French PM Lecornu booed by residents on visit to fire-ravaged southwest

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu was on Monday booed by dozens of residents of the town of Le Porge in southwestern France, a region ravaged by wildfires, in a show of anger at the government's handling of the worst such crisis to hit the...

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French PM Lecornu booed by residents on visit to fire-ravaged southwest

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