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England-DR Congo: Kane fires Three Lions ahead after Cipenga's shock opener

France 24 • 3 months ago

Thomas Tuchel’s England survived a major scare in Atlanta, coming from behind to beat underdogs DR Congo 2-1 thanks to a late Harry Kane brace, booking their place in the World Cup Round of 16. Relive our live minute-by-minute commentary to see how it unfolded.

England-DR Congo: Kane fires England ahead after Cipenga's shock opener

France 24 • 3 months ago

Thomas Tuchel’s England survived a major scare in Atlanta, coming from behind to beat underdogs DR Congo 2-1 thanks to a late Harry Kane brace, booking their place in the World Cup Round of 16. Relive our live minute-by-minute commentary to see how it unfolded.

England-DR Congo live: Kane fires England ahead after Cipenga's shock opener

France 24 • 3 months ago

Thomas Tuchel’s England take on underdogs DR Congo in Atlanta on Wednesday, wary of another World Cup upset after premature exits for European heavyweights Germany and the Netherlands. The Congolese play in their first World Cup knockout match after qualifying from the group stage as the top-ranking third-placed team. Follow our live, minute-by-minute commentary.

England-DR Congo live: Kane restores parity after Cipenga's shock opener

France 24 • 3 months ago

Thomas Tuchel’s England take on underdogs DR Congo in Atlanta on Wednesday, wary of another World Cup upset after premature exits for European heavyweights Germany and the Netherlands. The Congolese play in their first World Cup knockout match after qualifying from the group stage as the top-ranking third-placed team. Follow our live, minute-by-minute commentary.

England-DR Congo live: Cipenga stuns Three Lions with shock opener

France 24 • 3 months ago

Thomas Tuchel’s England take on underdogs DR Congo in Atlanta on Wednesday, wary of another World Cup upset after premature exits for European heavyweights Germany and the Netherlands. The Congolese play in their first World Cup knockout match after qualifying from the group stage as the top-ranking third-placed team. Follow our live, minute-by-minute commentary.

England-DR Congo live: Three Lions face World Cup underdogs for place in last 16

France 24 • 3 months ago

Thomas Tuchel’s England take on underdogs DR Congo in Atlanta on Wednesday, wary of another World Cup upset after premature exits for European heavyweights Germany and the Netherlands. The Congolese play in their first World Cup knockout match after qualifying from the group stage as the top-ranking third-placed team. Follow our live, minute-by-minute commentary.

England vs DR Congo live: Three Lions face World Cup underdogs for place in last 16

France 24 • 3 months ago

Thomas Tuchel’s England take on underdogs DR Congo in Atlanta on Wednesday, wary of another World Cup upset after premature exits for European heavyweights Germany and the Netherlands. The Congolese play in their first World Cup knockout match after qualifying from the group stage as the top-ranking third-placed team. Follow our live, minute-by-minute commentary.

A look back at two decades of xenophobic flare-ups in South Africa

France 24 • 3 months ago

The anti-migrant protesters in South Africa blame foreigners for the nation's unemployment and high crime. It's a familiar story for South Africans -- this is the biggest such demonstrations since 2008, when a wave of anti-migrant violence spread across the country. Nearly two decades earlier, in May 2008, a wave of xenophobic riots started in Johannesburg before spreading across the country.

French government to face no-confidence vote over handling of deadly heatwave

France 24 • 3 months ago

France's Green Party has said it will launch a no-confidence motion against Sébastien Lecornu's government over its handling of a late-June heatwave that caused at least 1,000 excess deaths according to the public health agency.

Who is Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolaiev, the suspected target of the Monaco bombing?

France 24 • 3 months ago

The explosion that wounded three people in Monaco Monday night is being treated as an “attempted murder”. So who was the target? While Monegasque authorities remain tight-lipped about the victims’ identities, media reports point to Vadym Yermolaiev, a Ukrainian-born oligarch sanctioned by Kyiv for his business dealings in Russian-annexed Crimea. 

Spain records more than 1,000 excess deaths due to June heatwave

France 24 • 3 months ago

Spain has attributed 1,028 excess deaths to a blistering heatwave that hit Europe last week – a figure more than double the number of heat-related deaths recorded the previous year.

Fixing fast fashion: France will pay you to repair your clothes

France 24 • 3 months ago

Your ripped clothes deserve better than the bottom of your closet or – worse – the trash can. The French government is now paying people to get them repaired, in a bid to extend the life of clothing and avoid waste. Under the Repair Bonus scheme, consumers can get a discount worth up to €25 per item. Since its launch in 2023, more than 1 million repairs have been subsidised. Our Down to Earth team...

No, this video doesn’t show Muslims enslaving Christian Africans

France 24 • 3 months ago

A viral video showing handcuffed men walking in single file is being shared by Islamophobic accounts claiming it depicts Muslims enslaving Christian Africans. However, the video has been taken out of context.

FRANCE 24 meets families desperately searching for Venezuela earthquake missing

France 24 • 3 months ago

A week after devastating twin earthquakes struck Venezuela, many families are still searching for loved ones amid the rubble even as the hope of finding survivors dwindles. FRANCE 24 travelled to La Guaira, the region hardest-hit by the earthquakes, to meet some of those still desperately looking for the missing. “What I want is to see him,” said one man looking for his father “whether he's alive ...

The world's top cities to live in, according to Monocle magazine

France 24 • 3 months ago

Lifestyle magazine Monocle has just released its "Quality of Life survey". The ranking isn't based on hard data, but on how cities actually feel to live in. Securing the top spot is the Japanese capital Tokyo, followed by Copenhagen, Lisbon, Vienna and Sydney. Paris comes in at number eight. Monocle Editor Andrew Tuck tells us more about the ranking. 

Climate change 'hitting the world with a vengeance: Higher temperatures for longer periods of time'

France 24 • 3 months ago

Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the National Heat Risk Commission at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE. Europe's recurring heatwaves are no longer exceptional weather events but evidence of a structural climatic transformation. Boyd argues that the continent has entered an era in which extreme heat should be understood as a...

Trump accused of conflict of interest between his personal wealth and national security

France 24 • 3 months ago

Donald Trump has filed his mandatory annual financial disclosure. The report shows the US President made more than 1.4 billion dollars via cryptocurrency ventures last year. That figure represents the overwhelming majority of Trump's personal earnings - a massive sum that has been made possible in large part through the President's own pro-crypto policies. Raising widespread accusations that he is...

How has US President Donald Trump made over $1 billion in 2025?

France 24 • 3 months ago

US PResident Donald Trump made over $1 billion from cryptocurrencies in the first year of his term, leading to his fortune tripling between 2024 and 2026. Whereas most of that sum comes from his meme coin and his ties to the startup World Liberty Financial, part also comes from legal settlements. Trump is accused of conflict of interests, but the White House has dismissed these concerns. FRANCE 24...

World Cup 2026: France crush Sweden while Mexico continue perfect start

France 24 • 3 months ago

Didier Deschamps' side impressed once again as they raced past Sweden 3-0 and will face Paraguay next. Michael Olise provided two assists and is now just one short of equaling Pelé's record in a single World Cup. Meanwhile, Mexico recorded their fourth clean sheet and are the only side not to have let a single goal in after they beat Ecuador 2-0. Mexico now await the winner of England vs DR Congo ...

World Cup 2026: France Crush Sweden While Mexico Continue Perfect Start

France 24 • 3 months ago

Didier Deschamps' side impressed once again as they raced past Sweden 3-0 and will face Paraguay next. Michael Olise provide two assists and is now just one short of equaling Pelé's record in a single World Cup. Meanwhile Mexico recorded their fourth clean sheet and are the only side not to have let a single goal in after they beat Ecuador 2-0. Mexico await the winner of England vs RD Congo at the...

Myriad of French presidential candidates to face off in late April election

France 24 • 3 months ago

Emmanuel Macron has just a few months left in office: the dates for the French presidential election have been made official. The first round is set to take place on April 18th, while the second - and final - one is set for May 2nd. Those dates coincide with a heavy holiday season, something that some candidates have already started criticising - but the government has said those dates were chosen...

What is the El Nino phenomenon?

France 24 • 3 months ago

June was the hottest month on record for the world's oceans, and scientists are concerned that the months ahead could bring even more extreme and erratic weather. The onset of the weather phenomenon El Niño could boost global heat on both land and sea throughout 2026 and possibly into 2027. So what is El Niño and why is it important to understand in an increasingly warming world?

Despite agreement with Israel, situation in Lebanon remains unchanged

France 24 • 3 months ago

Despite a US-sponsored agreement paving the way for peace between Lebanon and Israel, the actual situation on the ground is unchanged. Israel continues to occupy southern Lebanon, and launched targeted strikes there over the weekend. Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu visited the occupied area and vowed his army will not withdraw as long as Hezbollah is still there.

When football gets political: The legacy of Brazil's 2014 World Cup

France 24 • 3 months ago

Brazil have advanced to the World Cup round of 16, despite many experts predicting that Japan would defeat the Seleção. The football-mad South American nation has lost some of its lustre since the team's dramatic 7-1 loss to Germany in 2014 on home soil – a World Cup that traumatised an entire nation, and not just because of the defeat. 

‘There will have to be a reckoning’: Venezuela’s natural disaster meets a collapsing infrastructure

France 24 • 3 months ago

Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Christopher Sabatini, Senior Research Fellow for Latin America, the US and the Americas program at Chatham House. Sabatini argues that Venezuela's earthquake is not simply a natural catastrophe but a political and institutional one. He contends that the scale of the disaster reflects decades of state erosion, corruption, economic mismanagement, and weakened rul...