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France's youth undergoing 'a crisis of hope'

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Tens of thousands of people joined rallies across France on Tuesday to support protesting high school students, boosting a movement that poses a major challenge to President Emmanuel Macron as his term in office winds down. Some 161,500 people turned out, according to the interior ministry -- more than double the 71,500 it gave for the last nationwide demonstrations on Thursday last week. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Andrew Smith, Lecturer in Liberal Arts at Queen Mary's London, says that France's youth is undergoing "a crisis of hope" which is…

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California coastal homes battered and bruised after weekend of intense waves and flooding

Boardwalk destroyed in Long Beach and homes damaged, while Baja California in Mexico and Las Vegas also affected Southern California coastal communities are picking up the pieces after a weekend of extreme weather brought flooding that overtook city streets and intense waves battered beachside homes. The remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel hit Mexico’s Baja California over the weekend as well as southern California and Las Vegas. While meteorologists noted that Rachel weakened into a post-tropical cyclone as it approached California, it still left a trail…

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