Pope Leo XIV’s France visit: Nearly 800,000 people packed Paris for an outdoor Mass at Place de la Concorde, with confessions held in the open and a youth vigil at Stade de France drawing tens of thousands. In Lourdes, the pope sharply criticized France’s assisted-dying and abortion laws, calling “false compassion” a temptation to end life. Nations League spotlight: Belgium host France in Brussels as Zinedine Zidane rotates after a surprise start; Kylian Mbappé is out with a knee injury, while France hands debuts to several players and aims to keep momentum. Transport disruption: Eurostar warns of cascading delays, with engineering problems at Paris Gare du Nord triggering knock-on late arrivals across multiple countries. Business and industry: Airbus faces delivery pressure after a coating flaw in hundreds of A321neo jets; separately, a Paris court fined Swiftair €225,000 over the 2014 Air Algerie crash in Mali. Culture & heritage: Archaeologists uncovered a Gallo-Roman wall beneath Hôtel-Dieu near Notre-Dame, potentially shedding light on Lutetia, Paris’s earliest settlement. Public safety: A wildfire that burned 42,000 hectares in Gironde has been declared extinguished after the largest blaze since 1949. Fashion: Paris Women’s Fashion Week kicks off with 67 shows planned for Spring-Summer 2027, as luxury brands face a tougher commercial climate.