French Interior Minister chairs crisis meeting as nationwide strike unfolds
Bruno Retailleau, France’s outgoing Interior Minister, leads a crisis meeting in Paris as unions call nationwide strike and protests. IMAGES
People visit St Peter's Square as cardinals tasked with choosing a new pope retreat behind the heavy doors of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel for their second day of voting. IMAGES
Bruno Retailleau, France’s outgoing Interior Minister, leads a crisis meeting in Paris as unions call nationwide strike and protests. IMAGES
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that the new plan for Gaza City recently approved by the country's security cabinet provides "the best way to end the war". "This is the best way to end the war and the best way to end it speedily," says Netanyahu during a press conference in Jerusalem. SOUNDBITE
European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde says inflation in the eurozone is expected to be at the bank's two-percent target in 2025. In its latest set of forecasts, the ECB leaves its estimate for growth in 2025 unchanged at 0.9 percent and slightly lowered the projected 2026 figure to 1.1 percent. SOUNDBITE
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