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Sunday, 18 October 2026

France's cost-of-living protests turn violent as the IMF says help with energy bills cannot last

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  • World

    Marchers in France named fuel prices, which have soared since the war on Iran began, and more than 1,200 people were arrested. Tens of thousands also marched over housing and living costs in Lisbon, Portugal's capital.

  • Finance

    The IMF says help with people's energy bills has cost governments 0.5% of the world's output, and told them to cut it. Dubai's economy shrank 2.3% in the first half of the year as the war hit travel and trade.

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  • Finance

    France's government debt has reached 119% of a year's output, and its budget faces a first vote on Tuesday. Iraq has asked the IMF for a loan programme.

  • Money

    Britain's 15-billion-pound plan to insulate homes is under threat as ministers look for savings. Northern Ireland's government has no budget, so its doctors cannot be paid an agreed 3.5% rise.

  • Mind & body

    England's health secretary announced 140 million pounds for urgent care. The nurses' union says winter starts with too few nurses, and asks for money to train and keep more.

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  • Cyber

    ConnectWise's backup service is allowed to read mail and files so it can copy them. Attackers stole its key and used that access to get into 173 organisations' Microsoft 365 accounts.

  • Mind & body

    A hospital trust in Nottingham has sacked 15 staff for looking at the medical records of victims of the 2023 attacks in the city.

  • Tech

    Meta wrote terms that could let it collect, and train its AI on, the websites of any business that buys its ads. It took out the word "train" only after publishers objected, and they say training is still not ruled out.

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  • Tech

    Apple's boss, John Ternus, called the shortage of memory chips a crisis. Ericsson, which makes mobile-network equipment, warned that dearer parts will squeeze its profit next year.

  • Space

    Lockheed Martin's new US military relay satellites flew with fewer laser links than designed, after years of delays in getting those parts.

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