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Mother facing deportation holds nursery school head at gunpoint in Nice
She accused staff of sexually assaulting one of her children, an unsubstantiated claim, according to prosecutor Damien Martinelli.
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German police arrest five in raids on left-wing militant cell
Officers conducted searches across Saxony, Thuringia, Hamburg and Bremen, raiding residences in Zwickau, Leipzig, Dresden, Saalfeld, Hamburg and Bremen.
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French Government prepares ‘riot tax’ on citizens’ insurance bills
The mechanism is designed to finance a dedicated mutualisation pool managed by State-owned reinsurer Caisse Centrale de Réassurance (CCR).
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Hamburg freezes new major power grid connections as capacity runs out
Existing connections, households and ordinary businesses are not affected. According to the operator, more than 99 per cent of connection requests fall below the threshold.
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Slovenian PM lashes out against Brussels policies: ‘An EU has emerged that must save itself from itself’
“When we were deciding to join the EU, no one imagined that in any of its member states or in the Union as a whole it would be possible without consequences,” Janša wrote.
Henry Nowak’s family says they were ‘manipulated in our darkest hour’ by police
"The first time was the night that we were told that Henry had died. And the second time was when we watched that video".
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Moscow foils park attack plot after rare intelligence tip-off from Washington
Russian state authorities have not announced the recovery of live firearms or assembled explosives from the premises.
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Germany’s new combat helicopters can fly but cannot shoot
The technical breakdown strikes at the heart of Defence Minister Boris Pistorius’ flagship procurement strategy.
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France’s Socialists push through per-gigabyte internet tax by one vote
During budget debates in the Palais Bourbon, an amendment introduced by the Socialist parliamentary group passed through the National Assembly.
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Berlin mayoral hopeful Eralp needs police protection at own party congress
Agencies stepped in after radical leftist and pro-Palestinian groupings called for street demonstrations directly outside the party’s state congress.
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Audi profit plunges 87 per cent as China slump and US tariffs bite
Deliveries in China, including Hong Kong, fell 24.5 per cent to 328,042 vehicles over the first nine months, according to company figures.
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Dutch ruling parties crater in polls
The aggregate is compiled by Leiden University political scientist Tom Louwerse for Dutch public broadcaster NOS.
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EU funding for Spanish rail safety under scrutiny after latest high-speed crash
The second deadly crash on the line this year, after 46 people died near Adamuz, Córdoba province, on January 18.
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France bans remigration forum and bars speaker from entering country
Officials cited acute risks to public order, referencing local security concerns and widespread tensions following recent incidents.
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North Korean hackers steal €5.85 billion from Binance
Investigators attribute the breach to TraderTraitor, an elite cyber warfare unit operating under Pyongyang’s state intelligence apparatus.
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Italy approves 2027 budget with tax rises on banks, insurers and energy firms
This is the last full budget under Meloni, and her fifth, before national elections due next year.
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Outgoing EPPO chief Kövesi accuses Greece of ‘most blatant’ attempt to intimidate EU prosecutors
She singled out a dispute over the renewal of the mandates of three Greek European Delegated Prosecutors as the clearest example of pressure on the independent body.
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Volkswagen posts nearly €6 billion net loss in third quarter of 2026
The result was driven primarily by special items of about €7.8 billion booked in the quarter.
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Die Linke’s Berlin mayoral candidate admits fear of Hamas-linked figures in leaked notes
She wrote that she could not “endanger myself and my family for Der Spiegel” and asked: “What do we do now? Can we cancel the whole interview?”
Brussels risks fuelling black market boom with novel nicotine crackdown, industry and customs officials warn
The Euromonitor study, covering 24 member states, revealed sharp divergences depending on national regulatory choices.
Spain funds foreign railways as its own network suffers a second fatal crash
The largest individual allocation involves a €754.3 million credit package cleared for Morocco’s state rail company ONCF.
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German billion-euro online retailer warns EU is regulating itself out of competitiveness
The company, which reports more than €1 billion in annual revenue, around 10 million customers and a catalogue of more than 250,000 products.
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Almost 30 per cent of machines in Belgian factories sit idle amid industrial malaise
The figures mean 27 per cent of all production equipment across the country is currently inactive, a level not recorded since April 2020.
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Switzerland freezes Médecins Sans Frontières funding over Chad abuse allegations
Staff members were alleged to have conditioned the provision of humanitarian relief, jobs and financial assistance on sexual acts with displaced women and girls.
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Brussels unveils plan to transform Frontex into central deportation hub with 30,000-strong corps
It was presented by European Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen and Magnus Brunner, Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration.
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Leading economist demands rollback of ‘15 years of Merkel policies’ to save German industry
At the centre of his critique is the European Union’s climate regulatory framework, particularly fleet emission targets and mandatory sustainability reporting.
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French student unions reject government concessions as Macron hardens the security response
French education minister Édouard Geffray unveiled a package on October 26, alongside higher education minister Philippe Baptiste.
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Finnish and Norwegian leaders hold direct call with Putin, prompting unease among allies
The discussion focused on prospective conditions for de-escalation in Ukraine ahead of planned multilateral talks in Abu Dhabi.
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AfD politician fined €11,600 over campaign poster gesture
This decision finalises an earlier ruling by the Regional Court in Frankfurt (Oder), eastern Germany, on the Polish border, against Wilko Möller.
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Le Monde spreads false RN link on Trappes shooter as psychiatric and left-wing history emerge
French media was also quick to present him as a right-winger and connect him with the RN, saying leaflets of the party were found in his car.