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The Saudi-led military alliance in support of the Government in Yemen announced a large operation against Iranian-supported athletes at a time of fighting around the Bab al-Mandab strategic area.
Thousands of students, teachers and trade unionists in Paris and several French cities pretended to improve educational conditions, while the Government stated that 215 students and 715 police officers had been injured since the beginning of the protests, and more than 5,000 people had been arrested.
More than 600 people were arrested in France and dozens of police and gendarmerie personnel were injured as protests escalated by the closure of secondary schools and violent confrontations, as announced by Minister of Interior Laurent Núñez. Student protests began last week from the outskirts of Paris to many French cities, including Marseille, Toulouse and Laila, owing to the difficult situation of these schools according to protesters.
The Swiss voted by a large majority against an initiative aimed at tightening the policy of neutrality and preventing the imposition of economic sanctions outside the framework of the United Nations, as a result of maintaining the current approach of Berne, while an initiative to raise food self-sufficiency to 70% over 10 years was also rejected.
Sunday officials reported a forest fire near Vija de Leva, a famous tourist town in central Colombia. Some 250 local firefighters and residents participated in the firefight on Sunday afternoon, some 24 hours after the outbreak on Saturday in a nearby forest.
