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Home Affairs ministers will vote later this week on a draft law that introduces new rules on the relocation of asylum seekers.

France’s left-wing forces and labour unions will stage another day of strikes on Tuesday to try to derail President Emmanuel Macron’s pensions overhaul, insisting that the fight to thwart the changes is not over even after it became law.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky added that in Russia there is a belief that losing the war in Ukraine could lead to the end of the country.

Coco Gauff put aside a bloody knee and a poor stretch of play in the first set to reach the French Open quarterfinals for the third consecutive year with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Anna Karolina Schmiedlova on Monday.

The controversial reform has caused an intense and protracted dispute between the Polish government and the European Commission.

Billionaire Elon Musk took over the social media giant last year and has since rolled back various rules on content moderation.

Pressure is mounting in Germany on the Last Generation climate collective, whose members specialise in gluing themselves to tarmac. Following a series of police raids last month, activists say they are being unjustly criminalised but that the police action has led to a recruitment spike. As the international community marks World Environment Day, FRANCE 24 reports on a group sparking controversy in Germany.

An enormous anti-government march took place in Poland’s capital Sunday, with citizens traveling from across the country to voice their anger at a right-wing administration that has eroded democratic norms and created fears the nation is following Hungary and Turkey down the path to autocracy.

Over the past decade, some 8,500 health professionals have left for other European countries. Now Hungary has one of the lowest ratios of doctors per inhabitant in the bloc.

Tens of thousands gathered in Belgrade on June 3, 2023 for the fifth in a series of anti-government protests since two mass shootings in early May. FRANCE 24’s Laurent Rouy reports.