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 A Paris court upholds Marine Le Pen's embezzlement conviction - but clears the path for her to run in the 2027 French presidential election  Le Pen received a three-year prison sentence from judges on the Court of Appeal, two of which were suspended and one with an electronic tag. The hard-right leader received a four-year sentence after the trial in 2025, with two years suspended and the remaining two served with a tag.  She was also banned from running for public office for five years, but that has been reduced to 15 months today. This means that Le Pen can technically run for president of France next year, but she has stated that she will not do so under these circumstances, according to our digital Europe editor. The appeal verdict of today was supposed to set the stage for the presidential race. We must now wait for an unambiguous announcement from Marine Le Pen regarding her candidacy. The first round of elections is on 18 April 2027 and the run-off if no candidate...

 Messi commits yet another international penalty. In a penalty shootout on Tuesday in Vancouver, Canada, Switzerland defeated  Colombia 4-3 to reach the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time since 1954. Davinson Sánchez missed a penalty kick for Colombia, Cucho Hernández had a shot saved by Gregor Kobel, and Rubén Vargas scored to set up a quarterfinal matchup with holders Argentina.  After extra time, the two teams were tied 0-0. Egypt lament "injustice" following Argentina's defeat. - Without Messi, where would Argentina be? on the return flight from this World Cup - Messi: Goal star's "huge release" after missing a goal Since they hosted the tournament 72 years ago, this is the first World Cup in which Switzerland has won multiple knockout games and the last eight. Colombia were looking to advance to the quarterfinals for the second time and first since 2014 when they fell to hosts Brazil.  They have now been eliminated on penalties in their past two...