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The ornate apse cross, which survived the devastating fire at Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral in 2019, is reinstalled at the top of the iconic monument after undergoing restoration works. IMAGES
An ornate cross is lifted by crane and installed on the new spire of Paris' emblematic Notre-Dame cathedral. Workers have one year, starting on Friday, to finish restoring the gothic monument in time for its reopening following a monstrous fire in 2019. IMAGES
Nicolas Sarkozy is back at Paris Court House this Friday to answer questions in his appeal trial about illegal campaign financing during his 2012 failed re-election bid. The Former head of state was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in 2021 in what has been dubbed the "Bygmalion case". Conservative Sarkozy has faced a litany of legal problems since his one term in office from 2007 until 2012, and has been charged separately with corruption, bribery, influence-peddling, and breaking campaign financing laws. IMAGES
The convoys of French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne arrive in the suburb of Saint-Denis, north of Paris, for second round of cross-party talks, with the aim of building consensus in a fractured parliament. But the event is marked by the notable absence of key members of the opposition who declined the invitation to attend. IMAGES
Dozens of people disembark from a UK Border Force patrol vessel in the port of Dover on November 30 2022. The British government says 426 migrants were detected crossing the English Channel in small boats that day. More than 40,000 migrants have crossed the Channel to Britain so far this year according to the UK government, whilst Britain and France have just signed a new deal in November - increasing what the French border controls are paid in order to prevent these crossings. IMAGES
Parisians and tourists cross the Seine in the 39 degree heat as a second heatwave passes over Europe. The fierce heatwave has left most of Europe sweltering, causing wildfires and straining emergency services. Experts blame climate change for the latest extreme weather conditions and warn that the weather will only worsen in years to come. IMAGES
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