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WorldFrance imposes partial curfews in several cities, including parts of Paris
Interior minister concedes police ‘lost control’ of weekend protests and says he is ‘fully resolved to restore public order’Europe live – latest updatesPartial curfews have been issued for a number of French cities, including parts of Paris, after the government admitted police had “lost control” during violent weekend protests around the country.Sébastien Lecornu, the French prime minister, said after an emergency cabinet meeting on Monday he was “fully resolved to restore public order” and had called for “local and partial” curfews if needed. There was “no question” of imposing a full curfew on entire cities, he said. Continue reading...
WorldFrench authorities announce partial curfews as PM blames ‘ultra-left’ for exploiting protests – Europe live
Curfews to apply to parts of cities including Paris, Nice and Lyon after days of violence on French streetsMacron criticises ‘unbridled violence’ after 2,400 arrests across FranceFrench PM Lecornu says he has asked prefects to implement “a number of partial curfews” in certain “localised” urban areas to stop further disorder, which he attributes to “the extreme-left” and some criminal elements.We will no doubt hear more on this from local authorities, as in the example of Marseille (10:32). Continue reading...
WorldTrump DoJ announces arrests of 28 green card holders in California on noncitizen voting related charges – live
Latest action on alleged voter fraud comes as administration escalates its fight with state as midterms loomSign up for US Breaking News emailA new Washington Post-ABC poll shows that Donald Trump’s approval rating has reached a new low – 33%.This comes, just over two weeks away from the November midterms, as the president continues crisscrossing the country as part of his campaign blitz for embattled Republicans. Continue reading...
WorldAs Alberta Holds a Referendum on Separatism, Premier Danielle Smith Has Alienated Both Sides
By hedging her position on secession, Premier Danielle Smith risks a backlash from both her conservative base and from pro-Canada voters.
WorldIsraeli police detain 10 people in rare raid against West Bank settlers
Move comes after US photojournalist and group of European diplomats and Palestinians were assaulted in separate attacksIsraeli police have detained 10 people in a rare raid against settlers, after a weekend of extreme violence in the occupied West Bank including an attack on US photojournalist Heidi Levine, which she described as an “attempted lynching”.She was knocked down, kicked and beaten by a group of masked Israeli men as she covered the olive harvest in a Palestinian village on Friday. The militants broke four vertebrae and a rip, ripped open her finger so it required surgery and left her with lacerations across her body. Continue reading...
WorldThe French Teen Maimed During School Unrest by Tear Gas Grenade
The police’s treatment of the student last month sheds light on how a wave of school unrest evolved into national protests that spilled into widespread riots on Saturday.
WorldAustralian Lawmaker Helen Haines Injured After Attack, Prime Minister Says
A suspect is in custody and the country’s counterterrorism team was activated after Helen Haines, 65, was struck by a car outside her office.
WorldItaly Faces Parallel Protests in the North and South
Protests by young people in northern cities ended in riots as farmers and truckers in the south, angered by high gas prices, stopped commercial traffic.
WorldITV’s exposé of racism and misogyny in Reform? Just a few (more) bad apples | John Crace
While the party’s MPs went into hiding, it was left to its failed byelection candidate Matt Goodwin to defend itIt was the dog that didn’t bark in the night. After Sunday night’s ITV exposé of widespread racism and misogyny within Reform, you might have expected one of its MPs to have taken to the airwaves on Monday morning to defend the party’s honour. To try to persuade viewers that the real problem lay with the journalists who couldn’t stop themselves from investigating Reform rather than the fact that the party’s bigotry was endemic.Instead, we got nothing. Every Reform MP was otherwise engaged. Were too busy having breakfast. Nothing from Nigel Farage. Nothing even from Robert Jenrick. Maybe he realised he had crashed and burned a few days earlier by suggesting it was just one of those things. One of life’s little mysteries. The BBC was riddled with paedophiles and Reform was awash with racists, said Honest Bob. No big deal. Every organisation had its crosses to bear. Continue reading...
WorldMassachusetts lieutenant governor candidate ends campaign after arrest
Police said Shawn Oliver was arrested on suspicion of operating under influence of alcohol after a car crashThe Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Massachusetts announced the suspension of his campaign on Sunday hours after he was arrested in a suspected drunk-driving crash.Shawn Oliver, a city councilor in New Bedford and a corrections officer, said in a post on X he was ending his campaign because “the election is too important to be overshadowed by personal matters”.Guardian staff contributed Continue reading...