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Portugal's Montenegro comes under fire over the police clearing of housing protests

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The Socialist Party wants Prime Minister Luís Montenegro to take responsibility and withdraw the rental bill now before parliament. Chega praised the police but said the state had cowered.

France avoids a repeat of looting at protests after deploying 70,000 security officials

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The Interior Ministry reported 1,314 arrests by Sunday morning, about half the number of the previous weekend.

Two storms slam northern Europe and cut power to 150,000 homes

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Storms Boelo and Austen left more than 82,000 homes in the United Kingdom, nearly 60,000 in France and at least 10,000 in Germany without power on Sunday.

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Thousands protest in Prague against public media funding reforms

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The bill would abolish household licence fees and fund public radio and television from the state budget, cutting their funding by about 15 per cent.

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Bulgaria's presidential vote goes to a run-off on Nov 1

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Exit polls put President Iliana Iotova at 35 to 36.5 per cent and former caretaker prime minister Andrey Gyurov at 31 to 33.5 per cent.

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Lula wins Brazil's run-off, holding off the far right

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Lula won more than 51 per cent of the vote to Flavio Bolsonaro's 48 per cent, with 98.76 per cent of ballots counted when the result was called.

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Kenya bus crash kills at least 24 on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway

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A bus carrying mourners home from a funeral collided with a cement truck on Sunday morning. Another 24 people were injured.

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Thousands mourn the victims of a deadly church attack in southern Jordan

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Nine people were killed and dozens wounded when attackers opened fire during a funeral at St George's Greek Orthodox Church in Hamoud, in Karak province. Jordan declared three days of national mourning.