‘Here Oui Go’: France and England headed to World Cup quarter-finals
05 December 2022 |
1:30 pm
We look at how the French and British papers are covering their nations' World Cup wins, as well as their future face-off in the quarter-finals. We also discuss the possibility of the Iranian morality police being disbanded. The South African press weighs in the political future of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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