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Indian alleged mastermind of online child abuse ring goes on trial in Paris
05 October 2026
Rohan Rane, an Indian national who came to France to study before becoming a fitness coach, went on trial on Monday behind closed doors in Paris, on charges of torture and acts of barbarity against minors. Investigators say he is the leader of a neo-Nazi child exploitation ring that ran its operations via messaging platform Discord.
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‘France has fallen’: Far-right figures fuel Islamophobic claims with false student protest videos
05 October 2026
France’s student protests have become the target of a wave of false and misleading videos shared by far-right figures, including Alex Jones and Tommy Robinson. Old footage and unrelated videos have been shared to portray the demonstrations as evidence of an “anti-white” or Islamist uprising linked to uncontrolled immigration. The protests are over school conditions, including large class sizes, teacher shortages and poor facilities, not immigration. Vedika Bahl fact-checks in Truth or Fake.
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'We are effectively maiming young people' - expert questions France's response to student protests
05 October 2026
A 15-year-old lost a hand on Monday picking up a police grenade amid nationwide school protests demanding better funding and classroom conditions. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Ariane Bogain, Senior Lecturer in French Politics at Northumbria University, says that "there is a definite issue with violence and we need to ask why there is this unidimensional reaction which is aggressive, which is riot police, which is repressive".
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Sanchez chose 'best moment in a sea of troubles' to call for snap election, analyst says
05 October 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday called an early election for November 29, aiming to increase his parliamentary support after lawmakers last week rejected proposals to address a housing crisis that has drawn nationwide protests. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Javier Carbonell, Policy Analyst at the European Policy Centre, explains that Sanchez has chosen "the best moment in a sea of troubles" to call snap elections as he is likely to capitalise on the mobilisation of left-wing voters during the housing protests.
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05 October 2026
Europe - Discover all the articles, videos and infographics in the Europe section on Le Monde.fr.
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Turkey and Pakistan pledge to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia
06 October 2026
Under a new mutual defense pact, the two countries will support their ally, following weeks of Houthi attacks.
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Anna Politkovskaya: The journalist killed 20 years ago for understanding Putin before anyone else
05 October 2026
Murdered in 2006 in the stairwell of her apartment building in Moscow, the renowned Russian reporter relentlessly warned, with remarkable clarity, about the true nature of Vladimir Putin. Her reporting from Chechnya already foreshadowed the war in Ukraine.
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France's Macron slams Moscow increase in strikes on Ukraine civilian infrastructure
05 October 2026
The comments from France's president came after he spoke with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on ways to bolster support for Kyiv.
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Constant atmosphere of war is gripping Kyiv residents: 'The enemy is destroying the city'
05 October 2026
Since Russian strikes intensified at the end of August, daily life in the Ukrainian capital has been marked by air raid alerts and bombings, upending the lives of residents, who, for now, are refusing to resign themselves to a new exodus.
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