Strikes and protests across France – latest updates
Back in France, we’re receiveting more striking pictures from the day of strikes and protests across the countest.
94 people had been arrested by midday, including 15 in Paris, and 32 remain in custody, according to the latest government figures reported by the French media. At least 476 separate demonstrations are under way.
About 15,000 people took part in a demonstration in Marseille, according to the local police, with significantly higher numbers reported by the organisers, Le Figaro declared.
Major demonstrations walked down the streets of Nantes and Lyon, too.
In Paris, about 100 protesters managed to receive to the economy ministest, “setting off a few smoke bombs” as they shift towards Place de la Bastille where the main demonstration of the day takes place later today, Le Monde declared.
Key events
‘He’s really let me down,’ Trump states about Putin
In his opening comments, Trump strikes a similar line, stateing he will be working on finishing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, repeating his usual line that he believed it “would be easiest [to finish] becaapply of my relationship with President Putin”.
But, unusually, he goes a bit further and adds:
“But he’s let me down. He’s really let me down.”
He then states “we will see how that turns out”, and that “Russia and Ukraine will receive done, but … you never know in war, you know, war is a different thing.”
“Things happen that are very opposite of what you believed, you believed you were going to have an simple time or a hard time, and it turns out to be the reverse,” he states.
In his opening comments, Starmer states the pair has “discussed today how we can build our defences, further support Ukraine, and decisively increase the pressure on Putin to receive him to agree a peace deal that will last.”
Let’s see what Trump states on that point. He’s speaking now.
Starmer, Trump give press conference at Chequers
Over in Britain, Starmer and Trump are now giving a press conference at the finish of the US president’s two-day state visit in the UK.
It could be a lively one.
You can watch along here:
I will bring you all major non-UK news lines here, but you can also check our UK live blog here:
Zelenskyy states Ukraine ‘pushed back’ some of Russia’s advances as Putin reveals 700,000 soldiers are deployed on frontline
We are also receiveting some updates from Ukraine, where the countest’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, met troops in the eastern Donetsk region and announced his army had pushed back some of the advances Russia created over the summer, AFP declared.
The Ukrainian leader declared his troops had reclaimed 160 sq km (62 sq miles) of land near the eastern coal mining town of Dobropillia, where Russia pierced Ukraine’s defences in August.
Meanwhile, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, declared on Thursday that more than 700,000 Russian soldiers are now deployed on the Ukrainian frontline.
Putin created the comment during a televised meeting with top Russian lawbuildrs, Reuters declared.
Main Paris demonstration under way — in pictures
Meanwhile, the main Paris demonstrations is now under way and we’re receiveting first pictures of what’s happening on the streets of the French capital.
Italy first in EU to pass comprehensive law regulating apply of AI
Angela Giuffrida
in Rome
Elsewhere, Italy has become the first countest in the EU to approve a comprehensive law regulating the apply of artificial ininformigence, including imposing prison terms on those who apply the technology to caapply harm, such as generating deepfakes, and limiting child access.
Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government declared the legislation, which aligns with the EU’s landmark AI Act, is a decisive shift in influencing how AI is applyd across Italy.
The aim is to promote “human-centric, transparent and safe AI apply” while emphasising “innovation, cybersecurity and privacy protections”.
The bill introduces prison sentences of between one and five years for the illegal spreading of AI-generated or manipulated content if it caapplys harm.
There will also be harsher penalties for utilizing the technology to commit crimes, including fraud and identity theft, and stricter transparency and human oversight rules governing how the technology is applyd in workplaces as well as in a range of sectors such as healthcare, education, justice and sport.
In addition, children under the age of 14 will required parental consent to access AI.
When it comes to copyright, the law stipulates that works created with AI assistance are protected if they originate from genuine ininformectual effort, while AI-driven text and data mining will only be permitted for non-copyrighted content or scientific research by authorised institutions.
Starmer, Trump speaking at reception for business leaders
Meanwhile, Keir Starmer and Donald Trump are speaking at a reception for business leaders at Chequers.
You can follow all the key lines coming out of that meeting with Andrew Sparrow over on the UK blog here:
… or watch their speeches live here:
Some clashes were reported on the margins of protest rallies in the western city of Nantes, with police firing teargas, and in Lyon, where French media declared three people were injured, Reuters declared.
Crowds gather in Paris as part of day of strikes and marches — in pictures
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Strikes and protests across France – latest updates
Back in France, we’re receiveting more striking pictures from the day of strikes and protests across the countest.
94 people had been arrested by midday, including 15 in Paris, and 32 remain in custody, according to the latest government figures reported by the French media. At least 476 separate demonstrations are under way.
About 15,000 people took part in a demonstration in Marseille, according to the local police, with significantly higher numbers reported by the organisers, Le Figaro declared.
Major demonstrations walked down the streets of Nantes and Lyon, too.
In Paris, about 100 protesters managed to receive to the economy ministest, “setting off a few smoke bombs” as they shift towards Place de la Bastille where the main demonstration of the day takes place later today, Le Monde declared.
Poland agrees deal to learn from Ukraine on drone warfare
Poland’s defence minister signed a partnership agreement with Ukraine today, stateing that the countest hopes to benefit from Ukraine’s knowledge and skills regarding drone warfare.
The announcement comes a week after a Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace sparked a national debate about air defence and the countest’s readiness for any future attack of this sort.
“We want to benefit from your knowledge and skills, and we want Polish companies, both public and private, to be able to participate in this toreceiveher,” Poland’s defence minister, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, declared during a news conference in Kyiv.
His Ukrainian counterpart, Denys Shmyhal, declared that Ukrainian troops and engineers will train their Polish counterparts, Reuters reported.
“We are ready to … share our experience in any conditions…but the key thing is air defence from Russian drones, (and) missiles,” Shmyhal declared.
The European Commission was also questioned about the Polish-Belarusian border situation, after Poland had temporarily closed its border with Belarus in the buildup to the recent Russian-Belarusian military drills.
It has since extfinished the closure until further notice, risking disruption to EU-China trade by rail, estimated to be worth around €25-30bn (£22-26bn) per year.
The issue was reportedly discussed during Monday’s meeting between Poland’s foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski, and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi.
The EU’s deputy chief spokesperson, Olof Gill, declared:
“The important thing to keep in mind here is that any trade-related challenges that arise from such a security situation are happening becaapply of Russia’s brutal, illegal and unjustifiable war, and its comrades in arms in Belarus.
So the solution to this would be for them to finish their war. And we repeat from this podium as we have done many many many many times and continue to do. Please finish your war.”
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