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French Prime Minister confirms use of Article 49.3 to pass budget
Usage opens government up to motion of no confidence but opposition MPs unlikely to find enough support
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Floor collapses in Paris building leaving 20 injured
Water leaking into the building from balcony is thought to be cause of collapse
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Homes evacuated and cars submerged as flash floods hit south of France
Alerts continue as schools and roads are closed. Several rivers have burst their banks
Petition for England to return to Anjou
Voters in Angers and online are being asked to back a plan to “reattach England to Anjou”, the heart of the Plantagenet Angevin Empire to which it had links for 100 years.
Organisers of the Accroche-Cœurs festival say it would end the UK’s economic, cultural and diplomatic problems.
