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UK judge to hear the opening salvo in ex-Prince Andrew’s bid to challenge searches at his residences
Oct 8, 2026 - World 
A London judge is set to hold a hearing in former Prince Andrew’s challenge to police searches at his residences
A partial building collapse in Istanbul traps at least 7 people, including a child
Oct 8, 2026 - World
A seven-story building in Istanbul has partially collapsed, killing two and trapping at least two other people
Deported to Central African Republic, a transgender woman who lived openly in Miami is hiding again
Oct 8, 2026 - World
Daniela Fuentes is a transgender woman from Cuba who's been deported to the Central African Republic as part of a U.S. immigration policy
Thursday briefing: Why young people are taking to the streets across France
Oct 8, 2026 - World 
In today’s newsletter: A youth-led movement is protesting crumbling school buildings and teacher shortages while turning adult focus onto wider educational inequalitiesGood morning. In my experience, at any protest, the most memorable and encapsulating slogans are always the ones written by hand with marker pen on cardboard placards.“School is a right, not a privilege,” read one such sign held aloft by a student in Paris, where huge youth protests over the state of high school education have brought tens of thousands of young people and adults on to the streets, with further strikes planned today.UK politics | Kemi Badenoch has announced that the Conservatives would abolish inheritance tax on family homes if elected, prompting criticism that she is prioritising cutting taxes for the rich.Education | Labour’s flagship changes to special education in England are at risk of unravelling because parents are rushing to secure support for their children before the system changes, new analysis has found.Spain | María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old whose eviction set off a nationwide wave of protests against Spain’s housing crisis, has died.Science | A type of gene therapy based on Nobel prize-winning science is safe and can partly restore sight in blind people, researchers have revealed.Epstein | British billionaire Sir James Goldsmith warned that Jeffrey Epstein was a “sexual deviant” decades before the FBI closed in on the abuser, a Guardian investigation has found. Continue reading...
Police fire tear gas at a barricaded Paris school as protests show no sign of ending
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Students in northeastern Paris gathered Thursday to protest outside a high school, with police responding using tear gas
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'Bored' Woman Who Hates Children Posed As Substitute Teacher To Insult Students At Her Former School
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