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Jean Le Cam, Alex Thomson and Pip Hare preparing for the start of the Vendee Globe. The 33 skippers will head off from the west coast of France on a single-handed non-stop round-the-world voyage. (COMPLETE VIDEO N°8UT7XL) IMAGES
Euro 2016 champions Portugal received a heroes' welcome on arrival to Lisbon on Monday evening, following their 1-0 triumph over France in the Euro 2016 final on Sunday. The victorious players and triumphant coach Fernando Santos paraded through the Portuguese capital on the back of an open-top bus, accompanied by the wild cheers of thousands of fans. They then entered the Presidential palace, where they were to be formally received by Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
Euro 2016 champions Portugal received a heroes' welcome on arrival to Lisbon on Monday evening, following their 1-0 triumph over France in the Euro 2016 final on Sunday. The victorious players and triumphant coach Fernando Santos paraded through the Portuguese capital on the back of an open-top bus, accompanied by the wild cheers of thousands of fans. They then entered the Presidential palace, where they were to be formally received by Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
Thousands of Icelanders turned out to welcome home their national football team in Reykjavik, the capital of the island nation, on Monday, following their impressive campaign at the UEFA European Championship in France which saw the team get as far as the quarter-finals before getting knocked out by the hosts.
The convoys of French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne arrive in the suburb of Saint-Denis, north of Paris, for second round of cross-party talks, with the aim of building consensus in a fractured parliament. But the event is marked by the notable absence of key members of the opposition who declined the invitation to attend. IMAGES
Pope Francis, 86, arrives at Marseille-Provence airport, in Marignane, where he is welcomed by French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, for a two-day visit devoted to the theme of migration and the Mediterranean. (COMPLETES VID33W836B_EN) IMAGES