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Mobilisations in France: "We're going to have to move a bit on social responses"

The National Secretary of the Ecologists Marine Tondelier felt that "we may have to move on social responses" supports social movements in France, which believes that it will be "complicated" for the executive to respond to "a convergence of struggles". The Head of State "finished his mandate as he governed, that is, alone against all. And there, we have a kind of social movement that is her mandate balance," said Tondelier on Public Senate.

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France: fire starts extinguished in a high school near Toulouse

Some 30 individuals entered a high school in Tournefeuille near Toulouse early Thursday 5 November, firing fireworks mortars and causing a fire quickly extinguished by firefighters who damaged a school building, according to the prefecture. For students, the authors of the degradations are not part of the high school.

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Update on the mobilisation of 5 November

In France, employees, civil servants, trade unions and high school students are mobilized this Thursday 5 November for a day of national strike. France 24 went to the Lycée Le Corbusier, in #Aubervilliers, where the blockage of students took place since 7:30 a.m.

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War in Ukraine: "There is now hope, since there is this balance of forces"

The Ukrainian leader estimated in an interview broadcast Wednesday, November 4, that "there is now hope, since there is this balance of forces, and we will be more supported," adding that increased military and financial support from the US Congress could "influence" Russia and lead "to possible negotiations". The details of Anne Corpet, an international columnist in France 24.

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France: bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa victim of cyberattack

Arkéa Mutual Credit suffered a cyber attack revealed on 4 November, which would have led to the hijacking of more than 100 million euros. According to the information reported, the funds were then converted into cryptocurrency. The Paris Public Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation. Another sector has recently been hit by a cyber attack, this time in Belgium. Dozens of supermarkets have seen their refrigeration systems targeted, forcing employees to empty freezers to preserve the goods.

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Bomb alert on a Dublin - Rome flight: A320 stolen landed in Evreux

An A320 airliner, consisting of 157 people on board, who was connecting Dublin to Rome, "was stolen" and landed on Thursday morning, November 5, at "Evreux Air Base" due to a bomb alert," Matignon said. The entire crew and passengers are safe and sound. The explanations of Sylvain Rousseau, great reporter to France 24.

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Mobilization in France: high school students maintain blockades before the procession

High school students were once again mobilized Thursday 5 November to denounce the lack of resources in the National Education, before demonstrations planned throughout France against expensive life. In Aubervilliers, the high school students gathered in front of Le Corbusier High School, facing a police intervention that caused an injury to the head of one of the teachers present in support. The details of Pauline Godart, a great reporter to France 24.

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An A320 Dublin-Rome diverted to Evreux due to a bomb alert

Matignon announced on Thursday the hijacking of a commercial aircraft that was flying from Dublin to Rome due to a bomb alert. The aircraft was diverted from its trajectory "to the air base of Évreux", a commune in Normandy, where it landed unabated, reported the services of the Prime Minister.

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Mobilisations in France: a call for a nationwide strike

More than 250 rallies will take place throughout France in the afternoon of 5 November, but some demonstration routes are under fire with the authorities. Announced at the beginning of October, this day must bring together employees from the private, public, retired, but also high school students and students already mobilized for weeks.

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France: Cyber attack by Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, an open investigation

Bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa claimed to have been the target of a "cyber attack" whose losses are in the order of more than 100 million euros, Wednesday 4 November in a press release. Attackers have "converted this money into cryptocurrency via specialized platforms". They have not "passed through accounts of clients of its federations or subsidiaries", the bank insists.

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China: Pro-Democrat Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison

On Thursday, 5 November, a Hong Kong court sentenced the pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, who had been detained for nearly six years, to another ten years in prison for collusion with foreign countries under the National Security Act. Just 30 years old, Joshua Wong is one of the most recognizable figures of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement and its major events in 2019. The details of Baptiste Fallevoz, correspondent France 24 in Beijing.

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War in Ukraine: First American Lady Melania Trump as Mediator?

Melania Trump is scheduled to receive Russian and Ukrainian representatives at the White House on Thursday 5 November, less than a week of talks in Abu Dhabi under American mediation to try to find a solution to the conflict in Ukraine. The details of Emmanuelle Chaze, correspondent France 24 in Kiev.

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Midterms: Republican Party in disarray after defeat

The Republicans pressured US President Donald Trump on Wednesday 4 November to change his strategy after mid-term elections in which the Democrats took control of Congress. Allies and Republican strategists called upon him to reshape his administration, to establish discipline, and to go back to the policies which, according to them, led to the defeat of their camp. The details of Bruno Daroux, an international connoisseur in France 24.

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Students blockade schools, universities as France braces for mass rallies

Students blockaded dozens of high schools and universities across France on Tuesday to maintain pressure on the government over education reforms, as trade unions prepared for a nationwide strike. The school protests have fuelled a broader movement against soaring prices and inadequate public services, which has drawn hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets over the past three weekends. FRANCE 24's Clovis Casali reports from a high school blockaded by students in Aubervilliers, near Paris.