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*Paris Mulls Similar Response Italy’s government is sending 500 soldiers to Milan and vowed a “firm response from the state” after protests against the cost of living descended into clashes with police, vandalism and looting. Further demonstrations are planned on Saturday. The government of the far-right Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, is also planning to swiftly approve tougher new security measures, including extending preventive detention for minors, cracking down on youth gangs and banning gatherings for people deemed a threat to public order, Italian media reported on Tuesday (today). In France, the Interior Minister, Laurent Nuñez, said today that some military…

*Unions Call For Fresh Demonstrations, Strikes 5 Nov Partial 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. French Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, 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. His office later announced partial curfews from 8pm to 6am on Monday and Tuesday nights in four…

*Hundreds Of Police, Firefighters Injured *Public Buildings, Shops, Others Burnt *City Mayors Blame President Macron's Govt *Regime In Desperate Talks Following ‘Colossal Failure Of The State’ After the recent revolt by some of its former colonies in Africa --Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger --, huge trouble has hit France flush in the face from within the country itself following days and weeks of protests, which have turned uncontrollably violent. In response, the government was in crisis talks today (Sunday) after one of the most violent days of unrest in years left public buildings burned, hundreds of shops destroyed and looted, and…

*'US Fuel Prices Have Surged By Almost 70% Since Trump Launched War On Iran, And His Republican Party Is Bracing For Punishment At The Polls' *Two Container Ships Sink Near Strait By Peter Beaumont Two container ships near the Strait of Hormuz have ⁠sunk after being struck by missiles, amid the sharpest rise in Iranian attacks on shipping since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran. The increase in attacks suggests Iran is trying to fully close the strategic waterway in an attempt to frustrate Donald Trump’s efforts to bring down fuel prices before the US mid-term elections on…

*Firm Suspends Two An elderly woman filmed after allegedly being caught shoplifting at Shoprite has received an outpouring of support after the video sparked concern among South Africans. In the footage, a female security guard is seen searching the woman and removing items including a small bag of rice, chicken pieces, beef stew, green pepper and body lotion. In some climes, the woman would first be beaten black and blue before police comes to the rescue. But in South Africa, the incident quickly became a wider conversation about poverty, dignity and the struggles faced by elderly people as citizens of…

*Was Influenced By Reading Extremist Literature, Online Content Glorifying Terrorist Organisations, Suicide Attacks *'Prepared Himself For The Operation By Training In Aviation' The co-pilot who tried to seize control of a passenger jet flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv last week was planning to launch a suicide attack targeting the passenger terminal at Israel’s international airport, prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Friday. The airport handles about 53,000 passengers daily. Hammam al-Hammami attacked the plane’s Indian pilot with an emergency axe, but failed to prevent his badly injured colleague from opening the cockpit’s security door to allow…

*Must Face Court After Hospital Discharge - Police Ghana Police Service (GPS) has said it will arraign Harold Norman, husband of actress and fashion personality Rosamond Akua Adobea, popularly known as Nana Akua, immediately after his discharge from hospital. The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) said Mr Norman was due to appear before the court yesterday, 7 October, 2026, but his lawyer informed the Police that he had been admitted to hospital and was unable to appear, according to a report in ghanagraphiconline. In a statement, the CID said investigators from the country's Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) had…

*Murder From Jealousy In Teen Love Crush Landed Her In Prison *'We Continue To Ask The Governor Of Tennessee To Commute Christa Pike’s Sentence To Life Imprisonment' *'I Was A Mentally Ill 18-Year-Old Kid. It Took Me Numerous Years To Even Realize Gravity Of What I’d Done... It Sickens Me Now To Think I'd The Ability To Commit Such Crime' Christa Pike, a Tennessee prisoner who survived the state’s attempt to execute her, is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital, her attorneys said on Tuesday, 6 October. Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital as Tennessee…

*China’s National Intelligence Law Requires Its Companies To Assist The Country's Intelligence Services *Nigerians Await NIA Input Drivers have been warned that the smart features built into modern cars such as microphones, cameras and GPS trackers could be used by hostile countries and entities to spy on them. The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), which sounded the alarm, called for “awareness of espionage risks around modern vehicles," including microphones that can be switched on remotely to listen to conversations. It did not mention an individual country, but the warning will add to concerns around a recent boom in…

*'Tehran Regime Will Collapse' It was a day of high drama yesterday in New York City (NYC) at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) when hundreds of protesters, including prominent actors and local politicians, swarmed the UN headquarters venue of the gathering to call for Israeli Prime Minister (PM) Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest — and many found themselves in cuffs instead. The protest began around noon and was organized by Jewish Voices For Peace and the opposition Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) to block traffic near the UN to call out Netanyahu’s war in Gaza and the ongoing conflict in…