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Added on the 25/08/2019 12:05:00 - Copyright : L'Est Républicain
At the behest of mayors from the Haute-Tarentaise valley, a hundred or so people gather in Bourg-Saint-Maurice - a winter ski hot spot in France - to protest the closure of ski lifts over the festive season, a decision announced by the French government last week in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus. The lift closures mean no tourists, a heavy blow for the economy of thousands who depend on them coming over the winter season. 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 polling station in Wissembourg, in Alsace, closes and the counting of ballots for the second round of the French general elections. IMAGES
Voters go to the polls at a polling station in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) for the second round of the legislative elections. IMAGES
The counting of the votes in the first round of the French general elections begins at a polling station in Tulle in Correze, where former French president François Hollande is standing. IMAGES
Images from the central police station in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, where a man grabbed a police officer's gun yesterday and fired, after being arrested for attacking a woman with a box cutter. One officer is "critical", explained Police Prefect Laurent Nuñez on France Info. IMAGES