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The two gigantic fires that have been raging since 12 July in Gironde (south-west France) have burnt more than 19,000 hectares of forest and forced the evacuation of 34,000 people, according to the sub-prefect of Arcachon, Ronan Léaustic. SOUNDBITE
Gérald Darmanin reaffirms that between "109,000 and 117,000 people" showed up in and "around" the Stade de France during the Champions League final, during his hearing before the Senate law commission. SOUNDBITE
More than 10,000 people are gathered in a temporary cathedral set up at the exhibition centre in Chassieu, near Lyon, for the beatification of Pauline Jaricot a Christian French laywoman and missionary in the 19th century. IMAGES
More than 1,000 people evacuated from an area threatened by a violent forest fire wake up in a gymnasium in Bormes-les-Mimosas, in the Var department of France. The facility had already welcomed "fire survivors" during the 2017 fires. The prefecture specifies that among the "thousands" of evacuees are holidaymakers from six campsites in the region. IMAGES
Ahmedabad, Feb 24 (EFE/EPA).- India and the United States will sign a $3-billion military helicopter deal to strengthen defense cooperation, US President Donald Trump said on Monday after arriving in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad to a red-carpet welcome for a two-day trip aimed at re-energizing trade row-battered bilateral ties.Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Trump with his trademark hug as he, along with first lady Melania, daughter Ivanka, and son-in-law Jared Kushner, stepped off Air Force One at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel international airport in the historic city of Gujarat.Trump and Modi addressed a cheering crowd of an estimated 125,000 people at the “Namaste (hello) Trump” event in Ahmedabad, the political home of the Indian prime minister, in what looked like a bigger version of the lavish “Howdy Modi” show in Houston last year.FOOTAGE SHOWS THE "NAMASTE TRUMP" SHOW IN THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL CRICKET STADIUM IN IN AHMEDABAD, INDIA.SOUNDBITES: RANGAM TRIVEDI, BJP YOUNG WING (IN ENGLISH) AND KETAN DESAI, PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN GUJARAT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (IN ENGLISH)
Paris, France, Dec 8 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Ian Langsdon).- More than a thousand paddle surfers on Sunday took part in a 11-kilometer race along the Seine River in Paris.FOOTAGE OF THE PADDLE SURF RACE IN PARIS.