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In the small Swiss town of Rolle, images show the house of the Franco-Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, the father of the French New Wave and one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century, who has died at the age of 91. IMAGES
Los Angeles, Feb 10 (EFE/EPA).- Porn mogul and defender of free of speech Larry Flynt died Wednesday in Los Angeles aged 78, according to US media reports.The Washington Post, CNN and NBC were among those citing confirmations from various close family members.Flynt founded the pornographic magazine "Hustler," with which he started a business empire in the adult entertainment industry and a career throughout which he staunchly advocated for and pushed the boundaries of free speech, defended lawsuits, was imprisoned for contempt, and survived an assassination attempt. (Camera: ETIENNE LAURENT). SHOT LIST: HUSTLER CASINO, LARRY FLYNT'S HANDPRINTS IN FRONT OF HIS HUSTLER SHOP, AND FLYNT'S HUSTLER SHOP IN HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, US.
"Morale is at zero and now they're organising to get out," says an acquaintance of the farmer who was killed by a vehicle that rammed through a roadblock put up by protesting farmers in southwestern France. The victim's husband and teenage daughter were seriously injured. IMAGES
Hard-left firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader the freshly-formed New Ecological and Social Popular Union (NUPES), votes in Marseille in the first round of the French parliamentary elections, as the left seeks to thwart President Emmanuel Macron's plans for reform. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Jean Castex arrives shortly before 4pm at the Elysee Palace to hand in his resignation to Emmanuel Macron. According to corroborating sources within the executive, a transfer of power with his or her successor will take place around 7pm. IMAGES
France's far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon, who scored a close third-place finish in the first-round vote, casts his ballot in Marseille for the secound round of the presidential election. IMAGES