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Sebastien Lecornu appointment comes as France prepares for protests and strikes over the prospect of spending cuts Emmanuel Macron appoints his third prime minister in a yearIn Paris, firefighters removed burnt objects from a barricade set up by students to block traffic near a high school. Paris police said 132 people had been arrested in the demonstrations there so far – an increase on the 75 reported earlier (see opening summary).“It’s the same shit, it’s the same, it’s Macron who’s the problem, not the ministers,” Fred, a representative for the RATP public transport branch of the CGT union said at

US president says fifth-grade student forced to read aloud My Shadow Is Pink, a book about a boy who loves ‘things not for boys’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian children’s author has fired back after Donald Trump singled out his book as promoting “radical gender ideology”.The US president appeared onstage with a school student, who said he was forced to read My Shadow is Pink by the Australian author and illustrator Scott Stuart. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/sep/10/donald-trump-targets-australian-author-scott-stuart-childrens-book-my-shadow-is-pink Author : Australian Associated Press Publish date

The announcement came after Poland closed airports and launched an operation “to neutralise” objects that crossed over its borderFull report: Poland shoots down drones over its territory amid Russian attack on Ukraine, says militaryLubelskie region governor Krzysztof Komorski is leading an emergency meeting with the police this morning. In a post on X, he urged residents to follow the guidance from the relevant authorities.Prime minister Donald Tusk meanwhile said in his latest update that he is in “constant contact” with Nato secretary general Mark Rutte. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/10/poland-pm-condemns-repeated-violation-of-airspace-amid-russian-attack-on-ukraine-follow-live Author : Helen Livingstone Publish date : 2025-09-10 04:20:00

Charge for Decarlos B Jr, accused of killing Iryna Zarutska in apparent random attack on train, could carry death penaltyThe justice department on Tuesday charged a man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train last month with a federal crime that could carry the death penalty.The federal charge comes amid growing questions about why Decarlos Brown Jr was on the street despite 14 prior criminal arrests before he was accused of pulling out a knife and killing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska in an apparently random attack captured on video. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/09/north-carolina-ukraine-woman-stabbing