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South Africa and Ghana advance to semis at women's Africa Cup of Nations

Defending champions South Africa and Ghana advanced to Tuesday's semi-finals at the women's Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco following penalty shoot-out victories over Senegal and Algeria respectively.

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'Rewriting history': Claim filed to ICC over Russian looting of Ukrainian heritage

A French organisation has lodged a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the plundering of Ukrainian museums by Russia, which it claims is 'the biggest looting of cultural heritage in Europe during an international armed conflict since the Second World War'.

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Elite anti-riot squad to remain in Limoges after armed gangs clash with police

An elite "snatch squad" of police is scheduled to stay in Limoges, south-western France, on Sunday after hundreds of masked rioters wielding iron bars and baseball bats rampaged along a road attacking cars and clashing with security forces.

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'The urban space has a subconscious': a tour of Marseille’s colonial history

In the port city of Marseille in the south of France, a local artist is leading tours that shed light on the city's colonial past – a history little known today.

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Germany beat France on penalties to set up Spain semi-final at women's Euros

Germany moved into the semi-finals at the 2025 women's European championships on Saturday night following a penalty shoot-out victory over France.

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Why do French people want to have fewer children, or none at all?

In the last 20 years, the desire to have children has fallen sharply in France, according to a study published by the French Institute for Demographic Studies last week – and the country's birth rate is at its lowest since the end of the Second World War.

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One teacher’s French love story: 'It changed my life, it gave me my career'

More than a thousand French teachers from around the world gathered this week in Besançon, eastern France, for the 16th World Congress of the International Federation of French Teachers. RFI spoke to a young professor from the University of Madras in India, Srunika Kannan, who is among them.

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From Washington to Warsaw: how MAGA influence is reshaping Europe’s far right

From closed-door conferences in Paris to policy summits in Madrid and Warsaw, US-style nationalism, championed by Donald Trump’s allies, is gaining ground in Europe – raising urgent questions about the future of democracy on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Barrot hails release of Franco-American tourist in prisoner swap in Venezuela

France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Saturday hailed his American counterparts for their role in securing the release of the Franco-American tourist Lucas Hunter who had been held in Venezuela since January.

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RFI and France 24 banned in Togo

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about Togo’s media ban. There’s listener news, a surprise guest to tell you all about the ePOP video competition, “The Listener’s Corner”, and Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan”. All that and the new quiz and bonus questions…

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France boss Bonadei plays down talk of revenge as Germany loom at women's Euros

France women's football team head coach Laurent Bonadei played down notions his side was seeking revenge against Germany on Saturday night in the quarter-finals of the 2025 European championships in Basel.

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European diplomats urge Iran's foreign minister to push for a nuclear deal

French diplomats have added their weight to European efforts to convince Iranian authorities of the need to make progress on talks to moderate the country's nuclear programme.

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French customs seize alligator skin, rare bird feathers and animal skulls

French customs agents have seized alligator skins, exotic bird feathers and marine animal skulls in three separate cases in recent months, highlighting what they say is a growing issue of protected species trafficking.

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Europol dismantles pro-Russian hacking group behind Ukraine attacks

European Union law enforcement agencies Europol and Eurojust announced on Wednesday that they had coordinated an international operation to dismantle a pro-Russian hacking group, accused of launching thousands of online attacks against Ukraine and its allies.

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A beach in Biarritz closed to swimming due to a toxic algae

A beach in Biarritz, in southwestern France, was closed to swimming on Thursday due to a high concentration of a toxic micro-algae, which had caused a wave of panic and the closure of several Basque coast beaches in 2021.

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Nigeria and Morocco book semi final berths at women's Africa Cup of Nations

Nigeria and hosts Morocco moved into the semi-finals at the women's Africa Cup of Nations following victories on Friday night over Zambia and Mali respectively.

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EU hits Russia with sweeping new sanctions over Ukraine war

The European Union approved a new series of sanctions against Russia on Friday in response to its ongoing war in Ukraine. The measures include a lower oil price cap, a ban on transactions involving the Nord Stream gas pipelines, and fresh restrictions targeting Russia’s “shadow fleet” of tankers, according to…

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Cleaner cooking could save 4.7 million lives in Africa by 2040, IEA says

Getting homes in Africa to stop burning wood, charcoal or dung to feed fires for cooking and use liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), bioethanol and biogas could prevent 4.7 million premature deaths between now and 2040, according to a report published on Friday by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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Family of French-German cyclist detained in Iran says he is 'innocent'

The family of a 19-year-old Franco-German cyclist arrested in Iran while on a Europe-to-Asia bike trip has said he is "innocent" and demanded proof he was alive from Iranian authorities.

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Residents evacuated as firefighters battle wildfires in southern France

Around 150 people were ordered to leave their homes as more than 1,000 firefighters battled overnight to contain a wildfire that broke out in Martigues, southern France, and spread across 240 hectares of pine forest.

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Liberty covers her eyes as French mural sparks global reaction

In the French city of Roubaix, a mural by Dutch artist Judith de Leeuw has provoked reactions as far afield as the United States and across social media. The artwork depicts the Statue of Liberty covering her eyes, conveying the artist’s sentiments regarding US President Donald Trump’s immigration and deportation…

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Macron hits out at Israeli bombing of Catholic church in Gaza

France's President Emmanuel Macron joined other international leaders to hit out at an Israeli military strike on a Catholic church in Gaza which left at least three people dead and injured 10 people.

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Pogacar reclaims Tour de France leader's jersey after Pyrenees power play

Three-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar will start stage 13 of the 2025 race on Friday in the overall lead after claiming the first day of racing in the Pyrenees.

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UK and Germany sign new treaty on defence, trade and people smuggling

In a landmark moment for European security, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz have signed a comprehensive friendship and cooperation treaty in London.

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England see off Sweden in penalty shoot-out to reach semis at women's Euros

Defending champions England advanced to a semi-final clash with Italy next Tuesday at the 2025 women's European Championships after a penalty shoot-out victory over Sweden.

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