... that that may be able to open soon," Griffiths told a press conference in Geneva. IMAGES
Hundreds of protesters march through Argentina's capital of Buenos Aires in favour of the decriminalization of abortion and access to sexual education, on the Day for the Decriminalization of Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean. IMAGES
Members of the Kosovo police special forces control access to the village of Banjska, where a police officer was killed over the weekend in an ambush. Following the attack, which took place in a predominantly Serb area, the gunmen fled to a monastery, where three of them were killed in a standoff with special forces that ended on Sunday night. Kosovo's Prime Minister said around 30 heavily armed gunmen were surrounded by authorities. IMAGES