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Paris Saint-Germain's quest for a fifth trophy of the year continues on Sunday night when they face Inter Miami in the last-16 of the Club World Cup at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Lionel Messi, who once starred for both PSG and Barcelona, now plays for the American side.

France is rolling out sweeping new restrictions on smoking in public spaces in a bid to tackle one of the country’s most stubborn health challenges.

Gambian fishermen are watching their future disappear. Their catches are shrinking, their costs are climbing and their boats are increasingly idle. Much of the fish they once relied on is now hauled away by foreign trawlers – not to feed people, but to fatten farmed salmon, seabream and seabass in…

Turkey has spent weeks walking a diplomatic tightrope, caught between its outrage over Israel’s actions and its reluctance to cross the United States. A ceasefire deal brokered by President Donald Trump has given Ankara some breathing room – at least for now.

Iran holds state funerals for dozens killed in its brief war with Israel, as regional tensions simmer and international voices call for renewed diplomacy.

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Macron/Starmer talks in Britain. There’s “The Listener’s Corner” and comic music from Rossini, as well as the new quiz and bonus questions, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!

One in three homes in France is so poorly insulated it turns into a “boiler” during heatwaves, says the NGO La Fondation pour le Logement. The group found that 3,700 people died in France last summer because of extreme heat.

Despite positioning itself as the guardian of the landmark climate agreement signed in Paris in 2015, France is sending mixed signals when it comes to fulfilling the EU’s ambitious targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The 27 members are expected to agree on figures at a meeting next week.

France has some of the strongest LGBT protections in Europe, but far right groups are increasingly seeking to politicise the movement. A small anti-immigration “homo-nationalist” group has received backing to join Paris's annual pride march on Saturday.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda plan to sign a landmark truce agreement in Washington on Friday, marking a potential turning point after decades of conflict in eastern Congo. The US-brokered deal aims to halt hostilities and pave the way for deeper economic cooperation between the two neighbours.

Soldiers in Togo used tear gas and batons on Thursday to disperse hundreds of protesters who blocked main roads in the capital. The protests have been going on since Wednesday, to denounce a power grab by longtime leader Faure Gnassingbé and demand his resignation.