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GuardianOct 4Preview

Digger may lose $150m after Tom Cruise film bombs at the box office

Alejandro G Iñárritu’s critically panned satire took just $20m globally in its opening weekend, against a reported $150m production budget and $100m marketing spendDigger has flopped in its opening weekend with a $20m global box office, handing Tom Cruise one of the worst debuts of his career and serving as a bitter final note for Warner Bros as a standalone studio.Alejandro G Iñárritu’s critically panned satire grossed a paltry $8m at the North American box office. Cruise is typically a big draw overseas, but international sales – $12m from 74 markets – were also weak. Continue reading...

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BBCOct 4Preview

France to close up to 500 schools on Monday over student protests

Lessons will be "totally or partly suspended" in some high schools after clashes between riot police and student protesters, France's education minister says.

GuardianOct 4Preview

More than 400 schools in France to be closed on Monday as more protests planned

Education minister says 24 schools have been burnt or ransacked and 78 staff members injured since student unrest began last monthEurope live – latest updatesMore than 400 schools in France will be closed or partly closed on Monday as authorities brace for another week of student protests.Lessons will be totally or partly suspended in 400 to 500 schools because security conditions “have not been fulfilled”, the education minister, Édouard Geffray, said on Sunday. Continue reading...

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GuardianOct 4Preview

French education minister says up to 500 schools will remain partially or fully closed on Monday after student protests – Europe live

At least 5,000 people, mainly teenagers, have been arrested while dozens of people, including students and teachers, have been injuredGermany is Ukraine’s largest donor and has sent Kyiv more than €43.3 billion ($48.8 billion) since the war began, along with equipment and weapons. Zelenskyy thanked Merz for visiting the Ukrainian capital describing him as “A leader of a country that consistently demonstrates leadership in protecting the lives of Ukrainians from Russian strikes. We are grateful for all the support, and today we are preparing decisions to give us in Ukraine, and all of Europe, greater capabilities to defend ourselves. There will be important agreements between Ukraine and Germany. Russia must be stopped together.”Zelenskyy in the past hour has been tweeting about the strikes and the German chancellor’s visit, thanking Merz for his support. On the Kyiv strike this morning h

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GuardianOct 4Preview

Polls close in first round of Brazil’s high-stakes presidential election

Leftwing incumbent Lula trying to fight off close rival Flávio Bolsonaro, far-right son of jailed ex-presidentThe polls have closed in the first round of Brazil’s highly polarised and high-stakes presidential election that could change not only the direction of Latin America’s largest country but that of the entire region.The election pits the leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is seeking a fourth non-consecutive term, against the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of Donald Trump and the son of the former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for attempting a coup after his failed 2022 re-election attempt. Continue reading...

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