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Columns of police escort Frankfurt spporters through the streets of Marseille, in order to get them on buses heading for the Velodrome stadium. A thousand gendarmes and police are mobilised for this high-tension Champions League match, in which 8,000 Frankfurt supporters are expected. IMAGES
There is a huge police presence in Marseille before the southern side's Champions League match against Bundesliga side Frankfurt, as German supporters gather on the Place de la Joliette while waiting for buses for the Vélodrome. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are initiating a videoconference summit to "relaunch dialogue" between Serbia and Kosovo, which has been in conflict for 18 months. Belgrade still refuses to recognise the independence of its former southern province after the bloody war in the late 1990s. IMAGES
07/07/16 : France played against Germany for the last semifinal of Euro 2016. Thanks to Griezmann, the Blues won the game and can now join Portugal for the last step of the competition. It is an historical match since France has not won against Germany since a few years.
French, German Foreign Ministers and top EU officials are gathering in Paris for an international conference on Sudan. France is hosting the conference and seeking contributions from the international community, exactly a year after war broke out in the northeast African country, leading to a humanitarian and political crisis. IMAGES