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The Wales World Cup captaincy contenders assessed as none of the leading candidates guaranteed of starting spots

Gatland has named a bumper training squad but waits on revealing who'll lead Wales into battle at the World Cup

Wales Online

Italian foreign minister calls off Paris visit over ‘insults’ from France

Move comes after French interior minister accuses Italy’s PM of lying to voters over migration

The Guardian - UK

PSG to shift focus following likely exit of Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi’s impending exit from Paris Saint-Germain could mark the beginning of the end of the French soccer club’s era of excess

The Independent UK

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Czechs look to dump Russian nuclear fuel

Pressure is rising to include the Russian nuclear sector in the European Commission’s 11th sanction package plans.

Al Jazeera

Europe won't have reusable rockets for another decade: report

The CEO of France-based launch company Arianespace says Europe will have to wait until the 2030s for a reusable rocket.

Space

Fire and concrete: will France’s model of radical climate protest catch on?

As campaigning hots up around the world once again, eyes have been turning to the country that is taking things further

The Guardian - UK

Italian foreign minister calls off Paris trip after French 'insults'

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani called off a trip to Paris on Thursday, saying the French interior minister had offended Italy and its Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni with unacceptable "insults".

Reuters

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Covid vaccine travel rules ahead of summer holiday - including Spain, USA, Turkey, France, and others

The summer period will see a huge influx of people jetting off for a holiday

Manchester Evening News

Kirsten Neuschäfer makes history in toughest global solo yacht race

The world’s toughest round-the-world solo yacht race has been won by a woman for the first time. Kirsten Neuschäfer, a 40-year-old skipper from South Africa, took 233 days to complete the Golden Globe Race. Participants (who were all male apart from Neuschäfer) set off from the west coast of France…

The Week

France's Constitutional Council rejects plan for referendum on pension reform

Anti-pension reform campaigners were on Thursday considering their next step after France's Constitutional Council rejected a second attempt to organise a referendum on the legal retirement age.

Radio France Internationale

Covid vaccine travel rules for Spain, USA, Turkey, France and others

As we head towards summer, many people will be taking trips abroad

Liverpool Echo

Independent report slams indiscriminate arrests at French pension protests

French police have made widespread use of “preventive” arrests to quell protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s deeply unpopular pension reform, France’s chief inspector for prisons wrote in a report published on Wednesday, adding her voice to the chorus of condemnation of police tactics.

France 24

Iranian journalists remain imprisoned for reporting on Mahsa Amini's death

Iran is one of the most repressive countries in terms of press freedom, according to an annual report released Wednesday by Reporters Without Borders, which ranked it 177th of 180 nations. Since the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in Tehran, 72 journalists have been arrested and…

France 24

France's Constitutional Council rejects bid for pension referendum

French President Emmanuel Macron's deeply unpopular pension law passed another hurdle on Wednesday when the Constitutional Council rejected a second bid by political opponents to hold a referendum on capping the retirement age at 62.

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The Conversation

French police forces are among Europe's most brutal: is de-escalation possible?

From the first protests against pension reform in January 2023 up till May 1, 2023, the relationship between the French forces of law and order and protesters has been characterised by frequent reports of strong-arm responses and confrontations. This was also seen during the 2010s, particularly during the “gilets jaunes”…

Wales Online

Tonight's rugby news as young Wales international switches regions and World Rugby in mourning

The latest rugby news stories from Wales and beyond today

Reuters

France, Japan sign nuclear partnership deal

France and Japan have signed a nuclear cooperation agreement in Paris, the French ministry said on Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

Ronaldo becomes world’s best-paid athlete after Saudi move

PSG forward Lionel Messi was next on the Forbes list, while club teammate and France captain Kylian Mbappe was third.

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The Independent UK

French constitutional body rules on pension referendum call

France’s top constitutional body is to rule on a last-ditch effort by opposition lawmakers to thwart President Emmanuel Macron’s move to raise the retirement age to 64, through a possible referendum or new bill restoring the pension age to 62

Wales Online

Wales star Warren Gatland has just snubbed wins award after outstanding season for his region

He won't be at the World Cup in France, but he at least has something to show from the campaign

Reuters

'Focused on the job': France's Le Maire defends writing of steamy novel

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said he was fully focused on creating growth and fighting inflation after coming under fire for penning a steamy novel that was published hours before France's credit rating was downgraded by an agency.

Wales Online

Dan Biggar appears on live TV show in France and nails it in perfect French

The Wales fly-half's efforts to learn the language have once again impressed many

France 24

France's top constitutional body rejects bid to hold referendum on pension reform

France’s top constitutional body rejected on Wednesday a last-ditch effort by opposition lawmakers to undo President Emmanuel Macron's law to raise the retirement age to 64, deeming that a proposed bill doesn't meet the needed criteria.

France 24

Beninese artisans trained to preserve cultural heritage ahead of artefact restitution

The 26 royal treasure artefacts which France pledged to return to Benin in 2021 are expected to make their homecoming to Abomey, the former seat of the Danxomè kingdom, in about five years. To ensure the treasures are displayed in the best possible conditions, Benin's National Agency for the Development…

The Independent UK

Could France protest fury spill into next year's Olympics?

Preparations in France for the 2024 Olympic Games had been going largely smoothly

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