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Notre Dame fire: France reflects morning after blaze

News and issues making the headlines each day.

The French President, Emmanuel Macron, has vowed that Notre Dame cathedral will be rebuilt, after a fire seriously damaged the Paris landmark.

Firefighters managed to save the 850-year-old Gothic building's main stone structure, including its two towers, but the spire and roof have collapsed.

Also on the programme: Egyptian lawmakers vote on constitutional changes which could allow President Al-Sisi to lengthen his term in office; and we learn more about new research that could benefit astronauts who experience muscle loss in space.

(Photo: The steeple of Notre Dame Cathedral, Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

53 minutes

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  • Tue 16 Apr 2019 09:06GMT

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