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Conference League: Monaco take first-leg lead in Poland
Monaco won 3-2 away at Gornik Zabrze in the first leg of their Conference League play-off. Mika Biereth opened the scoring before Lamine Cam
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2026-08-21 06:49 SPORTS
The sports recap of the day with France 24 journalists and a summary of world sports news, both on and off the field.
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Weather tracker: Extreme rainfall deluges Japan and South Korea
Unprecedented downpours cause deaths, evacuations and transport chaos. Plus, Hurricane Lala batters HawaiiSouth Korea and Japan were hit by
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Strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Peru, damaging homes and schools
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck southern Peru on Thursday, injuring three people and damaging at least 22 homes, six schools and 12 medica
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BYD’s tiny car has a big mission in Japan
The Shenzhen-based firm is the first foreign player to make a dedicated effort to tackle the boxy kei jidosha, or light car, a quintessentia
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Group of 15 Cuban migrants rescued by Mexico's navy after days adrift at sea
Cubans seeking to leave the communist-run island have risked their lives in flimsy boats for decades in a bid to cross the treacherous Flori
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Footage shows French police clashing with people on beach as they try to leave in small boat
Film emerges as France says it has prevented 185 ‘small boat crossing events’ in three months since new £660m deal with UKFootage has captur
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NHS England is getting a breakthrough HIV drug – but the rest of the world needs it too
Game-changing HIV drug Lenacapavir will soon be saving lives across the country, writes Molly Thompson, yet marginalised communities in the
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Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian home while family asleep
Israeli settlers set fire to a Palestinian home while a mother and her children were sleeping inside.
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Europe, Canada condemn Israeli plans for new West Bank settlement
The 'unacceptable' E1 plan carries 'legal and reputational consequences' for those participating, European nations warn.
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Russian strikes leave Ukraine farmers with piles of unsold grain
The escalation in hostilities between Kyiv and Moscow in the Black Sea helped push wheat to a two-year high last month.
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Australian hiker's body recovered - as officials apologise for wrongly reporting she was alive
The body of an 18-year-old hiker has been recovered from the Australian bush, a day after authorities incorrectly announced she had been fou
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The Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists convicted in national security trial
A Hong Kong court found two pro-democracy activists who organized annual vigils to mark China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown guilty of "incite
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Australian Hussey open to Ashes Test role as England make approach
Ex-Australia batter Hussey said he was informally approached by Stephen Flemming, England's new red-ball coach.
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Charter plane crashes on approach to secretive Alaska military outpost, killing eight
The crash happened at Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, approximately 450 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska
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Hungary spent years draining its waters. Drought is exposing the cost
The shrinking of Lake Velence reflects a wider water emergency facing Hungary
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Alaska charter flight crash kills 8
A small Cessna 441 plane operated by a private charter company crashed near a US military-managed radar site in Alaska. All on board have r
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Spain moves hundreds of migrants from Ceuta beach to temporary shelters
Spain began relocating migrants from a makeshift camp on Ceuta’s El Trampolín beach on Thursday, 20 August, nearly three weeks after a mass
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Australian police charge man accused of attempting to share Ukrainian military intel with Russian agents
Vladmir Teslov, 27, charged after allegedly seeking to provide information about Ukrainian forces to ‘Russian intelligence services’Australi
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DPP challenger faces uphill battle against incumbent Tamaki in leadership race
Lower House lawmaker Mikihiko Hashimoto, 30, will likely struggle to unseat the veteran Tamaki, who is seeking a third term.
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Five missing after fire in Swiss Alpine town
Eight others were injured, local police say, with the cause of the fire still being investigated.
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Kyiv residents search through the wreckage after Russia’s deadly barrage
Residents of Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district spent Thursday assessing the damage after a Russian overnight barrage of ballistic and cruise miss
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We’ll never be royals: the California town where Prince Harry and Meghan lived says goodbye
As the couple plans their return to the UK, Montecito’s whirlwind stint on the global stage may be coming to an endThe bucolic coastal Calif
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‘Very unusual’: UK Palestine activists could be sentenced as terrorists
Court to rule on whether five activists accused of vandalising a Barclays bank will face terrorism sentencing.
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