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Clashes erupt between police and protesters in Paris
Over 320,000 people protested around France in a third weekend of demonstrations against the rising cost of living and poor public services.
‘We came back from hell’, say Ukrainians after years in Russia-occupied frontline city
One evacuated couple says they crossed minefields in Oleshky in a search for food.
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