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France face Morocco for a place in the World Cup semi-finals, with Les Bleus starting as favourites but expecting a tough test from Achraf Hakimi and his teammates. France 24 speaks to The Peninsula Qatar's Victor Bolorunduro about the key battles, the refereeing controversies surrounding the tournament and why it has still been one of the most entertaining World Cups in recent years.

⚽ 🏆 Alexandre Durand and Tom Carles, the duo that make up AT Frenchies, are showing their support for France's #LesBleus as they face #Morocco in the first quarter final at the FIFA World Cup. 🇫🇷 🇲🇦 Who do they think will win? They share their analysis with FRANCE 24 ▶️

For the second World Cup in a row, France and Morocco meet again in the knockout stage. Both teams are preparing for another intense battle, with several players on either side having shared the dressing room at Paris Saint-Germain. Didier Deschamps has handed Desiré Doué the task of taking on Achraf Hakimi in what promises to be one of the tournament's most eagerly anticipated quarter-finals.

Morocco’s World Cup meeting with the Netherlands tells a story about migration, identity and the battle for Dutch-born talent.

A French appeals court confirmed Friday that Morocco's star player and PSG defender Achraf Hakimi will stand trial in a rape case.

A French appeals court on Friday confirmed that Moroccan football star Achraf Hakimi will face trial over the alleged rape of a woman in 2023, an accusation the Paris Saint-Germain defender denies. The ruling came the same day the Morocco captain was due to lead his national team against Scotland in their second World Cup match.

Beasts of science: naked mole rats speak several dialects!"Bêtes de science" is like a collection of stories. Beautiful stories that tell the living in all its freshness. But also in all its complexity. A parenthesis to marvel at the treasures of the world. For this new episode, let's head back to Africa and meet an astonishing rodent: the naked mole rat. The naked mole rat. He's a funny animal. A kind of giant mouse that lives underground in the arid regions of Ethiopia and the southern Saharan. No hair. Very small eyes. Large incisors. In short, a physique that one could easily indulge in qualifying as unsightly. However, researchers are very interested in the mole rat. Because her skin heals incredibly quickly. Because it is almost immune to burns. Because it seems resistant to cancer. Or, because he shows almost no signs of aging. Until the day before his death! But if we are talking about him today, it is also because the naked mole rat is a great communicator. He chirps. It squeaks. He chirps. He growls. And all this in a dialect specific to its colony. One way, according to the researchers, to strengthen cohesion and the feeling of belonging within a group. To ensure its prosperity. At the heart of the dialect culture, a female, but how did researchers detect dialects in the bizarre noises made by naked mole rats? By recording over 36,000 chirps over two years. Then by analyzing the acoustic properties of these vocalizations using an algorithm. Read the full article