EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – Transgender rights: France scraps sterilisation in status law. Gay and transgender activists have welcomed a new French law that lets transgender people change their legal status without forced sterilisation. The activist group ILGA-Europe called it “clear progress” that “another European country has dispensed with the shameful practice of sterilisation”.
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Filipinos back tough approach
Despite scorn abroad, polls show support for Duterte’s harsh measures. |
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| Le Monde |
French Bishops raise the alarm
In an address entitled “Rediscovering the meaning of politics in a changing world”, Bishops call out to presidential candidates. The authors are worried about the rifts in society and the “absence of a long-term project or vision.” |
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| Les Echos |
Banking fees to sharply rise next year
The increase is driven by account maintenance fees. Banks are compensating the fall in their loan margins. |
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
Stern criticism of Saxony’s courts after Al Bakrs’ suicide
Interior minister De Maizière predicts difficulties regarding further investigations. Saxony PM Tillich expresses full trust in his minister. |
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| Süddeutsche Zeitung |
Disbelief over Saxony’s courts
Although the judge pointed out the detainee’s suicide risk, the Syrian terror suspect was only sporadically controlled and committed suicide in his cell. Minister de Maizière calls for a “comprehensive inquiry”. |
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| La Repubblica |
Dario Fo, Bob Dylan
Farewell to the Italian Nobel, Bob Dylan’s surprise Nobel prize. |
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| Il Sole 24 Ore |
China and Fed weigh on markets, stock exchanges blocked: Milan -1.2%
Rates of triennial State bunds in auction return above zero. |
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| Gazeta Wyborcza |
Does Kaczyński really say what he thinks?
The Law and Justice politicians assure that Jarosław Kaczyński does not want to force women to give labour to children with serious body deformation. They hope that in this way they can prevent women from protesting on 23 and 24 October. |
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| El Pais |
Correa admits before the court that he gave bribes for the PP
“I spent the day in Genoa. I was there more often than in my office.” |
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| Expansion |
Margallo: Catalonia needs more money
The minister states that one of the keys of the new scheme is a different tax distribution for regions. |
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| FT |
Trump brands fresh groping claims a “total fabrication”
US Republican candidate hits back. Clinton leads in battleground states. |
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| The Times |
Home Office “covered up racism of abuse judge”
Questions for May as Lowell Goddard accused. |
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| The Guardian |
Obama piles pressure on “cruel” Trump
First lady condemns disgraceful sex boasts as more allegations emerge. |
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| WSJE |
Thailand mourns its beloved king
Despair: King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest-serving monarch, died Thursday at 88. People gather in Bangkok
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