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Added on the 17/05/2016 00:00:00 - Copyright : L'Est Républicain
An International Workers' Day rally in Paris sets off from the Place de la Republique, with participants calling for workers' rights, wage increases and peace. IMAGES
In a video address at a conference of sports ministers in London, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has called for a boycott of the 2024 Paris games over the possible participation of Russian athletes, says their presence would be a "manifestation of violence." SOUNDBITE
Several thousand demonstrators - 500,000 according to the CGT union - march on the Boulevard de Port-Royal in Paris towards the Invalides, on the second day of protests against pension reform. IMAGES
Montparnasse train station in Paris, as France faces huge disruption with transport blockages, mass strikes and demonstrations hitting the country for the second time in a month to protest a planned reform to raise the retirement age. IMAGES