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France braces for another weekend of unrest as the Yellow Vests return to the streets under the rallying cry of ‘Act III – Halloween’, with 70,000 police and security forces deployed after the riots and looting of recent weeks. A cash-strapped government faces mounting grievances, a rolling protest movement and little room for manoeuvre ahead of elections, as it struggles to restore order while grappling with crippling debt.

Satellite imagery shows damage at more than two dozen installations, in the fullest accounting of the destruction yet.

Tens of thousands of satellite images, Iranian media statements and a custom-built computer program helped reporters pierce a U.S. blackout.

Marco Rubio pulls plug on traditional photo op at meeting of foreign ministers after about one-third of countries threaten boycott The traditional “family photo” to open the G20 foreign minister’s meeting has been abruptly cancelled in the US after a host of nations – including Australia and the UK – refused to appear beside Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov. US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, pulled the plug after several European officials, the UK and Australia made it known they would boycott or walk out of the snapshot that often kicks off such international gatherings. Continue reading...

A wave of youth-led protests has swept Europe, with demonstrators denouncing rising prices and a lack of prospects.

From Alaska to Texas, candidates with an eye on Congress are using their personal style to stand out.

Rex Patrick’s latest transparency fight is over what he calls ‘most open secret in the history of Australian spying’ – maybe even the world Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast A campaign to uncover any documents relating to whether Australian spies bugged Timor-Leste to gain the upper hand in sensitive oil and gas negotiations will be a little less secret after a critical win by the former senator Rex Patrick. The politician turned transparency advocate is trying to finally lift the lid on the top-secret mission in 2004 that became a public scandal years later after an ex-spy and a former attorney general attempted to mount a case in The Hague . Continue reading...

The move threatens to further strain relations between Brazilian President Lula and his Argentinian counterpart, Milei.

IRGC says four tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz as Trump says war on Iran will 'get wrapped up soon'.

The company behind a "forever cruise" that stranded more than 200 passengers in Cambodia this week blames rising fuel costs for halting the trip. But documents obtained by CBS News reveal a longer history of financial trouble. Cristian Benavides reports.

Al Jazeera spoke to fans attending Macklemore’s ‘Free Palestine’ concert after he was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour.

Scottish authorities are investigating former Prince Andrew's trip to the royal Balmoral Estate in Scotland with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Images released earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Justice appeared to show the former prince, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, on a shooting trip at the estate with Epstein.

Thailand has prosecuted 294 people since 2020 under its lèse majesté law, with sentences going up to 50 years.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk defended the firing of top court President Bogdan Swieczkowski as a move to "restore the rule of law."

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk defended the suspension of top court President Bogdan Swieczkowski as a move to "restore the rule of law."

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk defended the suspension of top court President Bogdan Swieczkowski as a move to "restore the rule of law."

Judge's suspension is part of a long dispute over politicisation of the Constitutional Tribunal under former government.

Stephen Hubbard said that only when he was being taken from Moscow to St Petersburg did he believe he was ‘going somewhere’ In his first comments since recently being released from a Russian prison, a retired Michigan teacher said he only believed he would be freed when he got new clothes. Stephen Hubbard, 74, remarked on Friday that he had heard many times previously that he would be released – but never really trusted what he was told, adopting a philosophy of “seeing is believing” and “actions speak louder than words”. Continue reading...

Ukraine correspondent Dan Johnson explains the temporary ceasefire in the devastated town of Oleshky.