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Added on the 25/05/2022 09:45:45 - Copyright : AFP EN
French tightrope walker Nathan Paulin is attempting to break the world distance record on a 2.2 km wire stretched over the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel at a height of almost 100 metres. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron visits Mont-Saint-Michel, a symbol of the "French spirit" of "resilience" and "resistance", on the eve of another day of union protests against pension reform. IMAGES
Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron arrive at Couesnon dam near Mont-Saint-Michel, before visiting the famous rocky islet in the English Channel to celebrate the millennium of the founding of its abbey. The French President is due to announce a campaign to classify more French religious buildings from the 19th and 20th centuries as historic monuments, in order to facilitate their preservation. IMAGES
A day after the 11th day of mobilisation against the pension reform, 200 to 300 demonstrators, held at a distance by the police, gathered to block the entry points of Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy. IMAGES
Security in Haiti, where violent gangs control large swathes of the country, has deteriorated even further, with the number of major crimes hitting "record highs," the UN representative to the impoverished nation warns. "The security situation on the ground continues to deteriorate as growing gang violence plunge(s) the lives of the people of Haiti into disarray and major crimes are rising sharply to new record highs," Maria Isabel Salvador tells the UN Security Council. SOUNDBITE
A representative from the UN's World Meteorological Organization announces during a UN briefing that a new record-high temperature in the Arctic has been recognised, confirming a reading in Siberia last year of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit). SOUNDBITE
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