Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

Seamus reports from a national in mourning with the French beaten in the FIFA World Cup final by Argentina in extra time. In what had been described as a clash of the Titans, France was hoping to score a second consecutive world cup win. French President Macron was at the match, his second time in Qatar in a week. His visits come amid the growing corruption scandal involving the Gulf state at the European Parliament, where all work on files involving Qatar have been suspended. Also, Judges in Brussels have ruled that four people arrested as part of the EU Parliament corruption scandal are to remain in custody.