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Police clash with protesters in Paris over new security law

French police have clashed with protesters in Paris during the latest protests against a proposed new security law.

Thousands of people had turned out to call on the government to scrap the proposal.

Initially peaceful, police fired tear gas after hooded protesters smashed shop windows and set several vehicles alight.

5 December 2020

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Mayeni Jones in a yellow shirt talking into a microphone against a backdrop of scattered furniture and trees stripped of their leaves

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Gisèle Pelicot speaking outside court surrounded by onlookers

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Gisèle Pelicot in a crowd of journalists

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The vaulted ceiling of the Notre Dame cathedral

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A man dressed as a baked bean

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Gisèle Pelicot

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Flooding in Paris building

Buildings used by French politicians flooded in storm

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Cap honour for footballer killed in World War One

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Man climbing the Eiffel Tower in Paris

Man seen climbing Eiffel Tower above Olympic rings

Workers wearing high-visibility clothing at the site where vandals targeted France's train network

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The world's longest rowing boat

World's longest rowing boat to carry Olympic torch

People seen swimming in the river Seine

The BBC joins Paris mayor for swim in cleaned-up Seine

Crowd celebrates French election result

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A man with bruises on his forehead and eye is sitting on a hospital bed

Azerbaijan plane survivors recall moments before crash

Three survivors of the downed Azerbaijani plane have described the moments on the flight before the crash.

Men can be seen standing near the broken plane

Footage shows survivors walking from crashed Azerbaijani plane

Footage shows survivors walking and being dragged away from the tail section of the plane.

Pope Francis marked the start of the Jubilee year by opening the normally bricked-up Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica

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More than 30 million Catholic pilgrims are expected to head to Rome for the jubilee, which takes place once every 25 years.

Suspect in the German market attack appears at court on Saturday

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Suspect appears in court after attack on German Christmas market that killed five and injured more than 200.

Taleb al-Abdulmohsen

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Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen spoke about his work helping ex-Muslims flee the Gulf.

Bethany Bell wearing coat and scarf stands in the Christmas market which is cordoned off by police tape

Watch: Germany grapples with another Christmas market attack

The BBC's Bethany Bell reports from the empty Magdeburg market, on what should be one of the busiest nights of the season.

Emergency vehicles in Magdeburg

Reporter describes 'chaotic situation' after Christmas market attack

A car has been driven into crowds at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg.

A police office pointing a gun on a street in the dark

Video shows arrest of German Christmas market attack suspect

Footage from German broadcaster MDR shows police confronting a man lying on the floor by a car.

BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg

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Russian President Vladimir Putin was speaking at an annual end-of-year press conference.

Crowds gather next to an area that has been surrounded by tape with a man in armour standing by.

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The BBC's Steven Rosenberg outside the building where Lt Gen Igor Kirillov died in an explosion

BBC reporter at scene of explosion that killed a Russian general

Steven Rosenberg reports from where a Russian general died in a blast at a residential block.

Men guard a building with a blackened window in Moscow

Russian general killed by bomb in residential Moscow building

Lt Gen Igor Kirillov was leaving a residential block on Tuesday when a device hidden in a scooter went off.

Tanker sinking, oil spill

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BBC correspondent surrounded by protesters holding photographs

Watch: BBC sees 'anger and frustration' on streets of Tbilisi

Large crowds of protesters gather outside the Georgian parliament to object to the appointment of a new president.

Journalist being approached by a masked man with his hand up

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The journalist told the Associated Press that the men took their equipment after the attack.

President Macron speaks to Donald Trump at the reopening of the cathedral

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Notre Dame has officially reopened more than five years after it was badly damaged in a fire.

Asteroid in night sky

Asteroid lights up sky over Russia's far east

The European Space Agency said the asteroid measured 70cm and was spotted about 12 hours in advance.

Protests in Georgia

Fireworks fired at police during Georgia protests

Demonstrations have been taking place for a fourth night in Tbilisi after Georgia's EU bid was suspended.

Tamuna Museridze and her father smiling for a photo

Woman searching for birth parents found dad was a friend on Facebook

Woman searching for birth parents found dad was a friend on Facebook

Salome Zourabichvili smiles while sitting in front of Georgia flag and an EU flag

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