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1 dead, 2 injured in helicopter crash near Mount Everest base camp

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Two helicopters collided Tuesday while trying to land just below Mount Everest's base camp, killing at least one person and injuring two others, officials said.

The aircraft were ferrying trekkers who had been hiking up to Everest base camp during Nepal's popular trekking season. Heavy snow had covered the route before the weather improved Sunday and thousands of trekkers were able to move around.

There are no roads on Everest, and helicopters are the only way to bring down trekkers and guides who become sick or exhausted in the cold and high altitude.

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A cultural stroll through Paris with actors François-Xavier Demaison and François Morel

This week, we bring you a special programme dedicated to theatre. Valérie Fayolle takes us to the Renaissance Theatre, where François-Xavier Demaison takes us behind the scenes of "Laponie". The fiesty comedy shows how a family's holiday gathering can quickly turn into a settling of scores. "Theatre is one of our last collective experiences. It's magnificent, we're in a bubble," he tells us.

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