
Critics have said that a proposed French law that would make rioters liable to pay thousands of euros for any damage they cause is anti-democratic, as it could undermine the legitimate right to protest.
Conflicts around the world

Critics have said that a proposed French law that would make rioters liable to pay thousands of euros for any damage they cause is anti-democratic, as it could undermine the legitimate right to protest.
Trump's comments come as his administration files legal challenges to Democrat-led US states over election integrity.
Voting has begun in Israel, with over seven million eligible voters expected at the polls.
In one social media post, PM Netanyahu accused Arab voters of 'raiding the polling stations and stealing the elections'.
President Vucic called the incident an attack on free speech and the freedom of journalism.
The deportation was the first of its kind since a mass border crossing into the territory from Morocco in July.
A fire has torn through Guryong Village, Seoul’s last shanty-town, forcing more than 100 people to evacuate.

French lawmakers held a minute of silence for Pengo Bossio Wangi.
Mourners have buried four members of a family, including three children, killed in Jordanian airstrikes in Syria.

Israelis were voting Tuesday (October 27) in a tense national election widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership since the Hamas-led Oct.

Israelis flocked to the polls Tuesday (October 27) in turnout unseen in decades, with a deeply divided electorate delivering a verdict on veteran right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the first election since the October 7, 2023 attack.

Former Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro fled to the US, sources said on Tuesday, despite his passports being cancelled after he failed to comply with a Supreme Court order to hand them over as part of a money laundering probe.