Thieves broke into the Louvre in Paris shortly after it opened on Sunday morning and stole nine priceless relics from France’s crown jewels, potentially worth hundreds of millions of euros. The exact valuation’s still being established, but officials have described the jewels as priceless national treasures. The thieves used a cherry-picker to reach a window on the Seine side of the building, smashed display cases in the Galerie d’Apollon, the ornate hall built for Louis XIV and home to the crown jewels. They escaped on motorbikes before police arrived. Among the stolen items was the crown of Empress Eugénie, set with 1,354 brilliant-cut diamonds and 56 emeralds. It was later found smashed in the street near the museum, dropped by the thieves in their flight. This was the sort of crude sma

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