AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoProtests: France faces a fifth consecutive weekend of demonstrations over living costs, public services and a proposed police bill. The movement has widened as allegations of police violence and a forceful crackdown fuel public anger ahead of next year’s presidential election. Rugby: Les Bleus beat world champions South Africa 21-19 in Paris, holding off a late comeback for their first win over the Springboks at the Stade de France in 21 years. Winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey called the result a potential cornerstone of France’s World Cup preparations. Football: Zinedine Zidane suffered his first defeat as France coach, with Italy fighting back to win 3-1. France now face Turkey, with a draw enough to secure a Nations League quarter-final place. Crime: A shooting near Paris killed one person and wounded five. The town’s mayor called it a racist, probably Islamophobic attack; authorities are investigating it as a possible terrorist crime. Shipwreck case: Two Americans and three French nationals will face trial in Brest in May 2027 over the alleged resale of gold taken from a French shipwreck that sank off Brittany in 1746.
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