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DIPLOMACY & GOVERNANCE

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: inflation climbs to 3.7% on the Iran war, Wall Street and AI stocks tumble

Gasoline is pushing prices up three weeks before the midterm elections. Markets are betting on a Fed rate hike, and artificial intelligence stocks are sliding.

Pope Leo XIV undergoes lung cancer surgery: the Vatican confirms an adenocarcinoma after a lobe is removed

The first American pope had the lower lobe of his right lung removed at Rome's Gemelli hospital; further tests will show whether the cancer has spread.

North Korea fires several ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan, one flying more than 900 kilometres

The launches, from the Pyongyang area, came days after South Korea tested a hypersonic weapon. Tokyo described an 'irregular' trajectory and Seoul convened an emergency security meeting.

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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.

CONFLICTS & SECURITY

Ukraine: at least 28 killed in Russian strikes, including five children in a Pryluky apartment block

Missiles and drones hit Kyiv and a dozen regions overnight from 6 to 7 October; in Pryluky, a five-storey building partly collapsed. Kyiv condemned a "vile" strike and called for Patriot systems, while Moscow said it had targeted military-industrial sites.

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Paramount completes its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery: Skydance, Hollywood's new giant led by David Ellison

The deal, valued at about 110 billion dollars including debt, brings together Paramount and Warner Bros., CBS and CNN, Paramount+ and HBO Max. Donald Trump welcomed the merger; Hollywood fears job cuts and higher subscription prices.

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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Ukraine: in Kyiv, Friedrich Merz pledges €1.3 billion in aid as Russian drones strike a bridge

On a surprise visit to Kyiv, the German chancellor announced €1 billion in military aid and €350 million for the power grid, telling Vladimir Putin: "Stop this senseless war." A Russian drone hit a city bridge during his visit.

CONFLICTS & SECURITY

North Korea fires a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan after Seoul demands an apology over DMZ mines

North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Saturday morning that flew more than 700 kilometres toward the Sea of Japan. The launch follows Pyongyang's refusal to apologise for a mine blast that wounded South Korean soldiers in the Demilitarized Zone.

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After the Trump–Xi summit, Washington and Beijing announce an AI incident channel and tariff cuts on $30 billion of goods

At the end of Xi Jinping's visit, the two countries announced tariff cuts on $30 billion of goods in each direction, a trade council, an AI dialogue in November and a channel for AI-related incidents. Donald Trump nonetheless said he rejects any brake on AI and any cooperation with China on the technology, while Beijing criticised Washington at the UN over Iran and Cuba.

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