France is in crisis but bond markets leave other governments at risk of meltdown too

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Investors rattled by resignation of French PM but country is not alone in trying to grapple with political maths

Sébastien Lecornu’s abrupt resignation as the French prime minister on Monday after less than a month in the role marked the latest clash between France’s stretched public finances and its polarised politics.

Lecornu was the latest prime minister to try and fail to cobble together a package of spending cuts and tax rises that would pass muster in a parliament without a clear majority, and contain mounting bond market pressures.

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CBS News on board as Chinese jets intercept Canadian air force plane tracking North Korean ships – CBS News

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  1. CBS News on board as Chinese jets intercept Canadian air force plane tracking North Korean ships  CBS News
  2. Canadian mission helps enforce North Korea sanctions - National  Global News
  3. Monitoring and surveillance activities by Canada against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers  mofa.go.jp
  4. Australia deploys patrol aircraft to monitor North Korea’s maritime smuggling  NK News
  5. Geopolitical Tensions News Today: China Intercepts Canadian Reconnaissance Aircraft  Meyka
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The First Post-Assad Election in Syria – The Dispatch

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  1. The First Post-Assad Election in Syria  The Dispatch
  2. Syria Chooses a Parliament of Revolutionaries  The New York Times
  3. Few women lawmakers elected in Syria’s first parliamentary election since ousting of Bashar al-Assad  CNN
  4. What to expect as Syria holds first parliamentary elections since Assad's ouster  NPR
  5. Syria shares results of parliamentary election amid inclusivity concerns  Al Jazeera
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Manchester synagogue volunteer describes confronting attacker – BBC

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  1. Manchester synagogue volunteer describes confronting attacker  BBC
  2. Footage shows Jihad Al-Shamie before attack  BBC
  3. I didn’t realise how much I loved my home town until a terrorist attacked it. I pray unity prevails there | Simon Hattenstone  The Guardian
  4. Neighbour ‘warned police four years ago’ about Manchester attacker  The Times
  5. Synagogue Attack Increases Pressure on Starmer in the U.K.  The New York Times
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The Electoral Revenge of Czech ‘Pork-Eaters’ – Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

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  1. The Electoral Revenge of Czech ‘Pork-Eaters’  Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)
  2. Ex-Prime Minister Set to Return to Power in Czech Republic  The New York Times
  3. The Czech Trump wins an election, again  The Economist
  4. Ukraine war briefing: Snag for EU’s support of Kyiv after aid opponent wins Czech election  The Guardian
  5. Populist party of billionaire Andrej Babiš wins big in Czech parliamentary election  PBS
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Man convicted in Gisèle Pelicot case says he ‘never intended’ to rape her – The Guardian

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  1. Man convicted in Gisèle Pelicot case says he ‘never intended’ to rape her  The Guardian
  2. Appeal Trial Opens in Gisèle Pelicot Rape Case  The New York Times
  3. French appeals court revisits shocking Gisele Pelicot rape case  CNN
  4. Gisèle Pelicot to face one of her rapists in court as French women fear nothing has changed  BBC
  5. Gisele Pelicot returns to court for appeal trial in mass rape case  Yahoo
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