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'Like we had a war': France left reeling after nationwide violent protests

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France on Sunday is dealing with the aftermath of nationwide protests that damaged around 1,500 businesses and caused losses estimated at hundreds of millions of euros. Police arrested an estimated 1,800 people across the country during Saturday's demonstrations over the cost of living and school conditions.

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Huckabee calls for prosecution of journalist's West Bank attackers

The U.S. ambassador to Israel condemned a settler attack during the olive harvest in the West Bank in which an American journalist was beaten . In a social media post on Saturday, Ambassador Mike Huckabee called the attack on Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine "vicious & cowardly," citing that she is an American citizen and had identified herself as a journalist. Several Palestinians were also injured in Friday's attack. "Those who attacked unarmed reporter should spend YRS (years) in prison," Huckabee wrote, adding that he had called for a "full investigation, arrest and prosecution" of the assailants.

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U.S. taking Putin’s side would be a ‘historic mistake,’ says Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that the U.S. formally siding with Russia’s Vladimir Putin would be a “historic mistake,” but said he still sees President Donald Trump as an ally despite a series of moves that have unsettled his country and its friends on Capitol Hill. “We want to trust him,” Zelenskyy told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday, referring to Trump. “I hope that he will change his decisions, because I think that it’s all mistakes, and it will not help us, and it will not help United States.”