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France deployed around 70,000 police officers ahead of further protests over the cost of living and poor school conditions, with the government promising a swift response after last weekend's looting and violence. Museums were closed and shops boarded up in Paris, the Paris protest route was moved to the suburbs, unions said they would defy restrictions, and demonstrations were banned in Lyon, Montpellier and Nice. A Socialist MEP called for abolishing the Parcoursup university admissions system, tackling purchasing power and funding subsidies through higher taxes on the wealthy, while the programme noted the movement had widened and France was polarised six months before a presidential election.

Israel's armed forces launched a major security operation in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron after two Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers on Friday before being shot, days before an election in which security is central. The Israeli military sealed off an area, evacuated and checked residents, interrogated suspects and prepared buildings for demolition, and increased settler violence during the olive harvest was also described as an election issue. London's Met Police said it was looking into reports in the Sun that a 2018 letter to a specialist unit warned about Thomas Markle's behaviour and alleged child sexual abuse; he denied the allegations, police said they were not currently investigating him, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, said any distance from her father was to protect her children. In an update, police in Lyon fired tear gas to disperse a small protest.

Russia and Ukraine both praised a surprise statement by US First Lady Melania Trump that she had brokered a local ceasefire for the frontline town of Oleshky in Russian-occupied Kherson, due to begin next week and allow humanitarian aid in. Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and conservative challenger Flavio Bolsonaro held their final televised debate before the runoff vote, with Lula seeking a fourth term after finishing second in the first round and Bolsonaro promising to free his imprisoned father; discussion of the race said Lula had narrowed the poll gap and that a Bolsonaro win could push foreign policy rhetorically toward the US despite China remaining Brazil's biggest trading partner. Fresh weather warnings were issued as Storm Bulo was forecast to hit northern parts of the UK after Storm Austin, with an amber wind warning for mainland Scotland and the Western Isles and expected disruption to road, rail and ferry services.