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French railway operator SNCF's next-generation light passenger train dubbed DRAISY is unveiled in Strasbourg, eastern France, on September 25, 2024. The DRAISY train is expected to enter service on rural railway lines in 2027, providing a 100% electric and sustainable transport solution for low-density regions, with 60% reduced operating costs compared to traditional trains. (Photo by Abdesslam MIRDASS / AFP)
(From L) Spanish actress Ester Exposito, Argentinian actress Malena Villa and French actress Mathilde Ollivier pose to promote the film "El Llanto" during the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival in the northern Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian on September 25, 2024. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP)
(From L) Spanish guionist Isabel Pena, Spanish director Pedro Martin Calero, French actress Mathilde Ollivier, Spanish actress Ester Exposito and Argentinian actress Malena Villa pose to promote the film "El Llanto" during the 72nd San Sebastian International Film Festival in the northern Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian on September 25, 2024. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP)
This photograph shows tents set us by French gendarmerie and army as part of the ongoing excavations in the 'graveyard' of the now deceased serial killer Emile Louis, in the hope of finding news remains, near Rouvray on September 25, 2024. Forty years after the events, extensive excavations began in an area, which had once been designated by Emile Louis as a place where he would have hidden bodies. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
French soldiers and gendarmes take part in the ongoing excavations in the 'graveyard' of the now deceased serial killer Emile Louis, in the hope of finding news remains, near Rouvray on September 25, 2024. Forty years after the events, extensive excavations began in an area, which had once been designated by Emile Louis as a place where he would have hidden bodies. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on September 25, 2024 shows French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally) RN's parliamentary group President Marine Le Pen (L) posing during a photo session in Paris on October 20, 2021, and and France's nealy appointed Prime Minister Michel Barnier (R) posing during a photo session on May 11, 2021 in Paris.. Head of Union des Droites pour la Republique and RN ally Eric Ciotti reported that France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier conversed over the telephone with RN's parliamentary group President Marine Le Pen to "rectify" tensions sparked by a statement made by newly-appointed Minister of Economy Anoine Armand excluding the French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally) party from the "Republican Arc". (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)
French gendarmes watch the area during the ongoing excavations in the 'graveyard' of the now deceased serial killer Emile Louis, in the hope of finding news remains, near Rouvray on September 25, 2024. Forty years after the events, extensive excavations began in an area, which had once been designated by Emile Louis as a place where he would have hidden bodies. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
French soldiers and gendarmes take part in the ongoing excavations in the 'graveyard' of the now deceased serial killer Emile Louis, in the hope of finding news remains, near Rouvray on September 25, 2024. Forty years after the events, extensive excavations began in an area, which had once been designated by Emile Louis as a place where he would have hidden bodies. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
French soldiers and gendarmes take part in the ongoing excavations in the 'graveyard' of the now deceased serial killer Emile Louis, in the hope of finding news remains, near Rouvray on September 25, 2024. Forty years after the events, extensive excavations began in an area, which had once been designated by Emile Louis as a place where he would have hidden bodies. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
This photograph shows tents set us by French gendarmerie and army as part of the ongoing excavations in the 'graveyard' of the now deceased serial killer Emile Louis, in the hope of finding news remains, near Rouvray on September 25, 2024. Forty years after the events, extensive excavations began in an area, which had once been designated by Emile Louis as a place where he would have hidden bodies. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
French soldiers and gendarmes take part in the ongoing excavations in the 'graveyard' of the now deceased serial killer Emile Louis, in the hope of finding news remains, near Rouvray on September 25, 2024. Forty years after the events, extensive excavations began in an area, which had once been designated by Emile Louis as a place where he would have hidden bodies. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
King Philippe of Belgium (R) is pictured during his visit at MolenGeek's new office in Brussels, on September 25, 2024. MolenGeek's mission is to make digital technologies accessible to everyone, regardless of background or level of training, to give everyone the chance to find a job, set up a business or develop professionally. (Photo by DIRK WAEM / Belga / AFP) / Belgium OUT
A photo shows an apartment building with a cafe on the ground floor after an explosion in Cologne, western Germany on September 25, 2024. In the early hours of the morning on September 25, 2024, there was an explosion on the ground floor of an apartment building. The cafe located there was completely burnt out and two people were slightly injured. Whether there is a connection to other cases in a series of explosions that have recently shaken Cologne. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)
An Israeli naval vessel patrols the coast of the northern city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)
A girl poses for a picture overlooking the port of the northern Israeli city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)
A girl poses for a picture overlooking the port of the northern Israeli city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)
A boy uses binoculars to look at the port of the northern Israeli city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)
People look toward the northern Israeli city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)
People look toward the northern Israeli city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)
This photograph shows tents set us by French gendarmerie and army as part of the ongoing excavations in the 'graveyard' of the now deceased serial killer Emile Louis, in the hope of finding news remains, near Rouvray on September 25, 2024. Forty years after the events, extensive excavations began in an area, which had once been designated by Emile Louis as a place where he would have hidden bodies. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
This photograph shows tents set us by French gendarmerie and army as part of the ongoing excavations in the 'graveyard' of the now deceased serial killer Emile Louis, in the hope of finding news remains, near Rouvray on September 25, 2024. Forty years after the events, extensive excavations began in an area, which had once been designated by Emile Louis as a place where he would have hidden bodies. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
People look toward the northern Israeli city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)
This photograph shows tents set us by French gendarmerie and army as part of the ongoing excavations in the 'graveyard' of the now deceased serial killer Emile Louis, in the hope of finding news remains, near Rouvray on September 25, 2024. Forty years after the events, extensive excavations began in an area, which had once been designated by Emile Louis as a place where he would have hidden bodies. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
This photograph shows tents set us by French gendarmerie and army as part of the ongoing excavations in the 'graveyard' of the now deceased serial killer Emile Louis, in the hope of finding news remains, near Rouvray on September 25, 2024. Forty years after the events, extensive excavations began in an area, which had once been designated by Emile Louis as a place where he would have hidden bodies. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
This photograph shows tents set us by French gendarmerie and army as part of the ongoing excavations in the 'graveyard' of the now deceased serial killer Emile Louis, in the hope of finding news remains, near Rouvray on September 25, 2024. Forty years after the events, extensive excavations began in an area, which had once been designated by Emile Louis as a place where he would have hidden bodies. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
A photo shows an apartment building with a cafe on the ground floor after an explosion in Cologne, western Germany on September 25, 2024. In the early hours of the morning on September 25, 2024, there was an explosion on the ground floor of an apartment building. The cafe located there was completely burnt out and two people were slightly injured. Whether there is a connection to other cases in a series of explosions that have recently shaken Cologne. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)
A photo shows an apartment building with a cafe on the ground floor after an explosion in Cologne, western Germany on September 25, 2024. In the early hours of the morning on September 25, 2024, there was an explosion on the ground floor of an apartment building. The cafe located there was completely burnt out and two people were slightly injured. Whether there is a connection to other cases in a series of explosions that have recently shaken Cologne. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)
A photo shows an apartment building with a cafe on the ground floor after an explosion in Cologne, western Germany on September 25, 2024. In the early hours of the morning on September 25, 2024, there was an explosion on the ground floor of an apartment building. The cafe located there was completely burnt out and two people were slightly injured. Whether there is a connection to other cases in a series of explosions that have recently shaken Cologne. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)
A photo shows an apartment building with a cafe on the ground floor after an explosion in Cologne, western Germany on September 25, 2024. In the early hours of the morning on September 25, 2024, there was an explosion on the ground floor of an apartment building. The cafe located there was completely burnt out and two people were slightly injured. Whether there is a connection to other cases in a series of explosions that have recently shaken Cologne. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)
A photo shows an apartment building with a cafe on the ground floor after an explosion in Cologne, western Germany on September 25, 2024. In the early hours of the morning on September 25, 2024, there was an explosion on the ground floor of an apartment building. The cafe located there was completely burnt out and two people were slightly injured. Whether there is a connection to other cases in a series of explosions that have recently shaken Cologne. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)
A photo shows an apartment building with a cafe on the ground floor after an explosion in Cologne, western Germany on September 25, 2024. In the early hours of the morning on September 25, 2024, there was an explosion on the ground floor of an apartment building. The cafe located there was completely burnt out and two people were slightly injured. Whether there is a connection to other cases in a series of explosions that have recently shaken Cologne. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)
Volunteers transport mattresses for people displaced by conflict from southern Lebanon, at a temporary reception centre in the southern city of Sidon on September 25, 2024. Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on September 24, a day after 492 people, including 35 children, were killed in the deadliest bombardment since a devastating war in 2006. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
(L-R) German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius arrive for the weekly German government cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
Volunteers transport mattresses for people displaced by conflict from southern Lebanon, at a temporary reception centre in the southern city of Sidon on September 25, 2024. Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on September 24, a day after 492 people, including 35 children, were killed in the deadliest bombardment since a devastating war in 2006. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
Volunteers transport mattresses for people displaced by conflict from southern Lebanon, at a temporary reception centre in the southern city of Sidon on September 25, 2024. Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on September 24, a day after 492 people, including 35 children, were killed in the deadliest bombardment since a devastating war in 2006. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
Volunteers transport mattresses for people displaced by conflict from southern Lebanon, at a temporary reception centre in the southern city of Sidon on September 25, 2024. Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on September 24, a day after 492 people, including 35 children, were killed in the deadliest bombardment since a devastating war in 2006. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
Volunteers transport mattresses for people displaced by conflict from southern Lebanon, at a temporary reception centre in the southern city of Sidon on September 25, 2024. Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on September 24, a day after 492 people, including 35 children, were killed in the deadliest bombardment since a devastating war in 2006. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
(FILES) Real Madrid's Brazilian forward Vini Jr. (L) fights for the ball with Manchester United's French defender Raphael Varane during a pre-season friendly football match between Real Madrid CF and Manchester United FC at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, on July 26, 2023. Defender Raphaël Varane, a member of France's 2018 World Cup-winning squad, announced his sporting retirement at the age of 31 in a post on his Instagram account on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP)
(FILES) France's defender #04 Raphael Varane looks at the ball during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group D football match between France and Denmark at Stadium 974 in Doha on November 26, 2022. Defender Raphaël Varane, a member of France's 2018 World Cup-winning squad, announced his sporting retirement at the age of 31 in a post on his Instagram account on September 25, 2024. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations in Geneva, ambassador Daniel Meron poses for a portrait during an interview with AFP, in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 24, 2024. The UN has pummelled Israel with unfair and disproportionate criticism since October 7, betraying the country as it grapples with its biggest-ever catastrophe, Israel's new ambassador in Geneva charged (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
France's Minister for Ecological Transition, Energy, Climate, and Risk Prevention Agnes Pannier-Runacher gestures as she addresses the audience as she attends a meeting in Arques, northern France, on September 25, 2024, as part of a visit to monitor flooding in Pas-de-Calais. (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP)
France's Minister for Ecological Transition, Energy, Climate, and Risk Prevention Agnes Pannier-Runacher addresses the audience as she attends a meeting in Arques, northern France, on September 25, 2024, as part of a visit to monitor flooding in Pas-de-Calais. (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck (L) take their seats as German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (C) arrives for the weekly German government cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations in Geneva, ambassador Daniel Meron poses for a portrait during an interview with AFP, in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 24, 2024. The UN has pummelled Israel with unfair and disproportionate criticism since October 7, betraying the country as it grapples with its biggest-ever catastrophe, Israel's new ambassador in Geneva charged (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations in Geneva, ambassador Daniel Meron poses during an interview with AFP, in Geneva, on September 24, 2024. The UN has pummelled Israel with unfair and disproportionate criticism since October 7, betraying the country as it grapples with its biggest-ever catastrophe, Israel's new ambassador in Geneva charged. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck (L) take their seats as the Federal Government’s Commissioner for Culture and the Media Claudia Roth arrives for the weekly German government cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
France's Minister for Ecological Transition, Energy, Climate, and Risk Prevention Agnes Pannier-Runacher (C), flanked by the mayor of Arques Benoit Roussel (L), arrives to attend a meeting in Arques, northern France, on September 25, 2024, as part of a visit to monitor flooding in Pas-de-Calais. (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP)
A woman takes a picture of the port of the northern Israeli city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)
This handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him greeting an audience during a speech in Tehran on September 25 2024. Iran's supreme leader said on September 25 that Israel's killing of top Hezbollah commanders couldn't bring the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group to its knees. The Israel-Lebanon border has seen near-daily exchanges of fire since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October, after Palestinian militant group Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel. (Photo by KHAMENEI.IR / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / KHAMENEI.IR" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===
This handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him greeting an audience during a speech in Tehran on September 25 2024. Iran's supreme leader said on September 25 that Israel's killing of top Hezbollah commanders couldn't bring the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group to its knees. The Israel-Lebanon border has seen near-daily exchanges of fire since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October, after Palestinian militant group Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel. (Photo by KHAMENEI.IR / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / KHAMENEI.IR" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===
This handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him greeting an audience during a speech in Tehran on September 25 2024. Iran's supreme leader said on September 25 that Israel's killing of top Hezbollah commanders couldn't bring the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group to its knees. The Israel-Lebanon border has seen near-daily exchanges of fire since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October, after Palestinian militant group Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel. (Photo by KHAMENEI.IR / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / KHAMENEI.IR" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===
(L-R) German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius arrive for the weekly German government cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
This handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him greeting an audience during a speech in Tehran on September 25 2024. Iran's supreme leader said on September 25 that Israel's killing of top Hezbollah commanders couldn't bring the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group to its knees. The Israel-Lebanon border has seen near-daily exchanges of fire since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October, after Palestinian militant group Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel. (Photo by KHAMENEI.IR / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / KHAMENEI.IR" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===
Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations in Geneva, ambassador Daniel Meron gestures during an interview with AFP, in Geneva, on September 24, 2024. The UN has pummelled Israel with unfair and disproportionate criticism since October 7, betraying the country as it grapples with its biggest-ever catastrophe, Israel's new ambassador in Geneva charged (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations in Geneva, ambassador Daniel Meron gestures during an interview with AFP, in Geneva, on September 24, 2024. The UN has pummelled Israel with unfair and disproportionate criticism since October 7, betraying the country as it grapples with its biggest-ever catastrophe, Israel's new ambassador in Geneva charged (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
This handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him greeting an audience during a speech in Tehran on September 25 2024. Iran's supreme leader said on September 25 that Israel's killing of top Hezbollah commanders couldn't bring the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group to its knees. The Israel-Lebanon border has seen near-daily exchanges of fire since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October, after Palestinian militant group Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel. (Photo by KHAMENEI.IR / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / KHAMENEI.IR" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===
This handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him greeting an audience during a speech in Tehran on September 25 2024. Iran's supreme leader said on September 25 that Israel's killing of top Hezbollah commanders couldn't bring the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group to its knees. The Israel-Lebanon border has seen near-daily exchanges of fire since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October, after Palestinian militant group Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel. (Photo by KHAMENEI.IR / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / KHAMENEI.IR" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===
A woman takes a picture of the port of the northern Israeli city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)
A journalist reports from an area overlooking the port of the northern Israeli city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)
A journalist reports from an area overlooking the port of the northern Israeli city of Haifa on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on Baalbek, in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by AFP)
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on Baalbek, in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, on September 25, 2024. Israeli warplanes pounded villages in south Lebanon for a third day, Lebanese media reported on September 25, while Israel said it intercepted a missile fired after sirens sounded early morning in Tel Aviv. (Photo by AFP)
(L-R) German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius arrive for the weekly German government cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on September 25, 2024. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
France's Minister for Ecological Transition, Energy, Climate, and Risk Prevention Agnes Pannier-Runacher (C), surrounded by the mayor of Arques Benoit Roussel (L) and the prefect of Pas-de-Calais Jacques Billant (R), addresses the audience as she attends a meeting in Arques, northern France, on September 25, 2024, as part of a visit to monitor flooding in Pas-de-Calais. (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP)
Members of the IG Metall metalworkers union demonstrate on September 25, 2024 in Hanover, northern Germany, where talks between unions and the Volkswagen management are to start following an announcement of German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) that drastic cost-cutting measures are needed to keep the carmaker competitive. After Volkswagen's bombshell announcement earlier in September 2024 that it could close factories in Germany for the first time, company management and unions will begin tense talks on a new pay deal. Volkswagen has repeatedly stressed that its costs are excessive and profit margins too low, particularly at its core VW brand. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)
King Philippe of Belgium (R) is pictured during his visit at MolenGeek's new office in Brussels, on September 25, 2024. MolenGeek's mission is to make digital technologies accessible to everyone, regardless of background or level of training, to give everyone the chance to find a job, set up a business or develop professionally. (Photo by DIRK WAEM / Belga / AFP) / Belgium OUT
