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Now playing Next France Decorated French Resistance fighter dies aged 101 Hubert Germain, the last of an elite group of decorated French Resistance fighters who helped liberate France from Nazi control in World War II, has died. 13/10/2021
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Now playing Next France Record 6,000 drop in Paris pupil numbers amid COVID and remote working Paris' deputy mayor said it was down to a declining birth rate and the effects of the COVID pandemic. 13/10/2021
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