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The incident took place in Taybeh, a mainly Christian town north of Jerusalem, where diplomats and other officials from France, Poland and Belgium were watching local people harvest olives. Video footage of the attack showed settlers confronting a convoy of diplomats and a man wearing a French tricolor sash slumped beside a car. “The mayor of the commune of Aulnoye-Aymeries was violently assaulted by extremist settlers in the West Bank,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on X, adding that that Israel “must urgently put an end to these criminal acts.” Belgian Foreign Minister Maxim Prévot said that in addition…
In the wake of the protests that erupted in France, demonstrations against the rising cost of living have also taken place in Italy, spilling over into violent clashes with the police. The worst tensions were reported in Milan, where the march first degenerated in Via Broletto and then in the city centre, particularly in Piazza Duomo, turning into scenes reminiscent of urban guerrilla warfare. In the Lombardy capital, 25 people were injured and taken to various Milan hospitals, ten of them police officers. None of the injured was in a condition requiring emergency red-code transport. Clashes in Milan: shops attacked,…
Major businesses and local shop owners are recovering from widespread looting across France on Saturday, after cost-of-living protests spiralled into scenes of violence that saw masked individuals force their way into stores and make off with goods. French authorities say shops were looted across cities including Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Rennes, Strasbourg, Grenoble, Nice, and Limoges, as well as in the French capital, Paris. Among the targets were major supermarket chains including Carrefour, Franprix, and Monoprix, as well as luxury boutiques, bars, and vape shops. Groups of masked individuals, many dressed in black, paraded the streets, smashing windows and pulling at…
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By Euronews Published on 18/10/2026 – 13:06 GMT+2•Updated 13:54 An oil terminal and a data centre belonging to the VK social networking service were reportedly among the targets of a drone attack on St Petersburg and the surrounding Leningrad region overnight into Sunday. The attack is being described by Russian media as one of the largest on the area since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. One person was killed and 15 people were injured in the strikes, local officials said. A total of 144 drones were shot down over the Leningrad region, regional governor Aleksandr Drozdenko…
Paris woke up to widespread damage on Sunday after violence overshadowed Saturday’s protests over the cost of living. Streets were littered with debris, burnt bicycles and damaged vehicles, while shops across the city had smashed windows and signs of looting. Businesses including Nike, Sephora and Burger King were among those left damaged, and windows at the Paris Opera ticket office were also shattered. Cleaning crews worked to clear the streets as workers began repairing shopfronts. The unrest came amid nationwide demonstrations against rising prices.
Trump repeatedly urged Ukraine to halt its attacks and blamed the country for rising fuel prices — while also calling for Zelenskyy to be replaced as president. Writing on X Sunday morning, the Ukrainian president highlighted Moscow’s continued attacks on Ukraine. “In total, over this past week, the Russians have attacked Ukraine with almost 2,700 attack drones, 1,700 aerial bombs, and 66 missiles, most of them ballistic,” he wrote, adding that the U.S. “should see that Russia is not taking any reciprocal steps in response to sanctions relief or agreements.” Separately, Vilnius said that a suspected drone may have self-detonated…
Welcome back to Off the Record after another hectic week. I like to joke with our Deputy Head of EU News, Maia de la Baume, that things cannot get crazier with each passing week. Every time, I’m proved wrong. It’s bad news for my immune system, which has finally succumbed to a cold. This week, I spent some time in Warsaw before the European Council summit in Brussels, which wrapped up as I sat down to file this newsletter next to my Kleenex. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Brussels for the summit on Friday, looking to shore up support…
Central Lyon was left littered with debris, shattered shop windows and looted stores on Sunday morning after violence erupted during Saturday’s cost-of-living protests. The city’s tourist office was also left burnt out, while graffiti appeared on nearby streets. Cleaning crews worked to clear the wreckage along Rue de la République, and workers boarded up damaged shopfronts. The unrest came amid nationwide demonstrations over rising prices, with France’s presidential election scheduled for next year.
Between 550,000 and 800,000 people took to the streets of France on Saturday, mostly peacefully and often unaware of the unprecedented violence breaking out in some of the country’s major cities. Limoges city hall went up in flames, as did the iconic tourist office on Place Bellecour in Lyon. Vandals also forced their way into town halls in Marseille, Lille, and Angers, whilst in Bordeaux, the prefect’s residence was ransacked. Widespread destruction “Scenes of insurrection,” reads the front page of Le Parisien. In Paris, Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire said “entire streets” had been “systematically devastated” after the French capital saw violent…