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1 Strike continues: Frustrated travelers were meeting transportation chaos around France for a second day on Friday, as unions dig in for what they hope is a protracted strike against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to redesign the national retirement system. Most French trains were at a halt, including Paris subways, and traffic jams multiplied around the country.

Detention facility woes: The 2 United Nations center in Libya was opened as an “alternative to detention,”a last, safe stop for migrants before they were resettled in other countries. Now, just a year later, it looks increasingly like the notorious Libyan lockups it was supposed to replace. The facility is jam-packed with nearly 1,200 migrants — about twice the number it was built for — including hundreds who fled from abuse at other detention centers in hopes of sanctuary.

3 Fatal explosion: A gas explosion in an apartment building in eastern Slovakia killed at least five people and injured more than 40 Friday. Firefighters rescued people trapped in the building, which officials said is still in danger of collapse.

Pearl Harbor shooting: The U.S. 4 Navy sailor who fatally shot two people at Pearl Harbor before killing himself was unhappy with his commanders and had been undergoing counseling, a U.S. military official said Friday. The sailor, Gabriel Romero,

22, also faced non-judicial punishment, which is a lower-level administrative process for minor misconduct, said the official.

12 killed: Iraqi officials say 5 12 people have been killed in Baghdad’s Khilani Square after unknown assailants fired live ammunition from cars. Security and medical officials say at least two of the dead were policeman.