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By&nbspTokunbo Salako&nbsp&&nbspJake Dutkiewicz Published on 03/02/2026 – 21:10 GMT+1 First they came to Britain, then Germany, then Ireland, then Spain. Now the National Football League, America’s biggest domestic sport is heading to France as its seeks to expand its fanbase in Europe. The New Orleans Saints will gear up to play the first regular-season game of 2026 in Paris, the first ever NFL game in France. The match is set to be played at the Stade de France, the country’s largest stadium with a capacity of 81,000 seats. In a statement the NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said: “Paris is one…

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Pairing a smooth-talking style with ruthless maneuvering behind the scenes, he began as the party’s communications director in 1985 and embarked on a mission with then-leader Neil Kinnock to drag his party back from the left. He became MP for Hartlepool in 1992, playing a key role in Blair’s 1994 election as party leader and Labour’s 1997 general election landslide. He was never far from scandal, resigning from the Cabinet first in 1998 over a loan he took from a colleague, then again in 2001 in a row over a passport application from an Indian billionaire. Yet his attraction to…

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French President Emmanuel Macron signalled on Tuesday that he was ready to restart dialogue with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Speaking during a visit to eastern France, Macron said contacts were ongoing at “the technical level”. He said the process was being carried out “in transparency and in consultation” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but did not give a timeline. Macron also condemned Russia’s recent attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, describing them as “intolerable”. On Tuesday, Russian forces carried out large-scale strikes on Ukraine’s power grid amid freezing temperatures across the country. The attacks do not demonstrate “a real willingness to…

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will convene her team of European Commissioners for a meeting officially centred on competitiveness, but which is also intended to ease internal tensions within the Commission, several officials told Euronews. According to the Commission’s official agenda, von der Leyen will chair a “college seminar” on competitiveness tomorrow in the Belgian city of Leuven. The meeting will feature International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. The seminar is part of the EU’s push to boost the European economy and accelerate the implementation of the competitiveness report drafted by former European Central Bank President…

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Parts of northern Morocco, especially the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, are grappling with severe flooding after sustained rainfall topping 600 mm since September 2025, reversing years of drought. Authorities say more than 50,000 people have been displaced across the north, nearly half of Ksar El Kebir’s population. Access to the city is limited to outbound traffic, power cuts have hit several neighbourhoods and schools remain closed. The situation worsened after controlled releases from the Oued Makhazine dam, which has reached full capacity. The army has deployed rescue teams, helicopters and medical units to support evacuations and reinforce flood barriers. Further evacuations…

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Published on 03/02/2026 – 18:21 GMT+1•Updated 18:26 Lawmakers at the European Parliament are struggling to find a compromise position on the design of the digital euro, putting the project’s legislative path in jeopardy, according to three sources familiar with the matter and documents seen by Euronews. In a meeting on Tuesday, the rapporteurs noted that there is a strong disagreement on the very essence of what the digital euro should look like, making it very challenging to move forward, according to an email exchange seen by Euronews. “We agreed to disagree,” a person familiar with the matter told Euronews, summarising…

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By&nbspEuronews Published on 03/02/2026 – 11:02 GMT+1•Updated 14:02 French prosecutors searched the offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into a range of alleged offences, including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. The prosecutor’s cybercrime unit conducted the searches with the support of Europol and the French police’s own cybercrime department, it said in a post on X. The investigation was opened in January last year by cybercrime unit. The probe is looking into alleged “complicity” in possession and spreading of pornographic images of minors, sexually explicit deepfakes, denial of…

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