Trump to speak to Putin about plague lab death in Russia
Reports first emerged on Friday of almost 200 people being placed under observation in Siberia’s Irkutsk region following the death. The lab worker, named in Russian media as Darya Shipilova, had reportedly fallen ill a couple of days earlier.…
France suspends stun grenade use at student protests ahead of PM speech
France has suspended the use of stun grenades by police at student-led demonstrations, the interior minister said Wednesday, as allegations of police brutality mounted after days of sometimes violent demonstrations across the country. Tens of thousands…
France halts use of stun grenades after boy’s hand blown off in student protests
France has suspended the use of stun grenades for policing student protests that have swept the country, after a 15-year-old’s hand was blown off earlier this week. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said he had requested the pause until the facts of…
October 7: Israelis mark three years since Hamas attacks
Israel is marking the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Wednesday with memorials across the country. At the site of the Nova music festival, where more than 300 people were killed, families gathered at dawn for a moment…
Zelensky condemns ‘vile’ large-scale Russian attacks that killed 15
Zelensky renewed a call for allies to provide air defence support packages to Ukraine, saying its military only managed to shoot down «some» of the missiles launched by Russia overnight. According to Zelensky, one of the «key targets» of the attack was…
Israel marks three years since Hamas’s October 7 attack
Israel marks the third anniversary of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Wednesday, just weeks before an election in which the deadliest day in the country’s history will be front and centre. Memorial events are planned throughout the day to…
California pair charged with abusing at least 14 surrogate-born children
A California pair has been charged with multiple counts of abusing at least 14 surrogate-born children – some as young as two months old – and dissuading a witness. «The number of children who were subjected to this alleged horrific abuse is…
Politkovskaya ‘predicted’ Russia’s turn under Putin, editor says on 20th anniversary of her death
Assassinated Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya, shot dead outside her Moscow home in 2006, had «predicted» Russia‘s trajectory under Putin, her editor said ahead of the 20th anniversary of her death. Politkovskaya had reported fearlessly on the…
Rahul Gandhi: Delhi police detain opposition leader demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation
Security was tightened around the Election Commission headquarters on Tuesday, with police barricading roads along the route between parliament and the commission’s office. Police officers, some carrying batons and wearing body cameras, reportedly…
Live: France suspends stun grenade use in school protests after 15-year-old loses hand
Home France Live Issued on: 07/10/2026 – 09:47Modified: 07/10/2026 – 10:01 A police officer throws a dispersal grenade during a demonstration of high-school students in Paris on October 6, 2026. © Kenzo Tribouillard, AFP The French government…