Vance discovers the Iran war costs votes, not just livesMacron dreams of a coalition from Glucksmann to Lisnard to lock in 2027Retailleau wants to give you a 13th month in exchange for thirty extra minutes a dayBudget 2026: €3.8bn cut, €3.7bn spent, and the bill is aimed at the same people5 November: 70,000 police for a demonstration declared by the book5 November: 70,000 police officers face the strikers, the deployment before the dialogueSouth Africa: the ANC punished at the ballot box as taps run dry and the power goes offMidterms: the blue wave roars, but a vote is not yet powerVance discovers the Iran war costs votes, not just livesMacron dreams of a coalition from Glucksmann to Lisnard to lock in 2027Retailleau wants to give you a 13th month in exchange for thirty extra minutes a dayBudget 2026: €3.8bn cut, €3.7bn spent, and the bill is aimed at the same people5 November: 70,000 police for a demonstration declared by the book5 November: 70,000 police officers face the strikers, the deployment before the dialogueSouth Africa: the ANC punished at the ballot box as taps run dry and the power goes offMidterms: the blue wave roars, but a vote is not yet power

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Friday, 30 October 2026

19:04 World Colombia and the IMF: who will pay for the adjustment? Amara Sankoré
19:03 Economy Budget 2027: the growth the government promised isn't showing up, and the bill might be bigger Mara Kessler
19:03 Culture & media Presidential 2027: the far right already sets the tempo, and everyone is dancing Antonia Greco
19:02 Society Energy renovation: the state cuts five programmes, and modest households will pay Dolores Ibarra
19:02 Politics Cost of living: court opens Rue de la Bastille to Nation, but the question remains open Rosa Brandt
16:02 Politics Novaya Gazeta Goes Dark: Russia Shuts One More Window on Itself Rosa Brandt
16:02 Culture & media After Trappes, the rolling news channels face the mirror they hold up to others Antonia Greco
16:01 Politics Banning the "great replacement": can the law silence what is being organised? Rosa Brandt
13:03 World Russia-Africa Summit: Putin Denounces Neocolonialism, but Sells Influence First Amara Sankoré
13:03 Politics After Trappes, the 'atmospheric racism' didn't fall from the sky Rosa Brandt
13:02 Society Sick pay: a billion to save, and the worker foots the bill Dolores Ibarra
13:02 Politics Protest on the Periphery: The Prefecture Exiles the CGT and the Gilets Jaunes Rosa Brandt
10:02 Environment Indonesia: smoke from the fires killed 3,560 people in September Amara Sankoré
10:02 Culture & media Novaya Gazeta silenced: in Russia, the battle for common sense Antonia Greco
10:01 Politics Public prosecutors and civil liberties: a lawyer's warning about 2027 must not stay in the courtroom Rosa Brandt
10:01 Society Dockers on strike: when those who keep goods moving turn off the tap Dolores Ibarra
10:01 Economy GDP in retreat: the minister blames the economy, the budget looks elsewhere Mara Kessler
07:02 Culture & media Striking Sixth-Formers: When Jul and Aya Nakamura Close Ranks, Who Speaks for Common Sense? Antonia Greco
07:01 Society Tear gas: protesters report gynaecological problems Dolores Ibarra
07:01 Politics In Charleville-Mézières, working-class anger stays calm, and the far right profits Rosa Brandt
07:01 Economy Data centres: the cloud rises over building sites where people are afraid Mara Kessler
04:03 Culture & media The Le Pens and their Nazi records: the culture trade as a school of consent Antonia Greco
04:02 Politics Macron and the intermediary bodies: verticality as the school of social crisis Rosa Brandt
04:02 Society 927 deaths "without a home" in 2025: an indictment, not a tally Dolores Ibarra