Author: France 24

French champions PSG got their post-Kylian Mbappé era off to a winning start with a 4-1 defeat of Le Havre on Friday, capitalising on a late collapse by the hosts who had two goals disallowed.

An Israeli airstrike Saturday killed at least 18 people, all from the same family, in the Gaza Strip. The attack came days after the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza announced the death toll surpassed 40,000 in the 10-month-old Israel-Hamas war, and just hours after officials from the United States, Egypt and Qatar wrapped up two days of cease-fire talks with a message of hope that a deal could be reached.

The European Union health agency on Friday (August 16) urged its member states to get ready for more cases of a deadly strain of mpox, a day after Sweden announced the first case outside Africa.

France’s Ligue 1 kicks off a new season on Friday stripped of star player Kylian Mbappé and crippled by a broadcast deal that secured a far lower price than initially hoped, leaving it further behind Europe’s other leading domestic leagues. 

Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, killing at least one person on Thursday (August 14), authorities said. Since Oct. 7, violence has flared in the occupied territory. Palestinian health officials say 633 Palestinians, including 147 children and teenagers, have been killed by Israeli fire and over 5,400 injured. FRANCE 24’s Rob Parsons gives us more analysis.

The World Health Organization on Thursday said a first case of mpox linked to an outbreak in Africa has been identified outside the continent after an infection was confirmed in Sweden. The news comes a day after the WHO declared mpox, also known as monkeypox, a global public health emergency.

Kylian Mbappé could make his debut for Real Madrid when they face Atalanta in the Super Cup on Wednesday. But coach Carlo Ancelotti remained tight-lipped on whether the French forward would start the game.

Gaza ceasefire talks resumed in Doha on Thursday (August 15) as pressure mounted for a deal to halt the spread of a war that the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry said has killed 40,000.

The Africa CDC or centres for Disease Control has declared its first ever public health emergency over the most recent mpox outbreak that began in DR Congo last September but has since spread to other countries. Over 38,000 cases and more than 1,400 deaths have been attributed to the virus on the continent since the start of 2022. 

Real Madrid’s superstar signing Kylian Mbappé wasted no time getting on the scoresheet for his new club, netting the Champions League-winning side’s second goal in a 2-0 victory that brought Los Blancos its sixth UEFA Super Cup trophy, and Carlos Ancelotti’s club record-tying 14th title as manager.