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  "id": 6343473,
  "title": "Paris probes why women staff removed from Eiffel Tower for Hindu visit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/paris-probes-why-women-staff-removed-from-eiffel-tower-for-hindu-visit-6343473",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T06:18:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Local France",
    "slug": "the-local-france-thelocal",
    "url": "https://www.thelocal.fr/20260908/eiffel-tower-to-reopen-after-row-over-removing-women-staff"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The mayor of Paris on Tuesday ordered investigations over the removal of women staff at the Eiffel Tower during a visit by a Hindu religious group which prompted an employee walkout and the one-day closure of the monument.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Local France",
        "title": "Eiffel Tower closes as staff strike over exclusion of women during VIP visit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/eiffel-tower-closes-as-staff-strike-over-exclusion-of-women-during",
        "published": "2026-09-07T15:03:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "What is BAPS, the Hindu group whose demands led to Eiffel Tower closure?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/what-is-baps-the-hindu-group-whose-demands-led-to-eiffel-tower-closure",
        "published": "2026-09-08T15:21:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Eiffel Tower scandal: How a Hindu sect’s visit sparked an uproar in France",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/eiffel-tower-scandal-how-a-hindu-sects-visit-sparked-an-uproar-in",
        "published": "2026-09-08T17:26:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Paris probes why women staff removed from Eiffel Tower for Hindu visit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/paris-probes-why-women-staff-removed-from-eiffel-tower-for-hindu-visit",
        "published": "2026-09-08T20:19:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Eiffel Tower women staff ‘sidelined’: BAPS apologises, MEA steers clear",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/eiffel-tower-women-staff-sidelined-baps-apologises-mea-steers-clear",
        "published": "2026-09-08T22:00:26.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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