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Flames and smoke rise from a fire in Trancoso, Portugal. More than 700 firefighters have been mobilised to try to bring the blaze, which has been raging since 9 August, under control, according to Portuguese authorities. IMAGES
France's National Assembly votes to reject the Duplomb agricultural bill, thanks to a tactical motion by the center bloc to override amendments proposed by the Green Party and hard-leftists La France Insoumise, which denounced the move as a circumvention of Parliament. The motion, supported by most of the government camp and the far-right, was adopted by 274 votes to 121. IMAGES
President Donald Trump announces that he is deploying National Guard troops and putting the Washington police force under federal control to tackle crime in the US capital. "I'm deploying the National Guard to help reestablish law, order, and public safety in Washington D.C.," he says. SOUNDBITE
French Minister for the Economy and Finance, Eric Lombard, welcomes Germany's new Finance Minister, Lars Klingbeil, to Bercy for a working meeting. IMAGES
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