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Steve Borthwick needs to wreck French title bid - his future may rely on it

Big questions will be asked at the end of a woeful Six Nations for England

Evening Standard · Mar 13

England must find a new way against France – or third crisis could be the end of Steve Borthwick

Defeats to Scotland, Ireland and Italy have put pressure on the England head coach ahead of a meeting with title-chasing France

The Independent UK · Mar 13

Weather tracker: Southern France under yellow alert after severe thunderstorms

US also experiences severe convective storms, while record-breaking heat recorded in parts of South Africa

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13

Do we want to keep fixing the same issue? Unlearned lessons from the first big oil crisis

As energy prices tripled in the 1970s due to Middle Eastern wars, Scandinavia, France and the Netherlands sped up green transition

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13

‘Wherefore art thou?’: France look to restore identity with outing to Romeo and Juliet

Fabien Galthié hopes an outing to the ballet can help Les Bleus put Scotland debacle behind them for Saturday’s Six Nations finale against England

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12

Chipotle is offering a familiar BOGO deal for Friday the 13th

The deal is being offered at locations in the U.S., U.K., Canada, France and Germany

The Independent UK · Mar 12

'If the Strait of Hormuz were to remain closed, we would face a major crisis'

The war in the Middle East is sending shockwaves through global energy markets as the tensions spillover into the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important oil transportation routes. Former French economy minister Eric Lombard tells RFI the situation could trigger a major global economic crisis if it…

Radio France Internationale · Mar 12

Why Friday the 13th was bad luck for the Knights Templar and their legacy

In Ridley Scott’s 2005 epic Kingdom of Heaven, The Knights Templar are portrayed as violent extremists. The film is about a crusader, Balian of Ibelin, who is fighting to defend the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem from the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria, Saladin.

The Conversation · Mar 12

Only 12 migrants a week returned to France under Starmer’s ‘one in, one out’ policy

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The Independent UK · Mar 12

Podcast: Middle East war, women in politics, Khomeini's last days in France

France's balancing act in the Middle East war. Convincing women to run in France's local elections. And the French village where Iran's first supreme leader spent his last months in exile.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 12