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Minggu, 09 April 2023

Israel retaliates after six missiles fired from Syria towards Golan Heights - Sky News

Six rockets have been fired from Syria towards Israel overnight, according to the Israeli military.

Only three of the missiles fell within Israeli territory - two on open ground and one intercepted by air defence systems, the military said.

There were no reports of casualties.

Syrian state media later reported explosions in and around the capital Damascus, as Israel said it was retaliating with artillery and drone strikes aimed at where the rockets were launched.

Israel said it also launched strikes against a Syrian army compound, military radar systems and artillery posts.

Israel's defence forces said the military "sees the state of Syria responsible for all activities occurring within its territory and will not allow any attempts to violate Israeli sovereignty".

The Al-Quds Brigade, a Syrian-based Palestinian group loyal to the Syrian regime, claimed responsibility for the first three missiles, according to Lebanese channel Al-Mayadeen TV.

The group said it had acted in response to the recent raid by Israeli police on the sensitive holy site Al Aqsa Mosque.

An adviser to Syria's president Bashar al Assad said the missiles were "part of the previous, present and continuing response to the brutal enemy".

Meanwhile, in the occupied West Bank, Israeli security forces shot dead a 20-year-old Palestinian in the town of Azzun, health officials said.

Israel said its troops were firing at Palestinians who were throwing stones and explosive devices.

It comes as tensions continue to rise in the region, particularly in Jerusalem, with Ramadan coinciding with Passover and Easter.

More than 2,000 police officers are expected to be deployed in Jerusalem today.

Tens of thousands of Jews are likely to gather at the holy Western Wall for a special Passover blessing - the wall is next to the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, where large crowds of Muslims will be gathering for daily prayers during Ramadan.

More than 90 Palestinians and have been killed by Israeli fire so far this year, at least half of them affiliated with militant groups, according to The Associated Press.

Palestinian attacks on Israelis have killed 19 people in that time, all but one of them civilians, including two British-Israeli women who were shot to death on Friday near a settlement in the Jordan Valley and an Italian tourist was killed by a suspected car-ramming in Tel Aviv.

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2023-04-09 04:48:38Z
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Jumat, 07 April 2023

One killed, several injured in Tel Aviv attack - Al Jazeera English

DEVELOPING STORY,

A 30-year-old man has been killed and several others have been injured in the incident, authorities say.

At least one person has been killed and several wounded in a suspected attack in Tel Aviv, Israel’s commercial hub.

The exact nature of the attack was not immediately clear, but Israel’s Foreign Ministry referred to it as a “terror attack”, a term Israeli officials use for assaults by Palestinians.

Police said a car rammed into a group of people near a popular seaside park on Friday before flipping over.

Israel’s rescue service said a 30-year-old man was killed and added that victims of the attack were foreign tourists without providing details on their nationalities.

Three of the wounded, including a 17-year-old, were moderately injured, while two had light injuries, the rescue service added.

Security forces mobilised

Israel has mobilised police and army reserves after the attack in Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu’s office said.

“The Prime Minister has instructed the Israel Police to mobilise all reserve border police units and has directed the IDF to mobilise additional forces to confront the terror attacks,” a statement from the premier’s office said.

Earlier on Friday, two people were killed and one seriously wounded in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for either attack.

The escalation in tensions comes after Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on successive days this week, firing stun grenades and attacking Palestinians as they gathered for Ramadan prayers.

Late on Thursday night, Israeli launched air strikes on Palestinian targets in Lebanon and Gaza that was followed by a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank that killed two Israelis.

More to follow…

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2023-04-07 19:47:14Z
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Macron urges Xi to 'bring Putin to his senses' on nuclear weapons – live - The Independent

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The Pentagon is investigating the leak of classified war documents about secret American and Nato plans for aiding the Ukrainian military ahead of the anticipated spring counteroffensive against Russian forces, senior officials said.

The significant breach of American intelligence appears to detail Washington’s plans for supporting and resupplying Ukraine, as well as previously unpublished details of the ongoing frontline situation.

The five-weeks-old documents reportedly reveal details of Ukraine’s requirements ahead of a planned counteroffensive to reclaim territory taken by Russia since the full-scale invasion last year, as well as how the US and Nato might meet them.

This comes as French president Emmanuel Macron has urged his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to bring Russia “back to its senses” over its war in Ukraine.

On the battlefield, Ukrainian forces are using their counteroffensive abilities in Bakhmut to bleed Russian forces and inflict the maximum losses possible in a dogged defence operation, as they wait for the sludgy terrain to clear and make way for an expected spring assault.

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Pentagon investigating leak of secret US and Nato war plans for Ukraine

The Biden administration is investigating the leak of classified war documents about secret American and Nato plans for bolstering the Ukrainian military ahead of an anticipated spring salvo against Russian forces, senior officials said.

“We are aware of the reports of social media posts and the department is reviewing the matter,” said Sabrina Singh, the deputy press secretary at the Pentagon, reported The New York Times.

Arpan Rai7 April 2023 06:20

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Russia seizes Bakhmutka River's west bank, says UK defence ministry

Russia has seized the west bank of the Bakhmutka River, endangering a key Ukraine supply route, in its push to regain control of the devastated eastern city of Bakhmut, the British defence ministry said on Friday.

“Russia has made further gains and has now highly likely advanced into the town centre ... Ukraine‘s key 0506 supply route to the west of the town is likely severely threatened,” the ministry said on Twitter in a regular bulletin.

Maryam Zakir-Hussain7 April 2023 07:42

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Russia 'has regained momentum' in Bakhmut, says MoD

Russian forces have regained some momentum in the battle for Bakhmut in recent days after their advance was largely stalled since late last month, the British defence ministry has said today.

“Russia has made further gains and has now highly likely advanced into the town centre, and has seized the west bank of the Bakhmutka River. Ukraine’s key 0506 supply route to the west of the town is likely severely threatened,” the MoD said in its latest intelligence update.

“Russian regular forces, likely including airborne troops, have probably reinforced the area, and Russia is again using artillery more effectively in the sector,” the MoD said.

It added that there was a realistic possibility that Wagner and Russian military commanders had paused their ongoing feud and improved cooperation.

Arpan Rai7 April 2023 07:05

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In pictures: Ukrainian forces fire a 120mm mortar towards Russian positions in Donetsk

Emily Atkinson7 April 2023 07:00

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Street battles in Bakhmut as Wagner says fighting continues in western pocket

The months-long battle for Bakhmut has continued to flare up in the salt-mining city this week.

“(Battles) are underway in the streets, enemy attempts to encircle the city are failing. Our command fully control the situation,” said Andriy Yermak, a senior adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky said.

The leader of Russia’s private Wagner militia, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said fighting was continuing in the west of the city.

“It must be said clearly that the enemy is not going anywhere,” he said on his Telegram channel.

The Wagner chief has often complained of a lack of ammunition for his fighters in Bakhmut but there are signs of revival of ammunition supply to the mercenary group.

But Ukrainian border guard Levko Stek, speaking in a video clip amid explosions, said Ukrainian forces did not sense any “ammunition hunger” on the Russian side.

Arpan Rai7 April 2023 06:54

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Russian media mocks Trump over arrest days after he defended Putin: ‘We’re getting lots of popcorn!’

Donald Trump’s indictment in New York City has been met with ridicule by state TV in Russia, where hosts have enjoyed themselves by showcasing artwork depicting the former president wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and speculating about future jail time.

Mr Trump appeared at Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on Tuesday afternoon to plead not guilty to 34 felony charges relating to the falsification of business records to conceal a series of hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels, Playboy model Karen McDougal and a former Trump Tower doorman on his behalf in exchange for their silence about his alleged extramarital affairs.

Joe Sommerlad reports:

Emily Atkinson7 April 2023 06:00

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Watch: Defecting Russian protection officer labels Vladimir Putin 'war criminal'

Defecting Russian protection officer labels Vladimir Putin 'war criminal'

Emily Atkinson7 April 2023 05:00

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Bakhmut grinds on as Ukrainian forces wait for mud to clear

The Ukrainian forces are using their counteroffensive abilities in Bakhmut to bleed Russian forces and inflict maximum losses possible in a dogged defence as they wait for the sludgy terrain to clear and make way for an expected spring assault.

“Bakhmut is performing the key task of inflicting as many losses on Russia as possible and, most importantly, to prepare for a counter-attack to take place in late April-May,” Pavlo Narozhniy, a Ukrainian military analyst, told NV Radio.

Even as Western analysts play down the strategic significance of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian side has persisted with protecting the town despite its own heavy casualties.

A 21-year-old commander outside Bakhmut said: “We are ready, we have to do it, the sooner the better. The enemy must be chased away. At the moment we are waiting for the weather to change, the mud is an obstacle.”

Speaking from close to the frontline, the commander of Ukraine‘s 5th separate assault brigade, who gave his name as Ivan, said: “Those service members that are not on the frontline are training.”

Ukrainian military expert Vladyslav Selezniov said Ukraine would be able to defend positions in the more heavily built-up west of Bakhmut as long as their route to the west, the “road of life” for getting supplies in and wounded out, remained open.

Russia has defended its “special military operation” in Ukraine by claiming it was necessary to protect its security against what it sees as a hostile and aggressive West.

Arpan Rai7 April 2023 04:41

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ICYMI: Putin ‘sacks one of Russia’s most senior commanders in Ukraine’

The Russian ministry of defence has reportedly fired Colonel-General Rustam Muradov as commander of the Eastern Group of Forces (EGF) after Moscow’s heavy losses in eastern Ukraine.

The British defence ministry had cited claims on Russian social media in its latest intelligence update on Thursday and pointed out that it is the most high-profile dismissal in the Russian military so far this year.

The ministry said more dismissals are likely to follow as Russia continues to fail to achieve its objectives in the Donbas.

My colleague Arpan Rai has the details:

Emily Atkinson7 April 2023 04:00

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Russia’s refusal to give consular access to WSJ reporter is ‘inexcusable’, says US

The White House has called Russia’s refusal to give consular access to detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich “inexcusable”.

“We need to get consular access to Evan,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said in a White House briefing last night.

On being asked why Russia is refusing the journalist consular access, Mr Kirby said: “We still haven’t been able to get consular access. And that’s a — that’s an issue that we continually bring up through our — our embassy in Moscow with the Russians”.

On being asked about a potential prisoner swap with Russia, Mr Kirby said that the situation is at a “very early stage” right now.

“I won’t get ahead of where we are. And I think you can understand why we would certainly not want to talk about potential negotiations here from the podium. We’re at a very early stage here,” he said.

He added: “Main goal is to get consular access to him so we can have that contact and that connectivity — we’re — and doing what we can to keep him his employer and the family informed. Our focus is squarely on that right now.”

Arpan Rai7 April 2023 03:55

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2023-04-07 04:00:00Z
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Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza following rocket attacks - Sky News

Israeli strikes hit Lebanon and Gaza early on Friday, in response to rocket attacks it blamed on militant group Hamas.

Tensions have flared in the region following police raids on the al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem this week.

Blasts rocked different areas of Gaza, as Israel said its planes hit targets including tunnels and weapons manufacturing sites of Hamas, which controls the blockaded southern coastal strip.

The military said it had also struck Hamas targets in southern Lebanon, where residents around the area of the Rashidieh refugee camp reported three loud blasts.

The strikes came in response to rocket attacks from Lebanon towards northern Israeli areas, which Israeli officials blamed on Hamas.

The Israeli military said 34 rockets were launched from Lebanon, of which 25 were intercepted by air defence systems.

It was the biggest such attack since 2006, when Israel fought a war with the Hezbollah movement.

"Israel's response, tonight and later, will exact a significant price from our enemies," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said following a security cabinet meeting.

As the Israeli jets struck in Gaza, rockets were fired in response and sirens sounded in Israeli towns and cities in bordering areas, however there were no reports of serious casualties.

The strikes came amid an escalating confrontation over Israeli police raids at the al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which this year coincides with the Jewish Passover holiday.

In a statement, Hamas said: "We hold the Zionist occupation fully responsible for the grave escalation and the flagrant aggression against the Gaza Strip and for the consequences that will bring onto the region."

The Israel Defence Force said: "The IDF struck targets including terrorist infrastructures belonging to Hamas in southern Lebanon.

"The IDF will not allow the Hamas terrorist organisation to operate from within Lebanon and hold the state of Lebanon responsible for every directed fire emanating from its territory."

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2023-04-07 06:36:36Z
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Kamis, 06 April 2023

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Macron urges Xi to ‘bring Putin to his senses’ on nuclear weapons - The Independent

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France’s president Emmanuel Macron has urged his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to bring Russia “back to its senses” over its war in Ukraine.

The conflict – and need to avoid a nuclear escalation – was notable on the agenda as Mr Macron and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen visited Beijing, days after Moscow vowed to station part of its arsenal in Belarus. The United States has nuclear weapons stationed with several European Nato partners.

China’s leader agreed that all countries should abide by the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, with a French diplomatic source claiming that Mr Macron and Mr Xi had agreed to “work hard” to bring both parties to the negotiating table.

Meanwhile, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said it believed that Vladimir Putin has fired Colonel-General Rustam Muradov as commander of the Eastern Group of Forces (EGF) in Ukraine, marking the most senior Russian military dismissal of 2023 so far.

The group has “suffered exceptionally heavy casualties in recent months as its poorly conceived assaults repeatedly failed to capture” the Donetsk town of Vuhledar, the ministry said.

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Macron urges Xi to ‘bring Putin to his senses’ on war and nuclear threats

Emmanuel Macron has urged Xi Jinping to bring Russia “to its senses”, during a visit to Beijing, which is claimed to have seen the two presidents agree to ‘work hard’ to end the war in Ukraine.

Referring to the UN Charter on respecting countries’ sovereignty and an international nuclear weapons treaty, the French president said: “I know I can count on you, under the two principles I just mentioned, to bring Russia to its senses and bring everyone back to the negotiating table.”

Mr Xi responded that China was willing to “jointly appeal with France to the international community to remain rational and calm”, adding: “Peace talks should be resumed as soon as possible, taking into account the reasonable security concerns of all sides with reference to the UN Charter … seeking political resolution and constructing a balanced, effective and sustainable European security framework.”

A French diplomatic source did not say whether China had indicated any change in its position during the 90-minute meeting, but told Reuters that “the President and Xi agreed to ‘work hard’ in order to accelerate the end of the war and to obtain that a negotiation opens in the full respect of international law”.

Andy Gregory6 April 2023 15:06

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Latest images from Ukraine’s Donetsk region

Emily Atkinson6 April 2023 23:00

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World Bank: Improved outlooks for Russia and Ukraine despite ongoing war

The World Bank on Thursday lifted its 2023 economic growth forecast for eastern Europe and central Asia to 1.4 per cent from an earlier 0.1 per cent prediction, citing improved outlooks for both Russia and Ukraine despite their ongoing war.

The regional forecast, released just days before the World Bank and International Monetary Fund hold their annual spring meetings, has Ukraine‘s economy growing by 0.5 per cent this year following a staggering contraction of 29.2 per cent in 2022, the year Russia launched its invasion.

“While the economic toll suffered by Ukraine as a result of the invasion is enormous, the reopening of Ukraine‘s Black Sea ports and resumption of grain trade, as well as substantial donor support, are helping support economic activity this year,” the World Bank said in a statement.

Russia’s economy shrank 2.1 per cent last year, considerably less than the 3.5 per cent contraction the World Bank forecast in January.

For 2023, the World Bank forecast Russia’s economy to contract by 0.2 per cent, compared to its previous forecast of a 3.3 per cent contraction.

The World Bank’s regional grouping includes Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

Emily Atkinson6 April 2023 22:00

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Russian refusal to give consular access to detained reporter is ‘inexcusable’

Russia’s refusal to give consular access to detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is “inexcusable,” the White House said on Thursday.

“We need to get consular access to Evan,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters.

Emily Atkinson6 April 2023 21:17

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Watch: Putin stands 60ft away from crowd during speech

Putin stands 60ft away from crowd during speech

Emily Atkinson6 April 2023 20:00

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Ukraine sends conflicting signals on Crimea talks idea

A top Ukrainian official has ruled out talks with Moscow about territory until it withdraws all troops, pushing back on a colleague who had touted the idea of negotiations to resolve the Russian occupation of the Crimean peninsula.

Andriy Sybiha, deputy head of president Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, told the Financial Times on Wednesday that Kyiv would be willing to discuss the future of Crimea with Moscow if Ukraine‘s counter-offensive reaches the peninsula.

Russia occupied Ukraine‘s Crimean peninsula in 2014, long before it launched its full-scale invasion in Feb. 2022. It has a huge concentration of forces on the Black Sea territory.

Ukraine, which has vowed to recapture all lost land, plans to launch a counter-offensive in the coming weeks or months to try to wrest back territory in the east and south.

But on Thursday, Mykhailo Podolyak, a presidential adviser, appeared to directly contradict Sybiha’s remarks on Twitter.

“The basis for real negotiations with (Russia) is the complete withdrawal of Russian armed groups beyond the internationally recognised borders of Ukraine in 1991. Including #Crimea,” he said.

“There is no question of any territorial concessions or bargaining of our sovereign rights.”

Emily Atkinson6 April 2023 19:30

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Russia says seven civilians killed in Ukraine shelling attacks

Authorities in Russian-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine said a total of seven civilians were killed on Thursday in two separate Ukrainian artillery strikes, Russian news agencies said.

Four civilians died in Donetsk when shells hit a car park, and another six people were injured, Tass said. RIA later said three people died in blasts at a bus stop in Lysychansk, some 120 km (75 miles) to the northeast of Donetsk.

Donetsk, capital of the Ukrainian province of the same name, has been controlled by Russian proxy forces since 2014, but remains close to the front line of Russia’s war with Ukraine and regularly comes under fire from Ukrainian forces.

The Independent was not immediately able to verify reports.

Emily Atkinson6 April 2023 19:00

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Russia says deputy foreign minister discussed jailed WSJ reporter

Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov discussed the case of jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich with the US ambassador to Russia on Thursday, the foreign ministry said, according to the state-run news agency TASS.

Ryabkov repeated the ministry’s position that the question of US consular access to Gershkovich case would be handled according to established procedure.

Gershkovich was charged with espionage last week after being detained in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, and remanded in custody for two months.

The US government and the Wall Street Journal have denied that he was engaged in spying.

Emily Atkinson6 April 2023 18:30

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What we know about the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia

The son of Jewish immigrants from the Soviet Union who grew up speaking Russian at home in Princeton, New Jersey, Gershkovich graduated from the prestigious Bowdoin College in Maine before embarking on a career in the media, firstly at The New York Times, then The Moscow Times and then Agence France-Presse before joining WSJ, where he began covering Russian affairs just a month before the invasion of Ukraine last year.

Joe Sommerlad reports:

Emily Atkinson6 April 2023 18:00

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Xi agreed to speak to Zelensky when ‘time is right’, says von der Leyen

China’s Xi Jinping expressed willingness to speak to Volodymyr Zelensky, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has claimed, after their meeting in Beijing.

“It was interesting to hear that President Xi reiterated his willingness to speak” to the Ukrainian president, Ms Von der Leyen said, calling his words “positive”.

She added that Mr Xi had told her a conversation with Mr Zelensky could happen when the “conditions and time are right”.

Andy Gregory6 April 2023 17:22

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2023-04-06 20:06:40Z
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French pension reform protests: One of President Macron's favourite restaurants set on fire and dead rats thrown at city hall - Sky News

Protests have broken out across France on the 11th day of national strikes with one of President Emmanuel Macron's favourite restaurants set on fire, tear gas used on demonstrators and traffic at Paris' main airport disrupted.

Thousands of people gathered in cities to demonstrate against Mr Macron's controversial pension reforms that have sparked months of public anger.

Rat catchers in Paris threw dead rodents at city hall "to show the hard reality of their mission", according to Natacha Pommet, a leader of the CGT trade union.

At Charles de Gaulle airport in the capital, around 100 protesters blocked a road leading to terminal one and entered the terminal building.

Flights were unaffected but passengers were delayed getting through the airport.

Clashes erupted in Paris as protesters targeted one of Mr Macron's favourite restaurants.

The awning of the La Rotonde brasserie was set on fire with demonstrators throwing stones, bottles and paint at police.

The restaurant is well known among the French public for hosting a celebratory dinner for Mr Macron as he led the first round of the 2017 presidential election.

Meanwhile, at one march in the city of Rennes in Brittany, police fired tear gas to disperse protesters who chanted "strike, blockade, Macron walk away!"

In the western city of Nantes, tractors joined the parade of marchers and tear gas was also deployed against demonstrators.

Protests in other cities have been largely peaceful with thousands marching behind union flags and banners in Marseille on the Mediterranean coast, Bordeaux in the south west, Lyon in the south east and other cities.

Union leaders said the public's fury at President Macron's pension reforms has morphed into a wider movement of workers angry about salaries and other working conditions.

Mr Macron has given no signal he would back down from the controversial reforms which would change France's retirement age from 62 to 64.

Polls show a wide majority of French people oppose the legislation which Mr Macron's government pushed through parliament without a vote.

Talks between trade union leaders and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne quickly broke up after an hour on Wednesday with no breakthrough.

Sophie Binet, the newly-elected general secretary of the CGT union, said the protests are the result of "a deep anger, a cold anger".

She described Mr Macron's government as "completely disconnected from the country and completely bunkerised in its ministries".

"We can't turn the page until the reform is withdrawn," she said, promising more protests.

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2023-04-06 15:56:15Z
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