Hurricane Trudy was affecting west-central Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 2 storm, with sustained winds of 100 mph. A hurricane warning covered the coast from Manzanillo to Cabo Corrientes. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warned of dangerous storm surge and damaging waves along with flooding and mudslides.
About 550,000 people joined 110 marches over living costs and school conditions, according to France’s interior minister. Organizers estimated attendance at 800,000. Authorities reported roughly 400 arrests after clashes, fires and looting in several cities. An investigation was opened after a protester in Saint-Etienne lost a hand.
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Romanian F-16s shot down two jet-powered Geran attack drones after they entered the country’s airspace over its territorial waters, Romania’s Defence Ministry said. The drones were downed southeast and east of Sulina. The ministry said one spent two minutes in Romanian airspace and the other five minutes.
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