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France unveils new austerity measures

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France’s Prime Minister unveils new austerity measures, but are they too little too late? Also, we head to the United States where France's far-right party leader, Marine Le Pen, has been touring the country. She is campaigning as hard abroad as she is at home. Finally, Paris pays tribute to French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, with an exhibition of his cityscapes.

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