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- Protester dies after collapsing during nationwide demonstrations in France
- Macron vows to hold accountable those responsible for France’s unrest
- Kenya reports eighth Ebola case linked to initial patient as outbreak spreads
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Could Kansas elect its first Democrat to the Senate in 91 years?
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Get you up to speed: Could Kansas elect its first Democrat to Senate since 1932?
President Trump will campaign on Monday in Kansas as the midterm elections approach. Republican Senator Roger Marshall is currently one point behind Democrat Adam Hamilton in local polls.
Campaign events in Kansas are likely to be closely monitored as the midterm elections draw near, particularly given the narrow polling margins between candidates. The Republican Party is also focusing its efforts on mobilising voters in key states to secure Senate seats.
President Trump is set to campaign in Kansas on Monday as he aims to bolster Republican support ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. With polls indicating a tight race between Republican Sen. Roger Marshall and Democrat Adam Hamilton, strategists anticipate that Trump’s visit may influence voter turnout in the final days leading up to the election.
What remains unclear — It is uncertain how the campaign activities will impact the election outcomes in the tight race between Sen. Roger Marshall and Adam Hamilton.
Could Kansas elect its first Democrat to the Senate in 91 years?
President Trump will return to the campaign trail on Monday in Kansas, a red state, with the midterms fast approaching. Polls there show Republican Sen. Roger Marshall one point behind Democrat Adam Hamilton. Caitlin Huey Burns has more.
New legislation to make sex education compulsory for all under-18s
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Get you up to speed: New law will make sex education mandatory for all under-18s to protect against domestic abuse | News UK
Faustine Petron, a 26-year-old PhD student, was subjected to extreme violence and trauma during her first relationship at college, which began when she was 16. The relationship ended when she reported the abuse to the police in 2020, resulting in her abuser being jailed.
The Relationships and Sex Education (Further Education Sector) Bill aims to extend compulsory education on relationships and sex up to the age of 18, addressing emerging social challenges. This initiative, backed by MPs and campaign groups, seeks to integrate these lessons into all timetables for students aged 16 to 18, regardless of their course of study.
MPs and campaign groups such as Make It Mandatory are advocating for the Relationships and Sex Education (Further Education Sector) Bill, which seeks to extend compulsory education on relationships and sex up to the age of 18. Alistair Strathern MP stated, “With online influences and emerging technologies exposing young people to new risks, we cannot leave them to learn these lessons the hard way.”
What remains unclear — It is not specified how the proposed Relationships and Sex Education bill will be implemented across different educational settings for 16 to 18-year-olds.
New legislation to make sex education compulsory for all under-18s
When Faustine Petron was 16, her life was ‘derailed’ by her abusive first boyfriend.
She had plans to ace her A-levels and study politics at the University of Cambridge. But all this changed when she got into her first relationship at college.
After six months of the relationship, her abuser began subjecting her to ‘extreme violence and trauma’. He exhibited controlling behaviours, limited her socialising and called her derogatory names.
Faustine, now 26, said: ‘I had always been outspoken, deeply feminist and political. Over time, these traits withered away as the abuse broke me down.
‘Whenever I started talking about university, he would flip his lid and say there was no way I was going. I stopped talking about Cambridge after that.’
But at the time, Faustine did not recognise it was abuse as she had become ‘almost brainwashed’.
‘It was just second nature for me to film where I was to prove to him I was not somewhere I shouldn’t be,’ she said.
She added: ‘I was so young, I didn’t have the language to know what he was doing to me was abusive. If I had known, I would have left him six months in.’
MPs and campaign groups Make It Mandatory, founded by Faustine, and Killed Women are backing the Relationships and Sex Education (Further Education Sector) Bill to make relationship and sex education mandatory up until the age 18.
It currently stops at 16, which is when teenagers ‘start putting theory into practice’.
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Harmful online content, such as violent pornography, is then filling the void the stopping of lessons has left behind.
Alistair Strathern MP, who introduced the bill to parliament, told WTX: ‘Compulsory Relationships and Sex Education ends at 16, just as young people face greater independence, more serious relationships and the highest rates of domestic abuse.
‘With online influences and emerging technologies exposing young people to new risks, we cannot leave them to learn these lessons the hard way.’
The bill aims to make sure lessons are built into timetables for all 16 to 18-year-olds, whether they are studying for A-levels or doing a practical course such as bricklaying or hairdressing.
Carole Gould, whose 17-year-old daughter Ellie was stabbed to death by her boyfriend, said the coercive control her abuser exhibited was so subtle that ‘we all failed to recognise the danger she was in’.
She is now backing the bill to ensure young people can recongnise the signs.
She said: ‘As a mother you just want to protect your child. The coercive control my daughter experienced in her first relationship was so subtle we all failed to recognise the red flags and the danger she was in.’
Jess Phillips MP, who also backs the bill, told WTX: ‘Having spent years fighting violence against women and girls, I know that we cannot simply pick up the pieces after abuse has happened, we must do everything we can to prevent it from happening at all.
‘Our Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy commits to halving VAWG within a decade, but we cannot achieve that without education. It is unacceptable that compulsory Relationships and Sex Education ends at 16, when young people are most vulnerable.
‘This Bill is a vital step towards ensuring young people can recognise the warning signs of abuse before it’s too late.’
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Faustine’s abuser was jailed after she went to the police in 2020. She is a PhD student at Warwick after graduating from King’s College, Cambridge.
‘Although I am doing a lot better, the impacts of the abuse are still there,’ she said.
‘I struggled socially at university. It was hard to feel safe and at ease. He served only a short sentence and, given the threats he made in the past, I knew I couldn’t have a “normal” university experience.’
Protester dies after collapsing during nationwide demonstrations in France
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Get you up to speed: Parisian protestor dies after collapsing during French riots, police say | News World
A protester died from cardiac arrest while walking through Boulevard Magenta during a large demonstration against the rising cost of living in Paris. Over 720 people were arrested nationwide as riots and looting erupted, particularly in central Paris and Limoges.
The unrest resulted in over 720 arrests nationwide, with 117 minors among those detained. In Limoges, authorities confirmed at least 15 individuals were apprehended in connection with arson attacks that caused significant damage to the town hall.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu confirmed that 1,200 people were arrested across France during the protests, which he described as “of extreme intensity.” In response to the unrest, officials warned that those involved in violence and looting would face prosecution, echoing President Emmanuel Macron‘s condemnation of the riots and assertion that “there is no place for violence in our republic.”
What remains unclear — Authorities have not provided details on the identities or conditions of the individuals arrested during the protests.
Protester dies after collapsing during nationwide demonstrations in France
At least one protester has died after one of France’s largest demonstrations in years spiralled into riots and looting.
More than half a million people furious with the spiralling cost of living marched in roughly 110 places up and down the country yesterday.
A protester who suffered cardiac arrest while walking through Boulevard Magenta in Paris has died, a police insider told TF1info.
He was taken to the Château d’Eau emergency centre but ‘died before arrival’, they added.
More than 720 people, including 117 minors, were arrested after ‘individuals whose sole objective was to commit theft and looting’ swept Paris, the force said.
As people peacefully protested, black-clad agitators shattered luxury store windowfronts, ransacked shops, lobbed mortar-style fireworks and set wheelie bins and bikes on fire in the night.
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The town hall of Limoges was gutted by fire (Picture: AFP)
Hundreds of thousands took to the streets over the country’s cost of living crisis (Picture: EPA)
Hundreds of looters tore through Place de la République, in central Paris, smashing the Galeries Lafayette department store, banks and other shops.
But the violence was not contained to the capital. A town hall in Limoges, just south of Paris, crumbled yesterday evening after looters broke the windows to get inside and set it alight.
The flames engulfed a wing of the 1883 building before reaching the roof and causing the bell tower to collapse.
A town hall employee watched the building burn in tears, AFP reports.
At least 15 people were arrested in connection with the alleged nighttime arson attacks, according to news outlet Ouest France.
In Lille, as officers launched tear gas, rioters snuck into a government building and tipped over a bust of Marianne, a symbol of the Republic.
The unrest came on the heels of weeks of student-led demonstrations (Picture: Jonathan JACOB/SIPA/Shutterstock)
Shops in Lille, northern France, were looted (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)
A tourism office in Lyon was also broken into and set on fire by masked rioters, as was a police station in Brest.
French youth have been marching through streets since late September over the country’s creaky, under-funded colleges and lack of teachers.
Union Syndicale Lycéenne, a student union organising the protests, said France’s school system is the ‘result of 10 years of Macronism’, referring to outgoing president Emmanuel Macron.
On the heels of the teen-led movement, campaigners called on people of all ages furious with France’s rising cost of living and fraying social welfare system to join them on Saturday.
Protester Lola, 19, told The Guardian: ‘We are fighting because the cost of living is too harsh, because the price of fuel is too high, because high school pupils are being violently attacked and hurt all over the country just for trying to protest and ask for more teachers and decent learning conditions.’
Some social media users have been calling for the revival of the ‘yellow vests’, the movement which shook France with similar protests against living costs in 2018.
Officials blamed the riots on ‘opportunists’ (Picture: Sebastien/ABACA/Shutterstock)
Hundreds were arrested in Paris alone (Picture: Jonathan JACOB/SIPA/Shutterstock)
But human rights groups feared a repeat of how the police have responded to the student protests in recent weeks.
Amnesty International criticised the use of tear gas and stun grenades to disperse young people.
Video filmed on September 28 showed a police officer firing a tear-gas grenade at a 14-year-old boy’s jaw in Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône, Val-d’Oise.
A boy, 15, had his left hand ripped off after a police stun grenade exploded on October 5, Lille prosecutors quoted by Horizon Actu said.
Macron, after nearly a decade in power, will see his final term in office end in May.
He said on Saturday: ‘There is no place for violence in our republic.
‘Those who have broken in, attacked the prefectures as well as businesses and looted even our town halls will be prosecuted and punished.’
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Macron vows to hold accountable those responsible for France’s unrest
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Macron vows to hold accountable those responsible for France’s unrest
Historic town hall
Limoges’ historic town hall was set ablaze during protests that escalated into looting and rioting across major French cities.
Limoges’ historic town hall was set ablaze during protests that escalated into looting and rioting across major French cities.
Public Safety Impact
Over 600 police officers, gendarmes, and firefighters were injured during the unrest, reflecting significant operational challenges for security forces amid escalating tensions ahead of next year’s presidential election.
Over 600 police officers, gendarmes, and firefighters were injured during the unrest, reflecting significant operational challenges for security forces amid escalating tensions ahead of next year’s presidential election.
Presidential Response
“Those who looted will have to pay for the damage, and those who sought to bring down the Republic will be held accountable,” said President Emmanuel Macron.
“Those who looted will have to pay for the damage, and those who sought to bring down the Republic will be held accountable,” said President Emmanuel Macron.
Macron vows to hold those who sought to “bring down the Republic” accountable after riots
French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to hold accountable those who “sought to bring down the Republic” after protests descended into looting and rioting across major cities on Saturday, deepening the country’s political crisis.
In a televised address on Sunday, Macron said “nothing justified” the scenes of unrest across France, where a historic town hall in Limoges was engulfed in flames.
“Those who looted will have to pay for the damage, and those who sought to bring down the Republic will be held accountable,” the French President said.
Macron acknowledged the public’s frustration and anger over the unrest, while condemning what he described as “insurrectionist elements from the radical far left, joined by numerous criminals”. He urged all politicians to condemn the violence.
Macron also urged the public to distinguish between those peacefully protesting over what he called “legitimate demands” and those using the demonstrations as a pretext to destroy, smash and loot.
Macron’s address was highly anticipated, as the president, interior minister and prime minister faced scrutiny over the handling of the police operation.
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who is leading in polls ahead of next April’s presidential election, accused Macron of laxisme, or being too soft, while progressive and Green groups criticised what they saw as excessive police force against protesters.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of the far-left (LFI), has been accused by critics of fuelling chaos and further violence.
Macron, who is due to travel to Kuwait on Monday, did not announce additional security measures but said local authorities would work directly with police to protect “our cities, our public buildings and our stores”.
On Saturday, large crowds gathered in major French cities to protest over the cost of living and deteriorating student conditions. What began as peaceful demonstrations descended into chaos, with rioting, looting, fires and widespread damage to shops.
More than 2,000 people were arrested and over 600 police officers, gendarmes and firefighters injured, according to official figures.
The unrest comes as France prepares for next year’s contentious presidential election. Macron said the country deserved a “beautiful election” driven by debate, not violence.
Kenya reports eighth Ebola case linked to initial patient as outbreak spreads
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Get you up to speed: Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case amid widening regional outbreak
Kenyan health authorities have confirmed an eighth case of Ebola, involving a 49-year-old man who developed symptoms after likely exposure to the country’s first Ebola case. The individual was quarantined and tested positive after developing fever, headache, and muscle pain.
Kenyan health authorities conducted tests on 38 individuals on Sunday, resulting in one positive Ebola case among a 49-year-old man who was working as a patient attendant. The Ministry of Health has emphasised the ongoing risks as the current outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, which lacks a vaccine or specific treatment.
Kenyan health authorities confirmed the emergence of a new Ebola case, linking it to the country’s first case, prompting heightened surveillance across the nation. In response to the ongoing outbreak, authorities in North Kivu province of the DRC are implementing a one-week ban on crossings from Ituri, alongside restrictions on passenger transport and public gatherings to mitigate further spread.
What remains unclear — It is unclear how many of the 38 people tested on Sunday had potential prior exposure to Ebola.
Kenya reports eighth Ebola case linked to initial patient as outbreak spreads
News|EbolaKenya confirms eighth Ebola case amid widening regional outbreak
Kenyan health authorities say latest patient was likely exposed to the country’s first Ebola case.
Published On 19 Oct 202619 Oct 2026
Kenyan health authorities say an eighth Ebola case has been detected, bringing the total number of known infections in the East African nation to eight.
Director-General for Health Patrick Amoth told Kenya’s Citizen TV that of the 38 people tested on Sunday, one had returned a positive result.
“He is a 49-year-old man who is not a healthcare worker. He developed fever, headache and muscle pain,” he said.
Amoth said the man, who worked as a patient attendant cleaning utensils and linens, was likely exposed to Kenya’s first Ebola case, discovered earlier this month.
He developed symptoms on Saturday, was quarantined and tested for the virus, a Ministry of Health source said.
The ministry reported four new cases on Saturday, three of whom were health workers who treated the country’s first Ebola patient, a man who travelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to Nairobi and died at a Nairobi hospital on October 5.
In a post on X, the ministry said the fourth person was related to the deceased patient.
![Travellers walk at the Kenya immigration services to access port health services at the Busia One Stop Border Post, crossing-point between Kenya and Uganda, after a man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo travelled and died of a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo species at the Nairobi Hospital, in Busia, Kenya October 8, 2026 [James Keyi/Reuters]](https://wtxnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-14T155735Z_34711835_RC22ZNATTZD9_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-EBOLA-KENYA-1792367033.jpg "Kenya reports eighth Ebola case linked to initial patient as outbreak spreads WTX News")
Travellers enter Kenya’s immigration services to access port health services at the Busia One Stop Border Post, a crossing point between Kenya and Uganda, in Busia, Kenya, on October 8, 2026 [James Keyi/Reuters]
Kenya has been on heightened alert, as the Ebola outbreak has spilled across the border from the DRC. The current outbreak is of the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, for which there is no vaccine or specific treatment.
The DRC has recorded at least 9,400 cases, including more than 4,500 deaths, in the deadliest outbreak in the country’s history, which started in May.
Ituri province in eastern DRC remains the disease’s epicentre, accounting for almost three quarters of confirmed cases, according to the government’s most recent data. It announced on Sunday that the virus has reached an eighth province, North Ubangi.
State-run news agency ACP reported on Sunday that authorities in North Kivu province, where the World Health Organization said substantial transmission continues, are introducing a one-week ban from Monday on people entering the province from Ituri in an effort to slow the spread.
Other measures set to be introduced include restrictions on passenger numbers in cars and on motorbikes and suspension of large public gatherings.
Neighbouring Uganda recorded 20 confirmed cases, including 15 imported from the DRC, and two deaths, before it was declared Ebola-free in August.
Fire risk deemed low before unexpected wind shift ignited deadly blaze, CAF memo reveals
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Get you up to speed: Fire risk was low before sudden wind shift sparked deadly base fire: CAF memo
Soldiers are undergoing training to prepare for deployment to Latvia in April and May. The training aims to bolster the brigade stationed in Latvia.
The training exercise is scheduled to conclude by the end of March, with soldiers expected to deploy to Latvia from April to May. The operation aims to enhance the capabilities of the brigade stationed in the region.
The government announced that military training will continue as planned, aimed at ensuring readiness for the upcoming deployment to Latvia in April and May. Officials emphasised the importance of this exercise in reinforcing commitments to NATO allies.
What remains unclear — It is not specified how many soldiers will be deployed to Latvia.
Fire risk deemed low before unexpected wind shift ignited deadly blaze, CAF memo reveals
The training was to prepare the soldiers for deployment to Latvia in April and May to bolster the brigade there.
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