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		<title>ECB Rate Hike to 2.50%: What It Means for You</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ECB Rate Hike to 2.50%: What It Means for You The European Central Bank has]]></description>
		
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		<title>+46% in Magnac, -13% in Nersac: in Charente, Real Estate Prices are on a Roller Coaster Ride</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to the latest estimates from Figaro Immobilier, the median price has increased by 8%]]></description>
		
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		<title>France Raises Champagne Alcohol Limit to 15% After Record Heat</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[France Lifts Champagne Alcohol Cap to 15% France has temporarily raised the maximum alcohol level]]></description>
		
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		<title>Weather in Charente this Thursday 10th September: Temperatures Rise under a Cloudy Sky</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is under the sun that part of Charente wakes up this morning, still with]]></description>
		
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		<title>Weather in Charente this Wednesday 9th September: Clear Drop in Temperatures, but the Sun is Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 05:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After the disrupted passage on Tuesday, change of atmosphere this Wednesday 9th September in Charente.]]></description>
		
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		<title>After a Scorching Summer, the State is Removing 80% of a Plan to Adapt School Buildings to Extreme Heat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 10:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Government have reduced this summer, in the midst of a heatwave, its plan to]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fire in Aude: Faced with the violence of a forest fire, more than a hundred people evacuated</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/09/fire-aude-faced-violence-forest-fire-hundred-people-evacuated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A fire broke out on Friday around 4pm in the town of Puilaurens in Aude,]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;It will be Spectacular&#8221;: Falling Temperatures and Heavy Rain, which awaits France Next Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[While a new late heat episode began in France, with another 40°C forecast, autumn weather]]></description>
		
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		<title>Heatwave: Seven Departments in the South of France will be on Orange Alert on Saturday</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/09/heatwave-seven-departments-south-france-orange-alert-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Seven departments in the south of France are now placed on orange alert for heatwave]]></description>
		
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		<title>Climate Change Is Supercharging El Niño: What It Means</title>
		<link>https://chb44.com/2026/09/climate-change-supercharging-el-nino/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Plant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Climate Change Is Supercharging El Niño El Niño isn’t just getting stronger—it’s being supercharged by]]></description>
		
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