DOZENS of public housing advocates led a protest outside the gutted Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris to demand that France’s poorest people are remembered.
The action comes after donors pledged almost £1 billion to rebuild the cathedral and its destroyed roof.
Around 50 people from a French homeless association attended the gathering, carrying placards which read “one billion in 24 hours.”
The activists chanted slogans directed at Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of luxury group LVMH, who last week pledged 200 million euros (£173m) to the restoration fund.
Some chanted: “Notre Dame needs a roof, we need a roof too.”
In addition to Arnault’s pledge, another billionaire, Francois Pinault, and his son pledged 100m euros (£86.6m) for the reconstruction effort
from their company, which owns the Christie’s auction house and is the main shareholder for Gucci.
ELSEWHERE, a famous Ukranian comedian’s landslide victory in the country’s presidential elections was confirmed yesterday.
Volodymyr Zelensky, pictured, took 73% of the vote, with incumbent Petro Poroshenko admitting defeat after the first exit polls were published.
Zelensky, a political novice, is best known for starring in a satirical television series Servant of the People, in which his character accidentally becomes Ukrainian president.
Zelensky, who also owns a major production company, faces pressure to improve relations between Ukraine and Russia.
MEANWHILE, The memoir Prince was working on at the time of his death will be published in October, it has been announced.
The Beautiful Ones will combine his unfinished manuscript with rare photos, scrapbooks and lyrics.
First announced just weeks before his death in 2016, the 288-page book will include an introduction by New Yorker writer Dan Piepenbring, who Prince chose as a collaborator.
FINALLY, prosecutors have charged Nissan’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn with breach of trust, Japanese media have reported.
The charges reportedly filed on Monday are his fourth and are related to payments by a
subsidiary of the Japanese car maker that allegedly went to a private investment company he controlled.
Prosecutors re-arrested Brazillian citizen Ghosn in early April, a month after he was released on
one billion yen (£6.9m) bail pending his trial.
Prosecutors allege that £1.9m out of £3.8m paid by Nissan to one of its overseas distributorships went to Ghosn’s investment company for his private use.
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