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Added on the 15/12/2017 17:42:00 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
New York police officers work at the scene where a man set himself on fire in a park outside the courthouse where former US President Donald Trump is on trial. 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
Images from Luton Airport show emergency vehicles at the scene after a fire caused the partial collapse of a parking structure and caused the suspension of all flights. Five people, including four firefighters and an airport employee, were admitted to hospital, according to the local ambulance service. Another person was treated on site. IMAGES
A large security perimeter has been set up between Faubourg Saint-Antoine and rue Crozatier in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, where two women have been taken hostage by a man with a knife, known to suffer from psychiatric disorders. IMAGES
Tens of thousands of Belarussians march against strongman Alexander Lukashenko in defiance of police threats to open fire after weeks of demonstrations. IMAGES