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What are President Macron’s options if the government falls on September 8?
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Passenger receives fine on Paris-Brittany train after complaints over meowing cat
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Wolf sighting is first in Charente for century
A wolf spotted on the side of a road in Charente is the first to be seen in the department in more than a century.

The latest sighting near Gurat follows confirmation of wolves in the Dordogne in 2015, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques in 2018 and 2019, and in south-western Charente-Maritime in late 2019.
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