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The Channel Tunnel is a critical transport link between France and the UK, handling both freight and passenger rail services, including Eurostar and shuttle trains for lorries.
A bus has hit a stationary freight train near the French entrance to the Channel Tunnel, injuring the driver and 18 passengers, the French authorities say.
The bus, which was carrying lorry drivers due to take a shuttle rail service, struck the train at the loading platform of the tunnel in Coquelles, near Calais.
Two people were severely injured and evacuated by helicopter though no one's life appeared to be in danger, a local official said.
Local sub-prefect Agathe Cury said that freight traffic and Eurostar passenger traffic through the tunnel had not been disrupted by the incident, which occurred at 19:27 (17:27 GMT), apart from a brief stoppage to allow the injured to be evacuated.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reaffirmed the will of the ruling Christian Democratic Party (CDU) to act as a 'firewall' to prevent the anti-immigrant, pro-Russian far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party from gaining power. In an interview with Britain's Financial Times, Prime Minister Merz said that the CDU would not cooperate with the AfD, dismissed calls for his resignation from inside and outside the party, and emphasized his will to reform the social security system. Meanwhile, as the AfD's progress continues, there are assessments that the firewall principle between Germany's mainstream political parties has collapsed in some local councils.

European Council President António Costa faced sharp criticism at a Brussels summit as negotiations over energy pricing and the EU's seven-year budget stalled, with leaders accusing him of losing control and failing to act as an honest broker amid deep divisions over climate policy and fiscal priorities.

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