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Notre Dame fire

July 2020

A split in views over Huawei has caused ructions among Five Eyes allies.

China’s tech juggernaut can scale great wall of opposition

A bipolar world is starting to take shape around countries that welcome Chinese technology and investments versus the US-led West that is closing its door.

  • James Kynge
Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 19, 2019,

Macron promises to rebuild Notre Dame as was

Plans to modernise the iconic cathedral have been dropped.

  • Aurelien Breeden

January 2020

Cranes work at Notre Dame cathedral, in Paris, Thursday, April 25, 2019. French police scientists were starting to examine Notre Dame Cathedral on Thursday for the first time since last week's devastating fire. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The battle to drive Notre Dame's restoration

As the Paris cathedral rises from the ashes, a tug-of-war is being waged over the cultural icon's transformation.

  • Philip Kennicott

July 2019

Firefighters battle a blaze at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris on April 15, 2019. Notre Dame still stands only because firefighters decided to risk everything.

Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than anybody knew

What happened over four hours that night changed Paris.

  • Elian Peltier, Adam Nossiter and Liz Alderman

June 2019

Flames and smoke rise from the blaze after the spire toppled over on Notre-Dame.

Billionaires who pledged to rebuild Notre-Dame haven't paid 'a cent'

It's mainly American and French individuals who are behind the first donations to restore the famed cathedral that was destroyed by fire.

  • Thomas Adamson
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April 2019

Tourists take photos at Notre Dame

Why Gucci and Dior want to rebuild Notre Dame

The titans of luxury have plenty of business reasons to ensure Notre Dame recovers.

  • Andrea Felsted
A man runs by a burning motorbike during a yellow vest demonstration in Paris, Saturday.

Yellow vest protesters march on in Paris

French leaders had called for solidarity in the wake of the Notre-Dame blaze, which destroyed the roof and spire of the 850-year-old church.

  • Palko Karasz
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Be warned: the Notre Bill edifice could collapse at any minute

A popular cultural monument, Notre Bill is also a fine example of classic Gothic horror politics, propped up entirely by its famous lying buttresses.

  • Rowan Dean
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, and his wife Brigitte walk away from Notre Dame cathedral after addressing the media.

Macron uses Notre Dame fire to urge unity in fragmented nation

The French President has sought to place the national tragedy of Notre Dame's near destruction in the context of the great sweep of French history, a move intended to reassure citizens of his long-term vision for the nation.

  • Adam Nossiter
The stability of Notre Dame cathedral is now the focus of emergency efforts.

Notre Dame's stability assessed as world grieves for icon

Authorities are assessing the stability of Notre Dame Cathedral after a fire ripped through the iconic monument in central Paris and seriously damaged large parts of the structure.

  • Gregory Viscusi, Rudy Ruitenberg and Helene Fouquet
The spire and parts of Notre Dame cathedral is on fire in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. A catastrophic fire engulfed the upper reaches of Paris' soaring Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations Monday, threatening one of the greatest architectural treasures of the Western world as tourists and Parisians looked on aghast from the streets below.

Pinnacle of civilisation in flames

Notre Dame was a pinnacle of the expression of what it means to be human. We built this. It is us at our best.

  • Steve Howard
Firefighters tackle the blaze as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral.

Paris needs another Hugo to champion its gothic survivor

Victor Hugo's Hunchback of Notre Dame was written to draw attention to the sorry state of the cathedral.

  • Jonathan Glancey
The heart of Paris is burning.

The eternal backdrop to life in Paris is no more

Notre Dame - the literal and figurative heart of Paris, the point from which all distances in the city are measured and the seemingly eternal backdrop to life in the French capital - is essentially no more.

Firefighters the main structure of the Notre-Dame Cathedral was saved.

Huge blaze devastates Notre-Dame Cathedral

French firefighters said they had saved the shell of the Notre-Dame Cathedral from collapse on Monday after fire gutted and destroyed the roof of the landmark.

  • Sybille de la Hamaide, Simon Carraud and Sudip Kar-Gupta

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