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April 18, 2019 'More beautiful than before': The challenges of rebuilding Notre-Dame
For nearly nine centuries, Notre-Dame has stood at the epicenter in the French capital of Paris. The blaze struck much more than just a place of worship… How much do you invest in a national treasure that's not owned by the church but by the state? Who pays for the renovation; taxpayers, philanthropists, donors? And what kind of renovation are we looking at? Can the project meet that five-year deadline set by France's president? Our panel discusses the reconstruction of Notre-Dame.
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April 17, 2019 Merchants of death? Yemen: US and French arms sales under scrutiny
Donald Trump may be winding down US presence in Syria and Afghanistan but he’s vetoed a bipartisan measure to end Washington’s backing of the civil war that’s brought Yemen to the brink of famine. Is the veto justified? How far will Congress fight the White House? What can we make of Trump’s fidelity to Yemen campaign-leader, Saudi crown prince Mohammed Ben Salman? Also, French weapons continue to make their way to Yemen according to freshly-leaked documents. What’s France’s justification?
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April 11, 2019 The fall of Omar al-Bashir: What next for Sudan after coup?
After Algeria's Abdelaziz Bouteflika, it's out with Sudan's Omar al-Bashir. Celebrations in Khartoum greeted the news that the country's strongman of three decades had been placed under house arrest. What started back in December as cost-of-living protests came to a head with the army stepping in to protect those staging a sit-in outside the army headquarters - headquarters where Omar al-Bashir is now reportedly being held.
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April 10, 2019 Brexit limbo: How long does London need?
It's not just the UK in Brexit limbo. The European Union is convening for an emergency summit in Brussels where Theresa May's request for a second extension until June 30 is expected to be rolled over yet further, so that we don't have to report every few weeks on emergency Brexit summits. So what is a reasonable delay?
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April 08, 2019 Macron's Great Debate: Government calls for tax cuts to appease protesters
French PM Edouard Philippe had the task this Monday of delivering the report on the "grand débat national" - France's Great National Debate. The three-month-long exercise, in which President Emmanuel Macron himself took part, found that most of all, the French are sick of the tax system. But will this Great Debate and its findings be enough to stop the weekly Yellow Vest protests?
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April 04, 2019 Victim or villain: Carlos Ghosn re-arrested as Renault turns on former CEO
So why is Carlos Ghosn back in a Japanese jail? The once all-powerful boss of the Renault-Nissan alliance was planning his big counter-offensive with a press conference next week. We'll review the latest twist, its motives and timing which comes amid fresh scrutiny over the perks and payments afforded to the Franco-Brazilian-Lebanese corporate titan.
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April 03, 2019 Algeria: Out with the old... Will Bouteflika's resignation overturn the system?
A victory for the street or an attempted soft coup? State television has been broadcasting images of Algeria's ailing president tendering his immediate resignation. Abdelaziz Bouteflika was already in government at independence from France back in 1962. Under pressure from mass protests in recent weeks, he first had to forego a fifth mandate and has now reneged on a caretaker status.
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April 02, 2019 Ten days to sort it out: How to avoid a no-deal Brexit?
Ten days out and this time, unless something or someone gives, no-deal Brexit here we come. The UK parliament offered itself a second chance to seize the initiative on Brexit on Monday and although some of the indicative votes were close, all the night could muster was a quartet of "Noes". That's a reflection of a nation where parties, communities and families are divided.
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April 01, 2019 Erdogan fatigue? Turkish president suffers setbacks in local elections
Is it a case of Erdogan fatigue? Turkey's president suffered a rare electoral setback in local elections where even though his name wasn't on the ballot, Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the race into a referendum about himself. Erdogan was tirelessly out on the campaign trail and yet his party lost the capital Ankara and is locked in a dogfight to keep control of city hall in the president's native Istanbul.
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March 28, 2019 Against everything? Brexit deadlock triggers UK leadership crisis
Is it a cliff edge for Brexit or a cliff edge for democracy? British MPs failed to seize the initiative on Brexit on Wednesday, while it seems the promise by PM Theresa May to resign is still not enough to get her deal over the line. The leadership crisis in Westminster is glaring. So what next: a snap general election? And what about the rest of the continent? With European elections coming up, the 27 have plenty of other pressing issues to attend to.
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