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Bakersfield's migrants face new 'Grapes of Wrath': 'If you want to disrupt the food supply, keep carrying out the raids'

'On Route 66, the pulse of America' (5/6). An industrial and agricultural hub, this soulless California city is the very opposite of Silicon Valley. Once a 'promised land' for many migrant workers, it has become a place of disillusionment for many who now face the Trump administration's harsh immigration crackdown.

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Farmworkers in Delano, California, on October 6, 2026.
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In Morocco, the 'Donald J. Trump Highway' showcases Rabat's ambitions in Western Sahara

A few days before a crucial United Nations Security Council vote on Western Sahara, 'Le Monde' traveled a stretch of the new highway leading to the Sahrawi territory. King Mohammed VI initiated the infrastructure project to strengthen Rabat's presence in this disputed region.

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Wind farm on the Trump Highway, near Tarfaya, on August 6, 2026.
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Spain train collision death toll rises to 69

King Felipe VI visits the injured as the country mourns and demands answers over one of Europe's deadliest rail disasters this century.

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Spain's King Felipe next to Queen Letizia and other officials outside a hospital in Toledo, Spain, October 29, 2026.
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EU force helicopter crash in Bosnia kills four crew, says hospital

The EU's EUFOR military force said the Chinook CH-47 helicopter crashed while on a 'routine mission' in the Brcko region, about 180 kilometers north of Sarajevo.

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The site of the crash of a ICH-47 Chinook helicopter belonging to the Italian contingent of the European Union Force (EUFOR) Althea mission, near the village of Gorice, in Brcko District, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 29, 2026
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UK budget constrained by 'global economic storms' and debt

A windfall tax on bank profits is set to help fund support for households to pay their energy bills. The plan to finance defense spending at 3% of GDP by 2030 – deemed crucial for national security – has been postponed until the spring.

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British finance minister John Healey during the presentation of the annual budget at the House of Commons in London, October 28, 2026.
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Israeli elections: Despite 'historic' victory, Arab minority left with bitter aftertaste

The result achieved by two Arab-Israeli lists in the elections does not grant them the pivotal role they could have claimed. The opposition bloc to Benjamin Netanyahu, facing difficulties, continues to rule out any alliance.

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Election posters for the United Arab List and Yair Golan's The Democrats on fences in central Tira, Israel, October 27, 2026.
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Behind Trump's shift towards Russia, the lucrative business promises of Kirill Dmitriev, Putin's dealmaker

Kirill Dmitriev has been working to persuade the White House that peace in Ukraine must first come through commercial deals. Le Monde outlines two months that saw the new Russian-American partnership transform into an alliance against Kyiv, from Miami to Moscow.

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Kirill Dmitriev, director of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, and Steve Witkoff, US special envoy, in Moscow, on September 5, 2026.
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The bitter lessons of Israel's elections

In the aftermath of parliamentary elections in which no clear majority emerged, Benjamin Netanyahu managed to keep his party as the country's leading political force. The prime minister holding onto power would significantly undermine Israel's democracy.

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Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Likud campaign headquarters in Jerusalem, on October 28, 2026.
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ECB President Christine Lagarde to step down early

Lagarde's departure in February 2027, eight months before the end of her term as head of the European Central Bank lets European leaders choose her successor before France's April presidential election.

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European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, July 23, 2026.
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'They knew the Madrid-Seville line wasn't safe': Spanish press reports first revelations about causes of train crash

The collision, which killed 69 people, comes less than a year after a deadly accident on the same line. Spanish media describe an 'unbearable tragedy' that 'upends the scenario of the electoral campaign' for the early legislative elections on November 29.

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A railway security guard escorts a woman waiting for news of a loved one after the accident between two high-speed trains in Urda, Spain, on October 28, 2026.
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Arab countries' limited expectations of Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot, the two main candidates in the October 27 elections, do not differ in their views on Israel's role in the Near and Middle East. The war against Iran, which the overwhelming majority of Arab states opposed, further established Israel as a source of regional destabilization.

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Residents show their support for the candidates in the Israeli elections, Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot, in Rishon LeZion (Israel), on October 22, 2026.
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