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30 March 2015 Last updated at 14:18

Damage fears for Alps crash recorder

A top Lufthansa official warns the missing flight recorder may have been too badly damaged when the Germanwings plane crashed in the French Alps.

French elections see swing to right

Local elections give a big boost to France's conservative UMP, led by ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy, and inflict a bruising blow to the ruling Socialists.

British couple found dead in Spain

British couple Peter and Jean Tarsey, both aged 77, have been found dead with bullet wounds in the province of Alicante, Spanish police say.

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