Two goals either side of a Bradley Barcola strike sent France through, and moved Mbappe past two Brazilian greats into the record books.

The reigning Ballon d'Or winner scored three times before half-time in Boston as France sealed top spot, with Norway resting Erling Haaland.

A returning aid doctor tested positive in France. The public-health answer to the obvious question is reassuring; the picture inside Congo is not.

A heat-stressed transformer failure in Brittany cut power to tens of thousands of homes as France logged its hottest day on record and Europe's heatwave spread north.

Forty people have drowned trying to cool off, two small children died in a hot car, and France just recorded its warmest night on record. The heat is now a body count, not a forecast.

A solstice-week heat dome pushed France toward a national record and shut hundreds of schools, with Britain's peak still days away.

Spain braces for 44C, France curbs festival drinking and Britain faces its hottest June day on record as the heat builds toward a Monday peak.

The Ubisoft co-founder and Guillemot Corporation chief died alongside a flight instructor when their twin-engine plane went down near La Baule.

A heat dome has settled over Western Europe for the summer solstice, with France warning Monday could be its hottest day on record and 53 departments already under an orange alert.