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Friday, 30 October 2026

  1. Politics After Trappes, the 'atmospheric racism' didn't fall from the sky Rosa Brandt
  2. Society Sick pay: a billion to save, and the worker foots the bill Dolores Ibarra
  3. Politics Protest on the Periphery: The Prefecture Exiles the CGT and the Gilets Jaunes Rosa Brandt
  4. Environment Indonesia: smoke from the fires killed 3,560 people in September Amara Sankoré
  5. Culture & media Novaya Gazeta silenced: in Russia, the battle for common sense Antonia Greco
  6. Politics Public prosecutors and civil liberties: a lawyer's warning about 2027 must not stay in the courtroom Rosa Brandt
  7. Society Dockers on strike: when those who keep goods moving turn off the tap Dolores Ibarra
  8. Economy GDP in retreat: the minister blames the economy, the budget looks elsewhere Mara Kessler
  9. Culture & media Striking Sixth-Formers: When Jul and Aya Nakamura Close Ranks, Who Speaks for Common Sense? Antonia Greco
  10. Society Tear gas: protesters report gynaecological problems Dolores Ibarra
  11. Politics In Charleville-Mézières, working-class anger stays calm, and the far right profits Rosa Brandt
  12. Economy Data centres: the cloud rises over building sites where people are afraid Mara Kessler
  13. Culture & media The Le Pens and their Nazi records: the culture trade as a school of consent Antonia Greco
  14. Politics Macron and the intermediary bodies: verticality as the school of social crisis Rosa Brandt
  15. Society 927 deaths "without a home" in 2025: an indictment, not a tally Dolores Ibarra
  16. Economy TotalEnergies pockets 8.3 billion in one quarter: the diesel windfall, and it pays Mara Kessler
  17. World Olechky: humanitarian aid, the Kremlin's new weapon? Ilya Volkov
  18. Environment In Gaza, farmers' wives save seeds under siege Amara Sankoré
  19. Politics Lycéens en garde à vue : l'État traite la jeunesse en ennemie intérieure Rosa Brandt
  20. Economy Budget 2027: €28 billion more, and austerity sweating it out Mara Kessler

Thursday, 29 October 2026

  1. Politics 17 October: the inquiry commission opens, and the battle over the narrative with it Rosa Brandt
  2. Economy TotalEnergies caps the pump price, and Le Figaro applauds the profits Mara Kessler
  3. Society Psychotrauma care reimbursed: who pays when the state passes the buck? Dolores Ibarra
  4. Culture & media Doctored clip on Mélenchon: Arcom reminds France Culture of its duty to honesty Antonia Greco