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Hamas's terrorist attacks on October 7: the deadliest day in Israel's history

On 7 October 2023, Hamas launched the largest terrorist attack on Israeli territory. The Palestinian organization, considered a terrorist by the European Union and the United States, first thing in the morning crossed the security barrier that separates Gaza from Israel and killed 1,189 people, including 815 civilians, left 7,500 wounded and abducted 251 others. Three years later, France 24 reconstructed a day that shook the region and the world.

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Blocking high schools in France: the army in reinforcement?

The protests of high school students and the blockades of schools in France in recent days have led to clashes between students and law enforcement: a context of violence conducive to conveying the idea that the army could come to suppress the protest movement.

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High school protest: messages behind their signs

The French high school students made their demands heard during demonstrations throughout France on Tuesday 6 October, with the intention of continuing their mobilization. Our journalists in the Parisian procession talked to them.

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How much does France spend on education?

Protests have been gripping France, with students demanding better learning conditions and more equal opportunities. The education ministry is among the few ministries that have been granted an increase in next year's draft budget, but critics say it still doesn't catch up with inflation. We take a closer look. Plus, OpenAI has apologised to Australia over its handling of government website hacks by a rogue AI agent in June.

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The wife of the Prime Minister of Armenia brings domestic violence to the centre of the national debate

A small violet bond accompanies Anna Hakobyan in her latest public appearances. The wife of the Prime Minister of Armenia has put him on his clothes, shows him in his social media publications and has become a symbol of a campaign that began with stories of women victims of domestic violence and that, in just a few months, reached the Armenian Criminal Code. "To break the force of custom, it is very important that this be established in the law," he explains to France 24.

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France erupts over schools: Why the violence surrounding surprise movement?

It’s a protest movement that a broke, lame-duck French government did not see coming. Civil servants this Tuesday joined high schoolers who are now in their third week of picketing over long-deteriorating classroom conditions. The usual recipe for wearing down movements in France has recently been to match any violence with a heavy hand, with the escalation turning the silent majority against the protesters, as was the case with the pre-Covid Yellow Vests movement.

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Students, unions and teachers in mass movement to demand better learning conditions

A quarter of a million demonstrators took to the streets across France on Tuesday as unions and teachers joined high school students demanding better learning conditions in protests that later descended into sporadic clashes with security forces. A French policeman was on Tuesday charged with violence over the firing of a tear gas grenade last week at close range at a 14-year-old student during the high school protests that have shaken the country, the prosecutor said. Reporting from central Paris, FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin says the protesters are adamant that "this is not it, this movement

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What is behind the postponement of the elections in Haiti and what does it mean for the country?

Haiti repostponed elections considered key to the recovery of constitutional order after years of political crisis. The Provisional Electoral Council announced the suspension of the planned timetable, arguing technical, operational and, above all, the serious deterioration of security by violence. Jean- Michel Caroit, a journalist and political analyst specialized in Haiti, addresses the issue in France 24.

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'Tense' atmosphere as tens of thousands join French student protests

Police fired tear gas at ​protesters blockading French high schools on Tuesday as students, teachers and parents took to the streets on the biggest day of action in a wave of demonstrations against understaffed and dilapidated classrooms. Reporting from a march in Paris, France 24's Claire Paccalin says that the demonstration there has been peaceful so far, though the atmosphere is "tense" with a "heavy police presence".

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France: Journeyup in the high school viewfinder for its fuzzy selection criteria

In the viewfinder of many high school students in the mobilization in France: the orientation platform for the graduate studies Courseup. A source of great anxiety for many students, she is criticized for her vague selection criteria. If Sébastien Lecornu asked his ministers for improvements for 2027, the high school organizations also demanded that it be abolished.

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French students looking for protests 'to become a major movement'

Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in cities across France on Tuesday in support of protests by school pupils demanding more education funding, increasing pressure on the government of outgoing President Emmanuel Macron. With teachers and trade unions joining the march, the students are seeking to turn the protests into a "major social movement" to increase pressure on the government, says France 24's Marc Perelman.