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French protests see numbers surge as unions join strikes over high cost of living

ReutersPaul KirbyEurope digital editor5 November 2026More than 600,000 protesters have taken part in rallies and marches across France, according to France's interior ministry, with five unions...

France gears up for strikes and protests as unions promise national mobilisation

ReutersPaul KirbyEurope digital editor11 minutes agoHundreds of thousands of demonstrators are expected to take part in marches across France as five unions join strikes and protests in a national...

Bowen: Trump's loss limits powers at home, but it will likely be different abroad

Getty ImagesJeremy BowenInternational editor17 minutes agoDonald Trump deals in superlatives, so there is political karma in the sheer size of the defeat handed to him by a big majority of the voters...

EU rules on Artificial Intelligence devices will apply in NI

Getty ImagesJohn CampbellEconomics and business editor, BBC News NI1 hour agoSome EU rules on Artificial Intelligence (AI) will apply in Northern Ireland, the UK government has said.However the...

Student movement takes Serbia's Vučić to the wire in neck-and-neck election

Guy Delauney/BBCGuy Delauneyin Belgrade24 October 2026, 00:08 BSTIf Sunday's parliamentary elections really are a battle for the heart of Serbia, then who better than a cardiologist to be one of the...

Why a student protest movement is challenging 12 years of Vučić rule in Serbia

ReutersPaul KirbyEurope digital editor28 minutes agoRallies have been taking place across Serbia on Thursday, the final day of campaigning ahead of a snap election billed as a referendum on the...

Katya Adler: France divided over who to blame for riots and what to learn from them

AFP via Getty ImagesKatya AdlerEurope Editor21 October 2026, 02:22 BSTUpdated 34 minutes ago"This is not the face of France! You media all focus on the violence and destruction of Saturday's...

Are student protests being manipulated ahead of France's presidential election?

ReutersKatya AdlerEurope Editor16 October 2026, 00:25 BSTThe French passion for protest is legendary in Europe.Over the last few years, we have regularly witnessed farmers angry about costly...

Are student protests being manipulated ahead of France's presidential election?

ReutersKatya AdlerEurope Editor7 hours agoThe French passion for protest is legendary in Europe.Over the last few years, we have regularly witnessed farmers angry about costly regulations lobbing...

Hungarian MPs scrap Orbán's anti-LGBTQ measures

Akos Stiller/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesNick ThorpeBudapest13 October 2026The Hungarian parliament has voted to amend child protection laws, scrapping measures that stigmatise gay and transgender...

Hungarian MPs scrap Orbán's anti-LGBTQ measures

Akos Stiller/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesNick ThorpeBudapest6 minutes agoThe Hungarian parliament has voted to amend child protection laws, scrapping measures that stigmatise gay and transgender...

France promises 3,000 extra teachers in first step to calm student protests

NurPhoto via Getty ImagesHugh Schofieldin Paris9 October 2026The French government has made its first sign of giving ground to teenage protesters, with a promise of 3,000 extra supply teachers in the...

France promises 3,000 extra teachers in first step to calm student protests

NurPhoto via Getty ImagesHugh Schofieldin Paris25 minutes agoThe French government has made its first sign of giving ground to teenage protesters, with a promise of 3,000 extra supply teachers in the...

France's school protests: What lies behind the anger

ReutersHenri Astier8 October 2026Since late September students across France have been holding protests against underfunding in education, and have been blocking access to many high schools.The...

France halts use of stun grenades after boy's hand blown off in student protests

ReutersMaia Davies7 October 2026France 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...