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Friday, 30 October 2026

48 dispatches

Friday, 30 October 2026

  1. World Kherson: 72 hours of truce, and then what? Olechky's civilians are being used as bargaining chips Ilya Volkov
  2. World Western Sahara: Washington wants to strike the word "referendum" from MINURSO's mandate Amara Sankoré
  3. Politics October 31 march: the prefecture bans, the judge restores, the state appeals Rosa Brandt
  4. Economy GDP down 0.1%: is Macronism really the only culprit? Mara Kessler
  5. Society Dockers on strike: the price of labour, and ports that some want militarised Dolores Ibarra
  6. Culture & media Trappes: after the racist attack, the battle over 'common sense' begins Antonia Greco
  7. World Colombia and the IMF: who will pay for the adjustment? Amara Sankoré
  8. World Dockers against the war: 22 countries, around a hundred ports, one grain of sand Ilya Volkov
  9. Economy Budget 2027: the growth the government promised isn't showing up, and the bill might be bigger Mara Kessler
  10. Culture & media Presidential 2027: the far right already sets the tempo, and everyone is dancing Antonia Greco
  11. Society Energy renovation: the state cuts five programmes, and modest households will pay Dolores Ibarra
  12. Politics Cost of living: court opens Rue de la Bastille to Nation, but the question remains open Rosa Brandt
  13. World Poutine cites Sankara in Moscow: anti-colonialism in campaign clothes Amara Sankoré
  14. World Iran: a senator says he was briefed on a plan to resume the war Ilya Volkov
  15. Politics Novaya Gazeta Goes Dark: Russia Shuts One More Window on Itself Rosa Brandt
  16. Culture & media After Trappes, the rolling news channels face the mirror they hold up to others Antonia Greco
  17. Economy Dockers on strike: when the ports stop, capital's flows seize up Mara Kessler
  18. Politics Banning the "great replacement": can the law silence what is being organised? Rosa Brandt
  19. World Oleshky: a convoy gets in, the truce holds, but the war isn't finished yet Ilya Volkov
  20. Culture & media Novaya Gazeta bows out: one fewer newspaper in the Russian trenches Antonia Greco
  21. World Russia-Africa Summit: Putin Denounces Neocolonialism, but Sells Influence First Amara Sankoré
  22. Politics After Trappes, the 'atmospheric racism' didn't fall from the sky Rosa Brandt
  23. Society Sick pay: a billion to save, and the worker foots the bill Dolores Ibarra
  24. Politics Protest on the Periphery: The Prefecture Exiles the CGT and the Gilets Jaunes Rosa Brandt
  25. Environment Indonesia: smoke from the fires killed 3,560 people in September Amara Sankoré
  26. World BP pockets $8.46 billion: war is good business Ilya Volkov
  27. Culture & media Novaya Gazeta silenced: in Russia, the battle for common sense Antonia Greco
  28. Politics Public prosecutors and civil liberties: a lawyer's warning about 2027 must not stay in the courtroom Rosa Brandt
  29. Society Dockers on strike: when those who keep goods moving turn off the tap Dolores Ibarra
  30. Economy GDP in retreat: the minister blames the economy, the budget looks elsewhere Mara Kessler
  31. World Western Sahara: UN votes on MINURSO as the referendum stays stuck Amara Sankoré
  32. World Flávio Bolsonaro in Florida: Washington rolls out the flying carpet Ilya Volkov
  33. Culture & media Striking Sixth-Formers: When Jul and Aya Nakamura Close Ranks, Who Speaks for Common Sense? Antonia Greco
  34. Society Tear gas: protesters report gynaecological problems Dolores Ibarra
  35. Politics In Charleville-Mézières, working-class anger stays calm, and the far right profits Rosa Brandt
  36. Economy Data centres: the cloud rises over building sites where people are afraid Mara Kessler
  37. World Mines in the Strait of Hormuz: the Iran war is also being fought on the oil routes Ilya Volkov
  38. World Iron ore below $90: Beijing coughs, the periphery catches a cold Amara Sankoré
  39. Culture & media The Le Pens and their Nazi records: the culture trade as a school of consent Antonia Greco
  40. Politics Macron and the intermediary bodies: verticality as the school of social crisis Rosa Brandt
  41. Society 927 deaths "without a home" in 2025: an indictment, not a tally Dolores Ibarra
  42. Economy TotalEnergies pockets 8.3 billion in one quarter: the diesel windfall, and it pays Mara Kessler
  43. Politics Netanyahu challenges the ballot: when the Arab vote becomes a "theft" Rosa Brandt
  44. World Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow: a one-way partnership? Amara Sankoré
  45. World Olechky: humanitarian aid, the Kremlin's new weapon? Ilya Volkov
  46. Environment In Gaza, farmers' wives save seeds under siege Amara Sankoré
  47. Politics Lycéens en garde à vue : l'État traite la jeunesse en ennemie intérieure Rosa Brandt
  48. Economy Budget 2027: €28 billion more, and austerity sweating it out Mara Kessler