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"All these things the insurers say sound reasonable, but are tantamount to saying disabled people are an unusual case, and that their lives are inherently riskier."

Some American lawmakers say the killings are tantamount to extrajudicial executions.

"To some people, this is tantamount to, 'we own this bit of the moon, we're going to operate here and and you can't come in'," he explains.

The UN had previously warned that the forcible transfer of an occupied territory's civilian population is "tantamount to ethnic cleansing".

However the Socialist Party says it wants a total break from Macron's pro-business policies as well as a repeal of the pension reform - which would be tantamount to undoing the president's legacy.