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Mexico and South Africa kick off first 48-team football World Cup

Mexico and South Africa will launch the first 48-team football World Cup on Thursday with a game at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.

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French pop star Patrick Bruel charged with rape and sexual assault

French singer and actor Patrick Bruel has been charged with rape, attempted rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment, prosecutors said on Wednesday, in a case that now involves accusations by more than 20 women.

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Fifa grants World Cup accreditation to jailed French journalist Christophe Gleizes

In a move hailed by press freedom campaigners as an important gesture of solidarity, Fifa has issued World Cup accreditation to French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes, who has been detained in Algeria for more than a year.

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Children in danger 'not heard' in France, rights lawyer warns after Lyhanna death

The abduction and killing of 11-year-old French schoolgirl Lyhanna has catapaulted child protection to the top of France's political agenda – with President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday calling for full accountability and the government pledging full transparency. As investigators examine possible failures by the justice system, child rights lawyer Dominique…

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2026 World Cup venues: Los Angeles

Sixteen stadiums in Mexico, Canada and the United States will stage the games during the first 48-team World Cup. RFI looks at the venues to be used between 11 June and 19 July.

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Africa's finest: Ghana to seek World Cup redemption under new coach Queiroz

Ghana enter the first 48-team World Cup ranked 14th among African sides in the Fifa standings. In the final instalment of a nine-part series on African squads at the 2026 tournament, hosted across the United States, Mexico and Canada, RFI looks at a nation making its fifth World Cup appearance.

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Amnesty accuses Israel of ‘ethnic cleansing’ of West Bank Bedouin communities

Amnesty International has accused Israel of carrying out what it described as a state-led campaign of “ethnic cleansing” against Bedouin and herding communities in the occupied West Bank, saying the measures were intended to accelerate the annexation of Palestinian territory.

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Kenyan protester killed at demonstration against US Ebola facility

Kenyan police shot dead a protester on Tuesday as hundreds demonstrated against a government-backed quarantine centre for Americans exposed to Ebola, with anger mounting over Nairobi's determination to press ahead with the facility.

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European heatwave drives world's second-hottest May on record

The world experienced its second-hottest May on record in 2026 as an unusually early and intense heatwave swept across Europe, setting new temperature records across the continent, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Wednesday.

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Europe faces growing threat from synthetic opioids and new drugs, report warns

Highly potent synthetic opioids are spreading through Europe's fast-changing drug market, linked to hundreds of deaths as traffickers shift to smaller ports and new smuggling methods, the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) has warned.

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Belfast unrest erupts after stabbing linked to Sudanese refugee

Belfast anti-immigration protesters set vehicles and buildings on fire on Tuesday night, a day after a knife attack allegedly carried out by a Sudanese refugee seriously injured a man and was captured in a graphic video that spread widely online.

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Pope Leo to celebrate mass at Barcelona's unfinished Sagrada Familia

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate mass at Barcelona's Sagrada Família on Wednesday and bless its final tower, marking the completion of Antoni Gaudí's masterpiece and making it the tallest church in the world. The pontiff arrived in Spain at the weekend for a week-long visit focused on immigration and politics.

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Kallas visit puts Ireland’s alumina exports to Russia under EU spotlight

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas is in Dublin for talks with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, placing Ireland at the centre of a sharpening European dispute over whether alumina exported from an Irish refinery to Russia is helping to sustain Moscow’s war machine in Ukraine.

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Oxfam warns Europe’s corporate giants are fuelling inequality

Europe’s biggest companies are paying more than two-thirds of their profits to shareholders on average, diverting money that could otherwise support investment, climate action and workers’ wages, according to Oxfam.

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French PM announces measures to combat child abuse amid Lyhanna protests

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Tuesday presented initial measures to better protect children, following a meeting with key ministers, in a bid to quell public anger sweeping the country over the death of 11-year-old Lyhanna.

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Africa's sound, African film at Cannes and the World Cup kick-off

This week, Spotlight on Africa explores cinema and music scoring for African documentary projects with storytellers from Mozambique and Kenya. We will also bring you news from the Cannes Film Festival, along with the African teams selected to take part in the football World Cup.

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Africa's sound, Cannes' snub and the World Cup kicks off

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Mother sues French state over daughter's rape case as public anger grows

The mother of a girl who had lodged a rape complaint against the chief suspect in the Lyhanna murder case is to sue the French state and the justice minister, her lawyer said on Tuesday. Thousands took to the streets nationwide on Monday evening to protest at failings to protect…

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Somali football referee denied US entry will miss World Cup debut

The United States has denied entry to football referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who had been expected to be the first Somali to officiate a World Cup match.

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Platini sues Infantino in French courts as Fifa feud heats up

Former Uefa president Michel Platini said on Monday he is suing Fifa president Gianni Infantino, in the latest chapter of a battle that began when scandal derailed Platini's 2015 bid for the Fifa presidency. After unsuccessful attempts in Switzerland, Platini is now turning to the French justice system to make…

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French star Wembanyama leads Spurs fightback against Knicks

French basketball star Victor Wembanyama scored 32 points as the San Antonio Spurs beat the New York Knicks 115-111 to relaunch their bid for the 2026 NBA crown.

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Deschamps tips hat-trick man Olise to make big impact at World Cup

France coach Didier Deschamps challenged forward Michael Olise to make his mark at the World Cup after he hit a hat-trick in a 3-1 World Cup warm-up win over Northern Ireland in Lille on Monday night.

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France moves closer to ocean goals with three new marine protection zones

The French government has announced three new marine protected areas, bringing it a step closer to goals established at the 2025 United Nations Ocean Summit. These "strong protection" zones are situated in mainland France, in the French West Indies and the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

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Merz and Macron agree to scrap FCAS joint fighter jet programme

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed to abandon a joint fighter jet programme due to long-running disagreements between the companies involved, the German government said on Monday.

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World Cup venues: Guadalajara Stadium, Mexico

Sixteen stadiums in Mexico, Canada and the United States will stage the games during the first 48-team World Cup. RFI looks at the venues to be used between 11 June and 19 July.

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