Riot police clash with students as education protests rage in France
More than 600 schools have faced disruption as protests over standards and lack of teachers continue. Read More
Spanish PM Sánchez loses key housing crisis vote after eviction of woman, 87
The defeat raises pressure on Sánchez to call a snap election, after a series of scandals affecting his party and allies. Read More
Intensified Russian strikes are tearing Kyiv apart, warns mayor
Vitaliy Klitschko says Ukraine’s capital is in a “very dramatic situation” as Russia hits critical infrastructure. Read More
I’ve seen nearly 500 executions – but never one like Christa Pike’s
Texas reporter Michael Graczyk has seen botched executions in his time, but not one in which an inmate survived. Read More
School protests send shivers down French government’s spine
A movement that started nearly two weeks ago has spread, and in France young people on the streets spells trouble, writes Hugh Schofield. Read More
A ‘dark cloud’ and ‘dismal’ mood: How it feels on Cornell campus right now
Students tell the BBC that the tension on campus has become palpable since allegations from 2024 resurfaced. Read More
I wasn’t going to let others die, says Indian pilot who opened cockpit door during attack
Capt Smit Machchhar, who was stabbed during the flight, speaks to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Read More
Japan’s first mayor to take maternity leave lands on TIME100 Next list
Shoko Kawata’s maternity leave drew mixed reactions in Japan, a country struggling to lift birth rates. Read More
Seoul warns ‘further action’ if Ukraine does not apologise over prisoner-of-war row
President Lee Jae Myung also accused Kyiv of “attempting to provoke a war on the Korean Peninsula”. Read More
NY’s governor appoints special prosecutor in Cornell frat rape investigation
The governor said she’d lost faith in prosecutors overseeing the case and handed it over to New York Attorney General Letitia James. Read More