France’s government has proposed a law making people pay up to €10,000 for damage caused during protests. Rights groups and lawyers warn that its wording could hold peaceful demonstrators responsible for damage done by others, while the government says the measure would help compensate victims.
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Parliament is debating the draft bill this week.
The bill would make people who knowingly joined a group jointly responsible for damage caused by any member.
The state could seize welfare benefits from people convicted under the law, or from their parents if they are minors.
The government says the bill responds to looting and vandalism during protests, including unrest on October 17.
Businesses and retailers say they lost millions of euros to vandalism, looting, or protest-related shop closures.
France’s Human Rights League and trade unionists have called for the bill to be scrapped.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez says the bill creates joint responsibility, not collective responsibility.
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Marine Le Pen’s National Rally and Alice Weidel’s Alternative for Germany have proposed reducing the European Union’s powers and shifting authority back to member states. The article says Weidel has identified 2029 as a target for building support to reshape the EU, and argues that weaker cooperation could affect European defence, climate policy and economic competitiveness.
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After the 2016 Brexit referendum, Marine Le Pen supported the idea of France leaving the European Union, but the article says that proposal was later put aside.
Le Pen’s National Rally proposes cutting France’s contributions to the EU budget by 60% over a five-year presidential term.
National Rally also proposes ending the EU’s role in proposing common policies for its 27 member states.
Alice Weidel’s proposed “new deal for Europe” would abolish elections to the European Parliament and seek German opt-outs in areas including migration, defence and common borrowing.
Weidel has identified 2029, the year of Germany’s next scheduled election, as a target for building a critical mass of anti-EU leaders.
The article says Eurosceptic nationalist parties could potentially enter government in France, Italy and Poland.
Former European Central Bank head Mario Draghi has warned that Europe needs an industrial policy to compete with China and the United States.
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President Donald Trump said he would accept the results of the November 3 midterm elections if they were “honest.” His administration has pressed several states for voter records and filed election-related lawsuits, while state officials have disputed some of its claims and requests.
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Trump made the remarks on October 27 when asked whether he would respect the results if Republicans lost control of Congress.
The Justice Department gave Washington until Wednesday at noon local time to respond to a request to remove about 400 people it says are noncitizens from voter rolls.
Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs said his office was reviewing the list and had found some entries based on outdated information.
Washington won a court ruling last month that it did not have to provide the Justice Department with its full voter list.
The Justice Department sued Alaska over the state’s ballot listing of another candidate named Dan Sullivan alongside Republican Senator Dan Sullivan.
Trump said on Friday that he had personally told the Justice Department to file the Alaska lawsuit.
California officials said many of the roughly 20,000 people on a Justice Department list appeared to have been born in the United States.
The Justice Department plans to send election observers to several states, including California and New Jersey.
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Chancellor John Healey has pledged £15m over three years for a fund to tackle misogyny in schools, workplaces and communities. The fund is expected to be confirmed in the Budget and will support projects such as youth mentoring, workplace training and public campaigns.
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The fund is intended to support a national taskforce chaired by Women and Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson.
Healey said the government hopes businesses and philanthropists will contribute additional funding.
The taskforce aims to shape government policy with input from people affected by misogyny.
The taskforce plans to focus first on young people, then on workplaces, digital spaces and social cohesion.
The Office for National Statistics estimated that 12.8% of females aged 16 and over in England and Wales experienced domestic abuse, sexual victimisation or stalking in the year to March 2026.
The comparable estimate for males was 8.9%.
Conservative shadow minister Joy Morrissey criticized the proposed spending and said it would not make women and girls safer.
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President Donald Trump plans to campaign in Corpus Christi and Lubbock to support Republican Ken Paxton in his U.S. Senate race against Democrat James Talarico. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is also expected to join Trump in Texas and highlight a newly arrived tanker carrying Venezuelan crude for Texas refineries.
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Trump is expected to speak in Corpus Christi at 3 p.m. EDT on Tuesday.
Trump plans to appear in Corpus Christi and Lubbock.
The campaign appearances aim to support Ken Paxton’s U.S. Senate campaign against James Talarico.
Texas has not elected a Democrat to statewide office in 32 years, according to the article.
Marco Rubio plans to help showcase a tanker carrying Venezuelan crude to be processed at Texas refineries.
The schedule details came from a congressional aide and two U.S. officials who spoke anonymously, the article says.
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Voting has begun in Israel, where more than seven million people are eligible to vote. The report says Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza do not vote in the Israeli election, which will determine whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains in office.
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Voting has begun in Israel.
More than seven million people are eligible to vote.
The election will determine whether Benjamin Netanyahu remains prime minister.
The report says Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have no say in the election.
The report says Palestinians in Gaza have no say in the election.
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Arab party leaders accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of using anti-Arab rhetoric to mobilize right-wing voters during an election. Adalah reported complaints about slow or halted polling queues and missing Arabic ballot slips, while Netanyahu’s main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, ruled out partnering with Arab parties.
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Joint List leader Yousef Jabareen said Netanyahu believed Arab voters could end his political rule.
United Arab List leader Mansour Abbas called Netanyahu’s comments a tactic to scare voters and mobilize the right.
Netanyahu accused Arab voters of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and alleged they were stealing the election.
Netanyahu urged right-wing Israelis to vote for Likud, calling the situation a matter of life and death.
Adalah said it received reports of efforts to discourage Arab voters from voting.
Adalah reported slow or stopped queues at polling stations in Arab-majority towns and a shortage of ballot slips printed in Arabic.
Adalah said it reported the complaints to Israel’s central and regional election committees.
Gadi Eisenkot ruled out working with Arab parties, citing a lack of shared values.
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Reports cited by the article say Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro left Brazil for the United States after he lost Sunday’s presidential election to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The reports said Bolsonaro had not surrendered his passports by a court-ordered deadline; President Donald Trump called the election “rigged,” while Bolsonaro denies wrongdoing in a money-laundering investigation.
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Reuters, citing two sources, reported that Bolsonaro had left Brazil for the United States.
CNN Brasil reported that Bolsonaro’s whereabouts were unknown after he missed a deadline to surrender his passports.
A source close to Bolsonaro told CNN Brasil he was flying to the United States, but the reports did not establish where he was headed or how he left Brazil.
A Brazilian court gave Bolsonaro 24 hours to surrender his passports as part of a money-laundering investigation.
The article said two Reuters sources reported that authorities canceled Bolsonaro’s travel documents after the deadline passed.
Trump said the election looked like “another rigged election” and questioned the vote count and a two-hour extension of voting.
Bolsonaro denies wrongdoing in the money-laundering investigation.
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Warner Bros. released a final trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Three, which adapts Frank Herbert’s Dune: Messiah. Set nearly 20 years after the events of Dune: Part Two, the film follows Emperor Paul Atreides as he faces a conspiracy and the consequences of his rule.
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The film is set roughly 17 years after Dune: Part Two, according to Villeneuve.
The official synopsis describes Paul as a ruthless emperor facing threats, betrayal, and visions of the Imperium’s collapse.
Chani is at the heart of the conspiracy described in the synopsis.
Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, and Rebecca Ferguson return to the cast.
New cast members include Robert Pattinson as Scytale and Anya Taylor-Joy as Alia.
Nakoa-Wolf Momoa and Ida Brooke play Paul and Chani’s children, Leto II and Ghanima.
Dune: Part Three is scheduled to open in theaters on December 18, 2026, the same day as Avengers: Doomsday.
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President Donald Trump said he will welcome a tanker carrying 1 million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil to Texas, calling it a gift and saying it could help lower fuel prices. An energy expert said the shipment is too small to noticeably affect U.S. gasoline prices, which averaged $4.27 per gallon, as Trump campaigns for Republican Ken Paxton ahead of the midterms.
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Trump said the Venezuelan oil shipment would be processed at U.S. refineries.
Trump said the delivery would come at no cost to taxpayers and predicted gasoline and diesel prices would fall.
The national average for regular gasoline was $4.27 per gallon on Tuesday, according to AAA.
The gasoline average was down from $4.48 a month earlier but up from $3.05 at the same time last year.
Columbia University energy expert Luisa Palacios said U.S. refiners process about 17 million barrels of crude per day, making the shipment roughly 6 percent of one day’s input.
Palacios said the shipment was unlikely to have a noticeable effect on U.S. gasoline prices.
Trump planned to visit Corpus Christi and Lubbock to support Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton in his race against Democrat James Talarico.
The Conference Board said consumer confidence rose 7.5 points to 91.7 in October, from 84.2 in September.
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio commented Monday on Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado’s return to Venezuela. He said that people cannot “street-protest your way into a democracy,” while also praising her return, according to the article.
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Machado returned to Venezuela after being in exile.
Rubio spoke to reporters on Monday.
Rubio warned that street protests alone cannot establish a democracy.
Rubio did not explicitly name Machado in the quoted warning.
Rubio also praised Machado’s return.
Axios was cited as the source of Rubio’s remarks.
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California Republican Congressman James Gallagher introduced a bill called “Dunkin’s Law” after influencer couple Madeline White and Andrew Fedyk said their dog died while in the care of a Los Angeles dog-training and boarding facility. The bill would amend the Animal Welfare Act to strengthen protections and accountability at certain facilities, rescues and shelters, according to Gallagher and the announcement post.
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Dunkin was a 2-year-old Bernese mountain dog who died in August after being left at Smart Dogs Dog Training, according to the article.
White and Fedyk said they had left Dunkin at the facility for four weeks while traveling in Europe with their newborn daughter.
Fedyk said the facility told him Dunkin died of heatstroke after about 36 hours in the trainer’s care, and that the dog was not taken to a veterinarian.
Gallagher said the bill would give pet owners a way to seek justice when animals are harmed or neglected at covered facilities.
The bill also seeks stronger accountability for unlawful euthanasia at rescues and shelters.
Gallagher cited an ongoing investigation into Miranda’s Rescue in Humboldt County, where authorities said they found 117 dogs in various states of decomposition in June.
No charges had been filed in the Miranda’s Rescue case, and its owner, Shannon Miranda, denied wrongdoing.
Fedyk had called for more regulation of dog training, including licensing requirements and damages for wrongful pet deaths.
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The U.S. military awarded Lockheed Martin a contract worth nearly $700 million to put the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) into production. The move comes as the United States develops several hypersonic weapons programs and seeks to catch up with Russia and China, which have moved further ahead in developing these weapons.
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ARRW is designed to launch from U.S. Air Force aircraft.
The Air Force had moved to cancel ARRW development in 2023 after several test failures.
The U.S. has no operational hypersonic weapons, according to the article.
Hypersonic weapons can travel at more than five times the speed of sound; some can maneuver in flight, making interception difficult.
The Army and Navy are jointly developing the Dark Eagle/Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon, also known as Conventional Prompt Strike.
The Navy canceled its planned HALO hypersonic missile in 2024 because of cost.
A Government Accountability Office estimate puts the cost of a hypersonic missile at nearly $70 million, compared with about $4 million for a Patriot interceptor or Tomahawk cruise missile.
The article says the Trump administration has proposed raising annual U.S. military spending to $1.5 trillion, with about $38 billion for hypersonic programs.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to leave its key interest rate unchanged after its Oct. 27–28 meeting, though investors are watching for clues about inflation and future policy. The meeting comes amid high consumer and mortgage costs, shortly before midterm elections, and ongoing questions about Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s approach to rate guidance and independence from President Donald Trump.
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The Fed’s key interest rate is about 3.9%, and futures markets indicate investors see almost no chance of a rate increase at this meeting.
Some investors and economists had expected a quarter-point increase after inflation came in hotter than expected the previous month.
Fed officials, including Vice Chair Philip Jefferson, have said longer-term interest rates have risen and that officials need time to assess their decisions.
Warsh has criticized forward guidance, which means giving markets clear signals about likely future rate decisions.
The average 30-year mortgage rate reached 7.4% earlier in October and later eased to 7.32%; it was just under 6.2% a year earlier.
Oxford Economics estimates that this year’s mortgage-rate increases have put home buying out of reach for an additional 5 million households.
The meeting is six days before the midterm elections, which the article says have been shaped by affordability concerns.
The article says Warsh raised rates at the Fed’s September meeting despite Trump’s preference for lower rates.
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The BBC reports that Lt Col Michael Morris, a senior US Air Force member who worked at the US Embassy in London, faces charges over alleged possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material. He left the UK in August before British police questioned him; the US Air Force says a hearing is due in November to decide whether the case should go to court-martial. Morris is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
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Morris served as an assistant military attaché at the US Embassy in London.
The BBC says US authorities questioned Morris after investigators alleged his brother shared child sexual abuse material with him.
Morris left the UK on a civilian flight in August without being questioned by British police.
The US Air Force says charges have been preferred against Morris, who is assigned to the Air Force District of Washington.
A military hearing is scheduled for November at Joint Base Andrews to consider whether the case should go to court-martial.
Morris will enter a plea only if the case is referred to court-martial.
His brother, Benjamin Morris, is facing trial in Illinois on charges involving possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material, which he denies.
British police say they remain in contact with US authorities while legal proceedings continue.
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Fox News’ latest power rankings moved Ohio’s Senate and governor’s races from toss-ups to “Lean Democratic” one week before the midterm elections. Recent polls show Sherrod Brown leading Jon Husted and Amy Acton leading Vivek Ramaswamy, though other forecasters still rate the Senate race as a toss-up.
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Fox News shifted both Ohio races toward Democrats in rankings published Tuesday.
RealClearPolitics’ polling average showed Brown ahead of Husted by 3.3 points and Acton ahead of Ramaswamy by 4.4 points as of Tuesday.
An InsiderAdvantage poll conducted October 21–22 found Brown ahead of Husted by 46.7% to 44.4%, with a margin of error of 2.83 percentage points.
A Fox News poll conducted October 15–19 showed Brown leading Husted by five points, 52% to 47%.
The Cook Political Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball rated the governor’s race Lean Democratic but the Senate race a toss-up.
Ramaswamy faced bipartisan criticism over a campaign ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother, who accused Acton of lying.
Husted served as Ohio lieutenant governor from 2019 to 2025 and was appointed to the Senate after JD Vance vacated his seat.
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Conservative commentator Scott Jennings said he is concerned Republicans could lose several Senate races, including the race in Texas. He described the Texas contest as having a “bad vibe” during an appearance on CNN.
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Jennings discussed Senate races during a recent appearance on CNN.
He said he was concerned about multiple races.
Jennings singled out the Texas Senate race as a concern.
He called the Texas race a “bad vibe.”
The article does not name the other races Jennings was concerned about.
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Protesters entered the newsroom of pro-Vucic Informer TV in Belgrade on Monday evening, interrupting its broadcast and calling for the arrest of its editor. The incident followed the Student List’s reported election victory over Aleksandar Vucic’s alliance, as celebrations continued and the student movement urged supporters to remain calm.
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Live footage showed about 30 protesters entering Informer TV’s newsroom and surrounding editor-in-chief and owner Dragan Vucicevic.
Some protesters called for Vucicevic’s arrest and shouted slogans about a free Serbia and Vucic’s absence.
Vucic called the newsroom incident an attack on free speech and journalism in a post on Instagram.
The article says the Student List, which grew out of a student-led anti-corruption movement, defeated Vucic’s alliance in Sunday’s election.
The student movement has not named a prime minister or other key officials, and its leading election-list candidate called for calm.
The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia said it would seek to have Informer TV’s broadcasting licence revoked, citing alleged legal and programming violations.
Police cordoned off Belgrade’s Pink TV station after a group gathered outside it.
Public broadcaster RTV in Vojvodina apologized for what it described as uncritical and one-sided reporting.
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Alex Pretti’s parents spoke publicly for the first time since he was fatally shot by a federal agent in Minnesota in January. They said they have not heard from the federal government about his death.
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Pretti’s parents spoke publicly for the first time since his death.
A federal agent fatally shot Pretti in Minnesota.
The shooting happened in January.
Pretti’s parents said they have not heard from the federal government about his death.
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British police charged two men over an alleged plot linked to a security incident at a U.S.-operated air base last month. The United Kingdom has blamed Iran for the incident, but the article excerpt does not provide details about the second man or the charges against him.
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Police announced the charges on Tuesday.
The case concerns a suspected plot to attack a U.S.-run air base last month.
The United Kingdom has blamed Iran for the incident.
Mohmed Ahmad Abdulkarim, 24, is from London.
Police charged Abdulkarim under the National Security Act.
The available article excerpt ends before describing the full charge or identifying the second man.
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