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Quebec votes as separatist surge poses test for Canada PM

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Quebec separatists eyed a return to power in Canada's majority French-speaking province Monday in an election that could test Prime Minister Mark Carney's message of national unity to confront the United States. Carney is popular in Quebec, and the possible success of the separatist Parti Quebecois (PQ) is not seen as a repudiation of his stance toward President Donald Trump, whose trade war and annexation threats have infuriated Canadians. FRANCE 24's Christopher Guly reports from Ottawa.

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Battle with Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen tempers news on oil flow

The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen said they had struck the international airport in Saudi Arabia's capital of Riyadh, a Saudi Aramco refinery and other sites across the kingdom's south in response to the Saudi-led coalition's attacks on Houthi military targets earlier Monday. The attacks, which included drones, ballistic and cruise missiles, targeted King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement , adding that the Aramco refinery in Rabigh was also hit along with military sites and smaller airports.

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Concerns of US interference weigh on Brazil vote

Conservative Senator Flavio Bolsonaro pulled off a surprise on Sunday in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election by finishing ahead of the incumbent left-wing President Lula, whom he will face in the runoff on October 25. Suspicions of U.S. interference have been hanging over the campaign, even as Donald Trump has never hidden his closeness to the far-right former president Bolsonaro - Flavio’s father - and his animosity toward Lula da Silva. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports.

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