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ReutersThe French prime minister has accused the radical left of weaponising the high school movement for electoral advantageThe French passion for protest is legendary in Europe.Over the last few years, we have regularly witnessed farmers angry about costly regulations lobbing manure at local mayoral offices, while masked youths periodically hurl homemade grenades at riot police in disadvantaged city suburbs. For over three weeks now, thousands of students have barricaded entry to high schools and taken their grievances to the streets.This Saturday, hundreds of new demonstrations have been announced across France. France’s prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, suggested this week that student…
Watch: Moment drone hits supermarket in OdesaCCTV video verified by the BBC shows the drone strike in the town of Mayaky in Ukraine’s Odesa region. 6 hrs agoEurope
Watch: Harry and Meghan at first joint engagement since UK returnThere was something so very familiar about today.The first time the Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited Nottingham together in 2017 they were plain old Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. They’d just announced they were getting married and it was in the East Midlands that an American actress would be hard launched as a working member of the Royal Family.You could view today as the UK-relaunch of Meghan.She’d not done anything like the day of events in Nottingham for several years on British soil. Those close to her told me…
LIVEBus collides with train stopped on French side of Channel Tunnel leaving at least 19 hurtThe incident has caused disruption to travel between France and the UK, according to French media but Eurostar says its services are running as scheduled.
Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesFederal authorities say they are investigating “potentially hazardous” letters containing “suspicious substances” that have been sent to congressional and state election offices around the US. The FBI and the US Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) said they were trying to trace the “suspicious mailings”, some of which were intercepted before they were received.Authorities declined to say how many offices had been targeted, but several secretaries of state and congressional offices reported receiving the letters.Coming just weeks before the US midterm elections, it echoes previous security scares involving suspicious mail. The Oklahoma State Election Board and the…
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesCongresswoman Ilhan Omar has has represented Minnesota since 2018US government officials raided the home of Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar this week as part of what’s being called a “federal criminal investigation”.The search warrant was approved by a court, the justice department said. The nature of the criminal investigation remains unclear.The search follows multiple comments from officials that cast doubt on Omar’s US citizenship, which she received in 2000 after her arrival from Kenya. Omar, who has represented Minnesota since 2018, has said the raid is “the latest escalation” in President Donald Trump’s “campaign of…
University of CambridgeA wooden spear caused the hole in this Neanderthal shoulder blade, scientists sayA Neanderthal who died 75,000 years ago may have been struck through the chest by a sharpened wooden spear, archaeologists say.They say a 15mm hole found in a shoulder blade in a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan could be the earliest evidence of lethal violence involving such a weapon.From the angle of the wound and other evidence, the researchers believe the spear entered the individual’s chest and passed through the body – probably damaging a lung and major blood vessels – and exited through the left shoulder…
Getty ImagesRussia has accused Ukraine of attacking an oil refinery after Volodymyr Zelensky said such strikes, halted at the request of the US, would resume.Ukraine’s president said he had restricted attacks for three days while Russia had continued striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure. “We’re done,” he told the Financial Times.Zelensky also accused the US of withdrawing intelligence-sharing on Russian strikes to pressure Kyiv into ending attacks altogether after it struck a deal to import Russian diesel, and he said curbs on Starlink satellite services used by Ukraine’s military were deliberate.Ukrainian defence sources told the BBC some Starlink functionality had resumed as…
ReutersWarning – this report contains graphic contentA woman who alleges Russell Brand raped her in a hotel has said she was left feeling “dirty” and afraid she may be pregnant in the aftermath of the alleged attack.The 51-year-old actor and comedian faces seven charges – three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.The allegations, made by six female complainants, span a 10-year period between 1999 and 2009. He denies the charges.The jury heard one of Brand’s accusers say she had met him in 1999, before he was famous.The woman was heard speaking in a…
BBCCan the Fort Hood shooter’s execution be livestreamed?US President Donald Trump has called off plans to livestream the execution of former US army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan by firing squad.Trump had previously said he approved of showing online the death of the Fort Hood attacker, while Vice-President JD Vance cast doubt on whether it would happen and said he would not watch it.As criticism over the public display mounted, Trump said on Thursday that “many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die”. “He will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be…