Marcus Smith has been included at fullback while George Ford will captain the side from fly-half. While it won't be a complete Test debut if he comes on, keep an eye out for centre Benhard Janse van Rensburg, who can't win a full international cap with England until they face Fiji this summer, having been born in South Africa.

France started poorly and Senegal should have led, but Mbappe and Barcola secured an opening game win for the tournament favorites.

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PARIS, June 18 (Reuters) - French weather service Meteo-France said on Thursday it had extended its orange heatwave alert to cover 53 departments, or administrative districts, across France starting on Friday at noon.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands before attending the Bharat Innovates event in Nice, France, June 14, 2026. Credit: X/ Bharat Innovates 2026 Nice, a Mediterranean city in southeastern France, was chosen ...

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France’s population is on course for rapid decline and aging that will further weigh on an economy already struggling with slowing growth and a rising debt mountain.

More than half of France's population were dealing with scorching temperatures on Friday, according to AFP's calculations, with hundreds of schools adapting their timetables to keep students out of boiling classrooms.