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That record still belongs to Women of Algiers, which sold for nearly $180 million in 2015.

Rebecca Rossman, NPR News, Paris.

Seven minutes.

That's how long police say it took three masked men armed with chainsaws to steal nine pieces of jewelry from

from the Louvre's Apollo Gallery, including necklaces, a brooch, and a tiara.

A museum spokesperson told NPR the pieces are of quote, "...inestimable cultural and historical value."

France's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez says the thieves entered through a window shortly after the museum opened.

and used box cutters to smash display cases.

They fled on motorcycles toward a nearby highway.

The museum was quickly evacuated, no injuries were reported, and police have opened an investigation to track down the suspects.

For NPR News, I'm Rebecca Rossman in Paris.

France's National Assembly rejected two no-confidence motions, one from the far-left France Unbowed Party and another from the far-right National Rally.

The first fell short by just 18 votes.

the second by a much wider margin.

The outcome spares President Emmanuel Macron from having to call risky snap elections, but it leaves Prime Minister Sébastien Le Corneau on shaky ground.

To win enough support, Le Corneau said he would suspend the deeply unpopular pension reform that raised France's retirement age from 62 to 64.

But Parliament remains bitterly divided, meaning he's likely to struggle to push through a 2026 budget by a December deadline.

Rebecca Rossman, NPR News, Paris.