Billionaires face ‘yellow vest’ scorn over Notre-Dame pledges

Billionaire French tycoons faced a mounting backlash on Wednesday over tax breaks on their huge donations to restore Notre-Dame, as Yellow Vest protestors said the hundreds of millions of euros should be spent on tackling France’s social problems. The contributions to the cathedral’s renovation approached €900 million (£780m) on Wednesday as the owners of Chanel and…

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Macron plans to shut elite school for future leaders

Emmanuel Macron is to close France’s elite ENA school for future leaders, raise small pensions, cut taxes and push the French to “work more”, under radical plans leaked to the media. Mr Macron, the French president, was due to announce the measures in a hotly anticipated televised address on Monday in response to a two-month…

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Watch: How Notre-Dame cathedral burned

Paris’s Notre-Dame, an icon of christianity in France, blazed through the night after catching fire in the early evening.  Onlookers watched in horror as one of the world’s most famous spires collapsed, followed by the 12th century cathedral’s roof.  400 firefighters battled the flames overnight, finally gaining the upper hand at around midnight.  Watch how the…

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