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France rocked by student riots as hundreds arrested, violence spreads nationwide
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Over 625 people, mostly students, have been arrested over two days of violent protests near schools and universities across France over what students say are staffing shortages, dilapidated buildings, overcrowded classes, government budget cuts and long schedules.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu convened a crisis meeting Thursday, canceling ministers’ trips to focus on the protests, which began last week in Paris-region schools and have snowballed.
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A protesting student feeds a burnt barrier during a blockading action outside the secondary school Le Corbusier, in Aubervilliers, northern Paris on Oct. 1, 2026. (Lou Benoist/AFP Via Getty Images)
Reports say over 350 high schools and about 30 university campuses were affected by the movement on Thursday alone. RFI reported 83 police and gendarmes were wounded today, with 119 students and school staffers injured since the start of unrest last week.
Reuters reported the principal of Marseille’s Victor Hugo high school was doused in gasoline and injured, while 2 other principals were injured in attacks in Rouen and Petit-Quevilly. Police used tear gas in several cities, with Reuters reporting students accusing authorities of heavy‑handed tactics. Meanwhile, authorities are warning of «urban violence» and attempted arson at multiple schools.
The protests coincide with the government announcing a series of unpopular spending cuts in its 2027 budget two weeks ago, and have become a political flashpoint at a sensitive moment for the French government.
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Students run from tear gas during ongoing student protest action and scuffles with police, in Lyon, central eastern France, on Oct. 1, 2026. Since late September, students have staged protests outside schools over grievances ranging from timetables, class sizes and a shortage of teachers to overheated classrooms during this year’s heatwaves. (Alex Martin AFP via Getty Images)
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told Reuters that, «in certain places, there were individuals acting as agitators — people who moved from one school to another to stir up high school and other students and incite them to commit acts of violence.» Education Minister Edouard Geffray called for schools to hold classes remotely if protesters were blocking their premises, posting on X that «Violence will not keep our students from their fundamental right to an education.»
Senior Envoy to Europe at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Simone Rodan-Benzaquen told Fox News Digital, «The students’ grievances about missing teachers and deteriorating schools were real at first. But dousing a principal in gasoline and attacking firefighters are acts of extreme violence. What makes this politically significant is the effort to turn frustration over schools into a much broader confrontation with the government.»
The Associated Press reported the protests are quickly blowing up as a hot topic in the election campaign to replace President Emmanuel Macron next May. Far-left presidential hopeful Jean-Luc Mélenchon has decried the government response to the protests as repressive. Critics have accused his party, La France Insoumise, or LFI, of seeking to use the unrest to score points in the presidential campaign and of inciting violence.
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Students clash with police during ongoing student protest action, in Lyon, central eastern France, on Oct. 1, 2026. Since late September, students have staged protests outside schools over grievances ranging from timetables, class sizes and a shortage of teachers to overheated classrooms during this year’s heatwaves. The protests started in the Ile-de-France region around Paris but have now spread to other cities nationwide. (Alex Martin AFP via Getty Images)
Rodan-Benzaquen says the LFI has «actively supported the mobilization. Activists circulate footage of clashes, party accounts amplify it and elected officials present themselves as the students’ defenders.» With an election next year, she said, «Mélenchon sees these mobilizations as a way to consolidate young voters and marginalize the moderate left. At a time of deep political, geopolitical and economic challenges, this is a very dangerous situation for France.»
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to media at the end of an EU Summit in the Justus Lipsius building, the EU Council headquarter on March 22, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
Video posted to social media shows the Seine-Saint Denis mayor, Bally Bagayoko of the LFI, joining in with students, smiling and high-fiving pupils after a trash can was set on fire in the street. And the president of the Île‑de‑France region told Radio Monte Carlo, «There is a call to action being issued by LFI today: ‘Trash your high school.’ It is being spread via TikTok challenges.»
In Madrid on Wednesday, Macron told reporters, «High schools are meant to be open and to share knowledge. They are not meant to be blockaded or to have trash cans set on fire.»
The Associated Press, Reuters contributed to this report.
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La cifra de muertos por los terremotos en Venezuela podría superar ampliamente el conteo oficial
El gobierno de Venezuela dice que 6509 personas murieron en los terremotos consecutivos en junio. Pero las proyecciones de diversas fuentes, entre ellas un análisis de The New York Times de edificios residenciales y el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por su sigla en inglés), sugieren que es probable que se trate de un subregistro considerable.
El USGS ha usado durante años la seriedad de los sismos, datos históricos y la distribución de la población para intentar calcular las muertes después de un terremoto. La información suele ser más precisa en incidentes con un mayor número de víctimas, como este, dijo David Wald, un sismólogo en el USGS.
Para los terremotos de Venezuela, la estimación promedio del USGS es que murieron 53.000 personas, lo que significa que hay un 50 por ciento de probabilidad de que la cifra real sea superior a esa, y un 50 por ciento de probabilidad de que sea inferior.
El USGS también dice que hay aproximadamente un 81 por ciento de probabilidad de que la cifra real de muertes sea superior a 10.000.
Un obstáculo para calcular una cifra confiable de muertes en Venezuela es la ausencia de un censo oficial actualizado del gobierno.
Para abordar ese problema, el USGS utiliza un modelo llamado LandScan para “envejecer” el censo más reciente. El modelo, desarrollado en el Laboratorio Nacional Oak Ridge, también utiliza cifras independientes de la Organización de Naciones Unidas para perfeccionar las proyecciones. LandScan utiliza decenas de otras variables, como el uso del suelo, los caminos y la proximidad a las áreas urbanas para calcular dónde es probable que estén las personas cuando la tierra tiembla.
El gobierno venezolano no respondió a los mensajes en los que se detallaban nuestros hallazgos y se le solicitaban comentarios.
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Dr Oz takes Americans behind the doors of ‘clubhouse for crooks’ as feds hunt Medicare fraud
FIRST ON FOX: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz is taking Americans inside the Trump administration’s war on healthcare fraud in a new documentary highlighting massive Medicare schemes, suspected hospice scams and allegations of organized crime involvement.
The 27-minute film, «War on Fraud,» first obtained by Digital, follows Oz across the country as he spotlights alleged fraud schemes targeting taxpayer-funded health care programs and details the administration’s efforts to crack down on those responsible.
«All these programs come back to one basic issue: Fraudsters and criminals don’t give a s— about you. They want your money, and they will walk all over your health, sacrifice your life and betray society’s trust to get your hard-earned money,» said Oz in the video.
The documentary follows Oz across the country as he investigates suspected fraud involving Medicare, Medicaid, hospice care and other programs, with appearances from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CMS Deputy Administrator Kim Brandt.
DR OZ SAYS 800 HOSPICE PROVIDERS SUSPENDED IN CALIFORNIA OVER ALLEGED $1B MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME
Digital accompanied Oz Tuesday as he confronted workers at New York City senior day care centers suspected of questionable Medicaid billing practices during a sweeping federal fraud investigation.
More than 80 New York City providers received warning letters from CMS over questionable billing practices as part of a broader operation involving the FBI, HHS-OIG, NYPD and other agencies.
«FBI New York, along with multiple other law enforcement agencies are conducting law enforcement activity in the area of Queens, Staten Island, Brooklyn and other locations around New York City in connection with ongoing federal investigations,» an FBI spokesperson said of the crackdown.
ON THE STREETS WITH DR OZ AS SURPRISE FRAUD CRACKDOWN SENDS DAYCARE DIRECTORS SCRAMBLING
Oz flagged what he described as a series of irregularities, including low attendance despite high Medicaid billing, questionable wheelchair transportation charges, seniors entering without signing in, inconsistent attendance claims and sign-in sheets containing future-dated entries.
The crackdown comes as CMS is pulling back the curtain on its broader war on fraud, releasing a new documentary that takes viewers inside the agency’s efforts to track down schemes siphoning taxpayer dollars from America’s healthcare programs.
In one segment of the film, Oz highlights hospice care as a hotbed for potential fraud, pointing to the Los Angeles area, where he says roughly 2,000 hospice providers operate, a concentration he argues has raised serious concerns about fraudulent billing.
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Oz claims in the documentary that Russian organized crime groups are involved in some suspected hospice fraud operations, alleging that unsuspecting patients are being enrolled in hospice care under false pretenses.
He claims the schemes involve falsely declaring patients terminally ill and misleading them into enrolling in hospice care, potentially limiting their access to treatment for conditions classified as terminal while allowing fraudulent operators to bill Medicare for services under false pretenses.
Minnesota has become a major focus of the Trump administration’s broader crackdown on government benefits fraud following a series of high-profile scandals involving taxpayer-funded programs.
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Oz said Minnesota’s $250 million «Feeding Our Future» scandal helped intensify the administration’s focus on large-scale fraud, pointing to a case that erupted into the national spotlight in 2022 and has since produced a wave of federal convictions.
The White House Task Force on Fraud, led by Vice President JD Vance, has joined Oz in a media blitz highlighting alleged scams as the administration ramps up its crackdown on corruption in taxpayer-funded programs.
The documentary highlights one of the largest alleged Medicare fraud schemes in U.S. history, involving $3.7 billion in fraudulent billing claims tied to medical equipment companies operating in Delray Beach, Florida, according to federal prosecutors.
Federal prosecutors allege the scheme involved billing for medical equipment patients never requested or needed, and the accused ringleader fled the U.S. before being captured in Turkey and returned to South Florida to face federal charges.
FBI BRINGS BACK FUGITIVE ACCUSED IN $3.7B MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME AFTER CAPTURE IN TURKEY
The documentary also shows Oz during an earlier visit to Flushing, Queens, where he describes a cluster of businesses — including a social adult daycare center, pharmacy and medical center — as a «clubhouse for crooks,» alleging the businesses are part of a fraudulent billing operation.
Oz says they recruit seniors, get them in, game the system and they use their ID numbers to charge everybody, «which means they are charging you.»
The documentary will be released Wednesday at 4 P.M. ET on Oz’s X account.
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Pope Leo XIV will need no further treatment for lung cancer after final tests confirmed the disease was localized, his doctors said Wednesday.
Dr. Luigi Carbone and Professor Stefano Margaritora announced the findings just over a week after surgeons removed a tumor from the pontiff’s right lung.
«The final histopathology and molecular testing reports on the tissue removed during the Holy Father’s surgery were issued today,» the doctors said in a statement.
POPE LEO WELCOMED BACK AS HE DELIVERS ANGELUS PRAYER DAYS AFTER LUNG CANCER SURGERY
«The results confirmed that the tumor was a lung adenocarcinoma and that the disease was localized. A subsequent oncological assessment has confirmed that no further treatment is necessary.»
Pope Leo underwent surgery Oct. 13 at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital. The operation lasted about 90 minutes, with the pope spending approximately three hours in the operating room, according to the Holy See.
«The doctors said it was successful and there were no complications,» the Holy See press office said after the procedure.
The pontiff awoke normally and returned to his hospital room following a brief observation period, Vatican News reported.
RECOVERING FROM LUNG SURGERY, POPE LEO URGES PUTIN TO AGREE TO CEASEFIRE IN RUSSIAN-HELD UKRAINE CITY
Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd during the weekly general audience at St Peter’s Square in Vatican City, on October 21, 2026. (Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
He was discharged Saturday after blood tests and a chest X-ray confirmed he was well enough to return to the Vatican. Thousands of supporters gathered outside the hospital, shouting «Papa!» as he departed.
Before leaving, Leo visited the children’s oncology ward, where young patients had sent him letters during his hospital stay.
POPE LEO’S LUNG TUMOR RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT CANCER RISK FOR NONSMOKERS
Pope Leo reacts while sitting in a car as he leaves Gemelli Hospital following his lung surgery and cancer diagnosis, in Rome, Italy, October 17, 2026. (Remo Casilli/Reuters)
«Pope Leo, our prayers are for you,» a girl named Eleonora wrote in a letter released by Vatican News.
«May God, the Most Holy Virgin, and the guardian angels always protect you,» she added.
Eleonora’s mother told the pope her daughter was now healthy, according to the Vatican.
«Faith moves mountains,» Eleonora wrote. «God has heard our prayers.»
Fox News Digital’s Robert McGreevy contributed to this report.
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