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France's iconic Palace of Versailles welcomes visitors for the first time in months, after the government allowed French museums and historic sites to reopen their doors following the coronavirus shutdown. (COMPLETES VIDI1SY7T9_EN, VIDI1SY7VR_EN) IMAGES
The border between France and Andorra has reopened, as the French government slowly starts to ease strict travel restrictions enforced to curb the spread of coronavirus. IMAGES
Two days before the end of the Paris International Agricultural Show, a convoy of twenty tractors led by activists from the farmers union the Coordination rurale is parked in front of the Palace of Versailles. "We're continuing the movement because we're not being heard (...), we've got band-aids and little envelopes of cash, but that's not going to move things forward," laments Nicolas Bonguay, president of the CR in the Doubs region of eastern France. (COMPLETES VID34KC4MQ_EN) IMAGES
France's Palace of Versailles re-opens to the public after an evacuation due to a new bomb threat. The former French royal residence was already evacuated on Saturday following an anonymous bomb threat. IMAGES
Versailles, Oct 16 (EFE) .- Ostriches, chameleons and elephants have returned this week to the Palace of Versailles in an exhibition that for the first time shows the variety of species that inhabited this ancient residential complex next to French royalty. (Camera: MARIO GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ)SHOT LIST: THE EXHIBITION "THE KING'S ANIMALS", LOCATED IN THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES.SOUND BITES: CURATOR ALEXANDRE MARAL (IN FRENCH)TRANSLATIONS:1) "The Palace of Versailles, the domain of Versailles, in general, was populated with animals. They were everywhere."2) "(Versailles) is a place where there were many pets that were inside the palace, who lived with members of the royal family and courtiers, such as dogs, cats, parrots and monkeys. Therefore, it can be said that it was a place where animals lived like kings. "3) "Animals had a political function in Versailles, since it was a place of power, so everything had a political symbolism, like the birds in the collection of Louis XIV".
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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