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The serviceman was surrounded by landmines and enemy drones so a ground rescue was not possible, Ukraine's military says.
The serviceman was surrounded by landmines and enemy drones so a ground rescue was not possible, Ukraine's military says.
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<p>President ignores school conditions and cost of living and says he warned Macron ‘the whole world was coming in’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/18/europe-protests-france-spain-portugal-2026-explainer">Explainer: why are people protesting across Europe?</a></p></li></ul><p>Donald Trump and JD Vance deployed a familiar US playbook on Europe, claiming that immigrants were responsible for rioting in France that began as student protests against crumbling schools and the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/19/the-guardian-view-on-frances-protests-a-polarised-country-is-in-a-perilous-political-moment">high cost of living</a>.</p><p>The nationwide protests on Saturday <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/02/student-protests-shut-schools-across-france">were called over</a> rising fuel prices and falling purchasing power, and in several cities they escalated into clashes with police that left a historic town hall torched and led to 1,800 arrests. On Monday, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/19/french-police-lost-control-during-riots-concedes-interior-minister">overnight curfews were issued</a> for a number of French cities, including parts of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/paris">Paris</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/trump-france-protests">Continue reading...</a>
French authorities imposed curfews in parts of several cities on Monday night after cost-of-living and anti-government protests descended into rioting and looting over the weekend. DW has the latest.
It comes after the country's interior minister admits that police "lost control" in some cities.
<p>System can estimate a person’s biological age and predict chances of cancer survival from a single photograph</p><p>Doctors have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can predict a cancer patient’s chances of survival from a single photograph of their face.</p><p>The AI system was custom-built by experts at Mass General Brigham, a nonprofit, integrated academic healthcare system in Massachusetts, to estimate biological age and directly predict survival outcomes in patients diagnosed with cancer.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/19/ai-tool-predict-cancer-survival-patient-selfie">Continue reading...</a>