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France: high school students call for an "act 3" on October 6 as the government promises replacement teachers and targets parents over damage
After a week of blockades and clashes, French high school organisations are calling for further protests on October 6. The education minister announced a plan to replace absent teachers, while the justice minister wants parents of minors involved to pay for the damage.
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Iran: Washington sends a third aircraft carrier and 9,000 troops to the Middle East as Trump threatens to hit "very hard"
The United States is sending about 9,000 troops and a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East. Donald Trump threatens to hit Iran "very hard" if it is linked to the FlyDubai attack, while his advisers met secretly at Camp David and mediation to end the war continues.
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France: high school protests turn violent, nearly 2,000 arrests and more than 400 schools closed
What began as school blockades over run-down buildings turned into clashes, fires and nearly 2,000 arrests on Thursday. The government speaks of "urban violence" and blames LFI and the far left, which the party disputes. More than 400 schools are closed on Friday.
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Kaliningrad: Russia threatens NATO with its "entire arsenal" if the exclave is cut off
In a document delivered to NATO headquarters in Brussels, Moscow says it is ready to use its "entire arsenal" if Alliance countries try to cut off Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania. NATO confirmed receiving the warning, which several outlets read as a nuclear threat.
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The last US troops leave Iraq, where Iran's influence is growing
The last US forces of the coalition against the Islamic State leave Iraq on 30 September, in the middle of the war between Washington and Tehran. Baghdad promises to disarm pro-Iranian militias by June 2027; several refuse, and Iraqi officials fear a return of the Islamic State.
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At the White House, AI chiefs sign a "morally binding" pledge to regulate themselves
Donald Trump brought together the heads of Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and other AI groups at the White House on Tuesday, where they signed a voluntary accord: internal controls, an external auditor and a board committee. Trump rules out new laws and wants to rename AI "superintelligence".
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Netanyahu made a secret visit to the UAE amid revelations about warnings received before 7 October
Benjamin Netanyahu secretly met Mohamed bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi, as Haaretz and the New York Times report that the Emirati president warned him of a Hamas attack ten days before 7 October 2023. According to sources, he asked him to deny it; he rejects that account. Other outlets report Egyptian warnings, a month before Israel's election.
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Aleksandar Vučić resigns as Serbia's president to run for prime minister in the snap election of 25 October
Barred from a third presidential term, Aleksandar Vučić resigned to lead his party's list in the 25 October snap election and seek the head of government. He faces the student movement born of the Novi Sad station disaster, which killed 16 people in 2024 and has been protesting against corruption for nearly two years. Ana Brnabić is acting president.
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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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Trump rejects Iran's seven-day plan to reopen Hormuz and renames the strait "Trump Strait"
Donald Trump rejected the Iranian proposal passed on by Qatar: seven days of halted hostilities across the region, then the reopening of Hormuz, in exchange for lifting the US blockade and oil sanctions and unfreezing at least $12 billion in assets. Tehran says it is waiting for an official answer; according to the Wall Street Journal, Trump sees renewed bombing as likely after the midterm elections.
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Zelensky says Trump has made a "final decision" to let Ukraine produce Patriot missiles
According to Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump confirmed that Ukraine will receive licences to produce Patriot missiles, the only ones able to reliably counter Russian ballistic missiles. Trump had wavered since July. Kyiv has been short of interceptors since the war on Iran diverted US stocks; the announcement came on the day a Russian strike killed a 14-year-old boy in Kyiv.
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