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France: after 1,800 arrests, Emmanuel Macron vows firmness against "seditious" groups
In a ten-minute address, the president spoke of his "anger" and "shame" but announced nothing on the cost of living; one protester died and hundreds of shops were looted.
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United States: Donald Trump suspends the Russia sanctions passed by Congress
The order freezes the Graham Act, which also targeted major buyers of Russian oil; the Kremlin hails a "historic" decision, Kyiv sees a reward for Vladimir Putin.
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France: half a million march against the cost of living as Limoges city hall is set on fire
High school students, unions and yellow vests marched across the country; looting, Lyon's tourist office set ablaze and some 400 arrests, six months before the presidential election.
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United States: a 16-year-old kills three children and a teacher at an Oregon elementary school
In Bend, the gunman targeted the special education class of his former school before being shot dead by a parent; Donald Trump praised "a man that had a gun".
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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Panama: buildings collapse in the centre of the country, tsunami alert lifted
The earthquake, followed by a magnitude 6.6 aftershock, hit the provinces of Herrera, Coclé, Veraguas and Los Santos: roads and buildings collapsed, a colonial church destroyed, people injured. The Panama Canal is operating normally; the tsunami alert issued for nine countries was lifted.
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Nobel Peace Prize for Navi Pillay: the South African jurist is honoured as Washington sanctions the ICC hours later
A former judge of international criminal courts and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, 85, is honoured for her work for international law. The same day, the United States sanctioned the International Criminal Court; Israel criticised the Oslo committee's choice.
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Death penalty in the US: awake after a botched execution, Christa Pike reignites the lethal injection debate
A week after her execution by pentobarbital injection failed, the 50-year-old prisoner has regained consciousness, "angry and confused" according to her lawyers. A judge ordered evidence preserved, Tennessee has suspended executions and whether the state may try again remains open.
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Nobel Prize in Medicine: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel honoured for optogenetics
The American and the two Germans were honoured for a technique that switches neurons on and off with light. Born from the study of a green alga, optogenetics is used to understand schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease and addiction.
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Spain: Pedro Sánchez calls a snap general election for November 29
After the PP, Vox and Junts voted down his housing decrees, the Socialist prime minister dissolved parliament. Trailing in the polls, he is making the housing crisis the central issue of a vote that could bring the far right into government.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik claims victory in general elections
Nationalist parties dominated the general elections, marked by record-low turnout. Milorad Dodik, barred from public office, claimed victory for the SNSD in Republika Srpska and thanked Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
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Brazil: Flávio Bolsonaro edges ahead of Lula in the first round, runoff set for October 25
Defying the polls, far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro came first with 47.06% of the vote, ahead of Lula (45.12%). The two will face off on October 25; markets cheered the result and Javier Milei congratulated Jair Bolsonaro's son.
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