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The world's most visited museum has revealed that French police have dismantled what they called a "large-scale" ticket fraud network. Two museum employees have been arrested in conjunction with the alleged conspiracy. The embarrassment for the Louvre comes just months after a daylight heist saw robbers make off with tens of millions of euros worth of priceless crown jewels. We speak to Didier Rykner, art historian and editor-in-chief of "La Tribune de l'Art".

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Health officials are sounding the alarm about potentially harmful chemicals making their way onto French plates.

A French diplomat is under investigation after his name appeared more than 200 times in the latest release of the Epstein files.

Plus the head of the agency that manages flood alerts in France says she's seeing one extreme weather record after another.

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