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Following the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, Israel launched an offensive with several stated objectives: to bring the hostages back, dismantle Hamas' military capabilities and ensure that Gaza could no longer pose a threat to Israel. Three years later, the least we can say is that the Palestinian enclave no longer has the same face.
With stickers proclaiming, for example, "No to the father, no to the son", thousands of Brazilians took part on Wednesday in the demonstration convened in Rio de Janeiro by student organizations. They call for a halt to Conservative Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who came in the lead in the first round against outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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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.
On Tuesday, the Russian authorities reported that Moscow was the target of an attack of 650 drones during the night, killing two people and wounding nine people in the outskirts of the capital. Most of the aircraft "were destroyed by air defence" reported the mayor of the capital.
After a week of high school blockages, some 400 to 500 schools are "totally or partially" closed Monday. Several unions call for support for a hard block. A 15-year-old high school student also had his hand torn off during a demonstration in Lens. Follow our direct.
Frédéric Louault, director of the Centre d'études des Amériques at the Université libre de Bruxelles, was the guest of France 24 on Sunday, October 4. He returned to the presidential election in Brazil, the first round of which took place on Sunday. According to him, there is "a greater chance that the two candidates will be on their elbows in the first round, around 45% of the valid votes, and that everything will be played in three weeks in a second round".
To vote in the 27 October parliamentary elections, Israelis living abroad have no choice but to go to Israel. With the price of the plane tickets that explodes, some sacrifice holidays, trips and family reunions to participate in an election that they consider decisive for the future of the country. Testimonies of Israelis living in Paris.
This week, Caroline De Camaret receives Maciej Witucki, President of BusinessEurope since 1 July 2026. The largest employers' organisation in Europe, BusinessEurope represents over 40 national employers' federations from 35 countries. He is a Polish national and takes stock with us of the European entrepreneurial landscape, its challenges and its avenues for improvement.
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For the first secretary of the Socialist Party Olivier Faure, Jordan Bardella "ment" and can no longer claim Matignon. The president of the National Rally appears weakened after the publication of screenshots of anti-Semitic messages that Mediapart attributes to him. If the RN closes the ranks, some already mention the mayor of Nice Eric Ciotti to replace him.
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It is a new arm of arms between a political leader and Mediapart: the investigative media published anti-Semitic messages from 2013 to 2015 which it attributes to Jordan Bardella, then a young activist of the National Front. The latter denied and filed a defamation complaint against Mediapart. It's not a first. Since its creation, the online media has been confronted with more than 300 procedures but so far there are only five final criminal convictions.
Students block #lycées everywhere in #France to demand more human and financial resources for education. The movement also extends to higher education. A total of 338 schools are affected by actions and at least 40 persons have been arrested according to the Ministry of Education.
More than 100 Israeli settlers attacked a village in the northern West Bank on Tuesday to prevent the return of a Palestinian family. Three police officers were injured in the confrontation. Rarely, the country's top leaders, Benjamin Netanyahu and Isaac Herzog, condemned this attack.
The Palestinian territory in the Gaza Strip is currently going through the "worst economic crisis ever observed" in the world, warned the United Nations Agency for Trade and Development (Cnuced).
More than 170 rallies are planned on Tuesday across France to demand a salary increase of the civil servants and budgetary resources at the level of the missions of the public services. Firefighters, already in the streets of Paris yesterday to denounce "the lack of resources", will be in union processions, while dozens of high schools are blocked. Follow our direct.
Trade unions in France have called on public sector workers – from train drivers to teachers, health workers and police officers – to stop work and protest at the government's plan to freeze the public sector's pay index, just days before the government is set to unveil its draft budget for 2027. Plus, as Paris Fashion Week kicks off, we speak with an expert on what the struggling luxury sector needs to do towards a more sustainable future.
