By John Irish and Sudip Kar-Gupta MUNICH, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Europe must turn its focus to long-term strategic thinking, including creating deep-strike capabilities and assessing how France's nuclear deterrent can fit into the bloc's future security architecture,

In what could potentially be one of the most one-sided clashes in recent Six Nations memory, Wales host defending champions France in Cardiff on Sunday. France dispatched Ireland last week to open the tournament in style, while Wales struggled against England, losing 48-7.

Fabien Brau-Boirie will make his test debut at center for defending champion France against struggling Wales in the Six Nations on Sunday.

The Continental Congress’s success in negotiating a military alliance with France was pivotal to the colonies’ successful effort to overthrow British rule.

Britain is in a stand-off with France over how much each country’s residents should pay towards planned giant new power cables under the Channel to trade electricity between the two countries.

The men's hockey tournament at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 is the first tournament with NHL players since the 2014 Sochi Olympics, will feature all 12 teams playing three preliminary games in their respective groups, then all 12 moving on to a single-elimination playoff that will conclude with the gold medal game Feb. 22.

Storm Nils has killed two people and kept parts of southwestern France on high flood alert as power crews race to restore electricity.