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Farmers dump slurry, tyres and wooden pallets in front of the Var prefecture in Toulon a city on the French Riviera as part of a wider protest with French farmers blocking motorways and demonstrating at public buildings across the country, after a fuel tax rise ignited long-standing resentments. IMAGES
President Emmanuel Macron attends the unveiling of a commemorative plaque at the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Prefecture of Police in Paris, in the presence of the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, the resigning Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and Gerald Darmanin, the outgoing Minister of the Interior. IMAGES
Eight people including two children have been killed by mountains of garbage collapsing at a landfill in the Ugandan capital Kampala, the city authority has said. Local media says homes, people and livestock animals were engulfed in the landslide at the vast garbage dump in Kiteezi, a district in the north of Kampala, after heavy rainfall. IMAGES
Kenyan police say they have arrested a suspect after the gruesome discovery of mutilated bodies in a Nairobi rubbish dump, and say he has confessed to killing 42 women. SOUNDBITE
French and Spanish farmers are blocking cross-border crossings in the Pyrenees in the run-up to the European elections in a bid to influence the vote and demand cheaper energy. IMAGES