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Trump to attend Notre Dame reopening in Paris in first trip since election

Notre-Dame was engulfed in flames on April 15, 2019, and reopened on November 26, 2024 [Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt and Kiran Ridley/AFP]

Donald Trump has announced he will attend the reopening of Notre-Dame, the Paris landmark gutted by fire five years ago, in his first overseas trip since winning the United States presidential election.

The 12th-century Gothic masterpiece, which was badly damaged by fire in 2019, is set to reopen its doors to visitors and the Catholic faithful on Saturday and Sunday.

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