- The Swedish royal family opens parliament together after a heartbreaking September HOLA
- Sweden faces political deadlock after Andersson gives up attempt to form government reuters.com
- The Queen and Princesses of Sweden Wear Parliamentary Pearls and Diamonds The Court Jeweller
- Sweden Gives Hope to Real Conservatives Everywhere Bloomberg.com
- Sweden’s Andersson fails to form government after row with Left Party Politico
Ireland undecided on approach for next game against Israel, coach says
Ireland played the first Nations League game despite unease among some players over Israel's genocidal war in Gaza.
French students and police clash as school blockades turn violent
More than 200 arrested while teachers join protest over class sizes, exhausting timetables and staff shortages
French teenagers blockading their schools in protest at class sizes, teacher shortages and long timetables have clashed with police, as politicians traded verbal blows over how to respond.
Demonstrations that began in Paris last week have escalated and spread across France, with the authorities reporting the arrests of 164 people on Monday.
Continue reading...National Rally’s Jordan Bardella rails at ‘war’ on party after antisemitism claims
President of Marine Le Pen’s far-right party faces calls to resign over comments he allegedly wrote as a teenager
Jordan Bardella, the head of Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN), has claimed a “total war” is being waged against his party as he faces a political storm after the publication of antisemitic comments he allegedly wrote as a young party member.
Bardella, who is facing calls from political opponents to resign, said on Tuesday that the report by the investigative website Mediapart was false. To a standing ovation from his party’s lawmakers and senators at a meeting in parliament, he said the report was an attempt to damage his party as Le Pen tops the polls before the 2027 presidential election.
Continue reading...US-Iran talks in New York: What’s the latest?
Both sides remain interested in a diplomatic settlement but differ on how to achieve one.
CDC reports two measles deaths in US as cases hit 35-year high
Pennsylvania reports over 900 measles cases, leading a nationwide outbreak with the highest numbers in 35 years.
Le Pen faces fallout after Bardella accused of antisemitic remarks – politico.eu
- Le Pen faces fallout after Bardella accused of antisemitic remarks politico.eu
- Accusations of Antisemitism Hit a Star of the French Far Right The New York Times
- How Jordan Bardella's political youth was shaped by antisemitic ideology Le Monde.fr
- France's Le Pen vows to 'counterattack' after top ally Bardella hit by anti-Semitism claims France 24
- Israeli minister backs French far-right leader amid antisemitism allegations Haaretz
Russia’s ballistic missile and jet-propelled drone blitz keeps Kyiv on edge – AP News
- Russia’s ballistic missile and jet-propelled drone blitz keeps Kyiv on edge AP News
- Russian air strikes kill 3, injure 7 in and around Kyiv, officials say reuters.com
- Ukrainian Science Academy, Struck by Drone, Played Key Role in Research The New York Times
- Russia pounds Ukraine’s Kyiv after deadly strike on Academy of Sciences Al Jazeera
- Russian strikes on Ukraine kill at least 7, including woman at Kyiv's National Academy of Sciences CBS News
Guardian Essential poll: Coalition’s primary vote sinks to lowest ever as majority support hardline immigration ideas
More than half of Australians want to see the country’s migrant intake lowered while One Nation’s primary vote climbs to 25%
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The Coalition has failed to capitalise on growing criticism of Labor, with the opposition stuck at its lowest-ever primary vote in the Guardian Essential poll.
The poll also shows more than half of all Australians want immigration cut and have voiced support for hardline enforcement, such as forced deportation.
Continue reading...Why has Putin added 15,000 new soldiers to Russia’s army? – Al Jazeera
- Why has Putin added 15,000 new soldiers to Russia’s army? Al Jazeera
- Putin orders army expansion as Zelenskyy warns Russia preparing to deploy 10,000 North Korean troops CNBC
- Ukraine's Zelenskiy says North Korea prepares to deploy another 10,000 troops to Russia reuters.com
- Zelenskyy Warns of New Russian Mobilization and 10,000 North Korean Troop Deployment rferl.org
- Desperate Putin Signs Major Order After Battlefield Humiliation Yahoo
Photos: French students protest, public workers strike before budget cuts
About 40 people have been arrested and 10 injured as protesting students clash with police.
Why has Putin added 15,000 new soldiers to Russia’s army?
The move marks the fourth military expansion this year as Russia's war in Ukraine seemingly stalls.
Watch: US journalist Evan Gershkovich describes being detained by Russian agents
He was arrested in Russia in 2023 and later sentenced to 16 years on espionage charges.
Severely disabled toddler euthanized in the Netherlands under new rules on the controversial practice – CBS News
- Severely disabled toddler euthanized in the Netherlands under new rules on the controversial practice CBS News
- Netherlands Confirms First Child Euthanized Under New Law Was 1 Year Old People.com
- Terminally ill child euthanised in the Netherlands was one year old, government says Euronews.com
- Officials confirm 1-year-old was first child euthanized under new law WKRC
- One-year-old euthanised in the Netherlands The Telegraph
Spain announces plan to ease housing crisis amid outcry over eviction of 87-year-old
Measures, which need to be approved in Congress, include extending ban on evictions of vulnerable people
Spain’s Socialist Workers’ party-led coalition government has approved a range of measures aimed at easing the country’s housing crisis, including extending a ban on evictions of vulnerable tenants until 2030, after a public outcry over the eviction of an 87-year-old disabled woman from her Madrid apartment last week.
Two decrees have been approved by cabinet but will need to be approved in Congress, where the coalition lacks a majority. The government has requested a special parliamentary session on Friday in the hope of getting the decrees passed as soon as possible.
Continue reading...Estonia blames Russia for arson attack on drone maker supplying Ukraine
European and Nato leaders express support for Estonia after August attack on manufacturer in Tallinn
European and Nato leaders have expressed full support for Estonia and Ukraine after the Baltic state said an August arson attack on a drone manufacturer supplying Kyiv was an act of sabotage commissioned by Moscow’s security services.
Estonia’s foreign minister, Margus Tsahkna, said on social media on Tuesday that such attacks were “absolutely unacceptable” and that Russia’s chargé d’affaires in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, was being summoned to his ministry.
Continue reading...Indian firm building $15bn Trump-announced steel mill has deep Russia ties
Russian cash helped Essar, the firm behind the steel factory, manage major debts. Now the group's investing in the US.
Sudan takes centre stage on final day of UNGA
Sudan's foreign minister addressed the UNGA as his country faces war, mass displacement and a worsening aid shortfall.
Close-up look at Turner’s ‘£50m’ Rome painting on show in the city
Turner’s early 19th century painting - Rome, from Mount Aventine - will be on display in the Italian capital for the first time ahead of an auction in London in December.
‘Let them be scared’: Moscow sends EU message with widening corporate crackdown – reuters.com
- 'Let them be scared': Moscow sends EU message with widening corporate crackdown reuters.com
- “Let Them Be Afraid”: Russia Signals Wave of Asset Seizures Targeting EU Corporations UNITED24 Media
- Kremlin Seizes Russian Subsidiary of German Retailer Metro The Moscow Times
- After Nestle and Auchan seizures, Russia is coming for others kyivindependent.com
- Putin Puts German Grocer Metro’s Units in Temporary Control Bloomberg.com