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How to watch Wales v France U20s on and what time is kick-off?

Mark Jones' Wales U20s side are bidding to make it through to the knockout stages of the World Rugby U20 Championship in South Africa

Wales Online

How Mark Cavendish became a Tour de France legend – according to his fierce rivals and loyal teammates

Explosive on the bike and off it, the Manx missile is on the cusp of winning the most Tour de France stages in history. Lawrence Ostlere speaks to allies and opponents about the fast and furious sprinter

The Independent UK

France’s Macron weakened by crisis over teen killed by police

Even in normal times Emmanuel Macron needed allies’ help governing France

The Independent UK

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Tuesday briefing: How the killing of a teenager sparked fierce unrest on the streets of France

In today’s newsletter: The death of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk triggered five nights of riots in Paris and beyond – but they had been brewing for years

The Guardian - UK

France repatriates 35 women and children from Syrian jihadist camps

Ten women and 25 children held prisoner in camps in north eastern Syria have been brought back to France in the fourth such repatriation of the families of jihadists.

Radio France Internationale

The city you can fly to for £20 from Manchester airport with an 'unbelievable' beach

It's one of France's hidden gems

Manchester Evening News

Crowds gather outside French town halls to denounce violence following police shooting

Crowds gathered at town halls across France on Monday in support of a mayor whose home was attacked during violence that has broken out across the country after the fatal police shooting last week of a young motorist.

Radio France Internationale

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France riots – live: Children as young as 12 detained for attacking police amid Paris protests

Average age of 3,354 people arrested over past week is 17, says interior minister

The Independent UK

Leaders 'concerned' over moving Boots products manufacturing out of Nottingham

Plans would see Boots manufacturing taking place in Wales and France

Nottingham Post

Thai tourists head to France despite riots

Outbound tourism operators say there have been no cancellations among tour groups scheduled to travel to France, despite riots taking place in major cities, as these tourists have already paid for their holidays.

Bangkok Post

Tour de France 2023 stage 4 preview: Route map and profile of 182km from Dax to Nogaro

The sprinters will get another shot at glory when the peloton reaches the Circuit Paul Armagnac in Nogaro

The Independent UK

The beat of Soweto

Simon "Mahlathini" Nkabinde, known as the "Lion Of Soweto", was not allowed to leave South Africa until the mid-1980s, when he was invited to perform at a pioneering festival of music in Angouleme, France, along with the three Mahotella Queens, the musical engine the Makgone Tsohle Band, and producer and…

Bangkok Post

'No hard feelings' in Jumbo-Visma camp after Tour de France disappointments

'We know what the riders say around the table and on the bus and that's most important for us'

Cycling News

How to pick up the pieces? France reckons with week of riots

How can France pick up the pieces? From the anger over a police shooting and its attempted cover-up, to the riots and destruction that have left a local mayor's wife in hospital, has the violence now drowned out the legitimate outrage over what sparked it? There is no justification for…

France 24

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Wales Online

The new careers of Wales' 2011 Rugby World Cup team

The team from that heartbreaking night in Auckland have gone on to enjoy varied careers

The Guardian - UK

Leon Gautier, last surviving French D-day commando, dies at 100

Gautier was one of 177 green berets in the Kieffer unit which stormed the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944

The Independent UK

Mayors across France hold anti-violence rallies as riots begin to ease in wake of shooting of teen

Comes as political row erupts over fundraising for family of officer who killed 17-year-old Nahel – with donations topping €1 million. That is far more than a similar effort for the family of the victim

Zenger

France Engulfed In Chaos As Social Revolt Sparks Nationwide Unrest

Riots, looting, and arrests grip the country as deep-rooted tensions and a bleak future fuel anger among the youth.

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The Independent UK

Violent protests in Marseille ‘like a mini civil war’, says British national

Benjamin Klene, 33, described the riots and police presence in the port city as ‘disturbing’ and ‘very tense’.

The Independent UK

Jasper ‘disaster’ Philipsen rebuts Netflix nickname with controversial stage three win at Tour de France

Philipsen was awarded victory on stage three only after race commissaires checked his clash with fellow Belgian Wout van Aert on the final bend

Cycling News

Wout van Aert: ‘Hard to say’ whether Philipsen's Tour de France sprint was fair

Bumps with Philipsen and spectator see Wout van Aert miss out in Tour de France sprint but leaves stage with smile

The Guardian - UK

Jasper Philipsen lays down Tour de France marker in stage three sprint win

Jasper Philipsen sent a message to his sprint rivals in Bayonne on a day where thumbtacks in the road again caused punctures

The Guardian - UK

How did I spend the weekend? In France, remembering when England burned

We have dismissed the riots as trivial, just like we did in England in 2011. It’s finally time to ask: why do the protesters feel so powerless?

The Conversation

French riots follow decades-old pattern of rage, with no resolution in sight

Although they never fail to take us aback, French riots have followed the same distinct pattern ever since protests broke out in the Eastern suburbs of Lyon in 1981, an episode known as the “summer of Minguettes”: a young person is killed or seriously injured by the police, triggering an…

Cycling News

Tour de France: Jasper Philipsen wins stage 3 after impressive lead-out from Mathieu van der Poel

Phil Bauhaus second, Caleb Ewan third in tumultuous bunch sprint into Bayonne

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