They said they expected the round three Challenge Cup game against Montpellier to be difficult. “We’ve done our analysis. Montpellier are quite physical with big forwards,” Van der Merwe said.

Police in France have arrested three Algerian men described by authorities as social media influencers accused of posting videos inciting violence, against a backdrop of soured relations between Paris and its former colony in North Africa.

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau announced the latest arrest Sunday evening — the third in as many days. A French media report that the minister attached to his post on X said the influencer posted a video to his 138,000 followers on TikTok that French authorities deemed anti-Semitic.

THE Dragons are plotting a home win against Pau to keep alive their Challenge Cup hopes, but the management are also having to plot ahead in

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau has accused Algeria of “trying to humiliate France” after the North African country refused to admit one of its nationals who was being deported

Montpellier won European Challenge Cup pool two with a bonus-point victory at Newcastle Falcons. The French side had taken 14 from 15 available points in the opening three rounds and took five more from Kingston Park to seal a top seeding in the knockout stage.

Morocco and Spain's north African exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla moved closer to a "new era" of normalised trade ties on Thursday after the first passage of goods since 2018.

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The North African Cold War that currently exists between Algeria and Morocco could see each side armed with fifth-gen fighters—which could be ominous if that Cold War turns hot.