Paris Paralympics closing ceremony starts

The Paralympics closed on Sunday with a giant music-fuelled party as chief Paris 2024 organiser said the Games and the Olympics had created a "historic summer".

The Paralympic flame and cauldron were extinguished before a concert featuring the best of French electronic music capped off proceedings at a packed Stade de France.More than 4,400 athletes from 168 Paralympic delegations partied despite persistent rain.

The next Paralympics will take place in Los Angeles in 2028.In the official handover, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo passed the Paralympic flag to International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons, who gave it to Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass.